DarthJeebus posted:

Decided to jump in and play the latest version after a bit of a hiatus, but it seems I can't brew anything.



I've got lots of plump helmets and enough empty barrels to get the job done, so I'm a little bit stumped as to why I can't brew. I'm down to two drinks

Sub Rosa posted:

Why did it take me so long to realize that DFHack lets me Ctrl+A to choose what material will be used for a job? This. Changes. Everything.

Sub Rosa posted:

I believe that doesn't work in DF 2014

Pharnakes posted:

It's the default sized world and site.

How do I go about gearing up for trading then? Reading the wiki sugests I need a bookeeper to determine what I have available, and then a broker to decide how much it is worth and to handle the trading negotiations. What are some good things to make early to trade, I have acess to silver and lead and plenty of low grade gems, as well as marble, which I think I read is worth twice as much as other stone. Since I'm going to have to import everything, I would want my exports to be of the highest quality, how do I arrange it so that only one dwarf crafts stone, one makes metal crafts, ect?

Also is there any trade value in renewable stuff I can make like food or booze or wood crafts? (not to elves obviously).

How do I see who my neighbours are now that I have embarked?

Angry Diplomat posted:

My current fort's civ has a lot of interesting artifacts. There's the solid stone guitar which must be played with a bone plectrum, the colossal fuckoff pipe organ that has over four hundred pipes, and the block of wood. It's just... it's just a block. You take the block and you hit it, and it makes a noise, and the noise is art.

This civ has the dwarfiest music ever.

moller posted:

I prefer the metaphysical implications of "Stopped ghosts from being able to realize dreams after they are dead."

nielsm posted:

Actually the LD was calculated correctly. The problem was that a drop licked off a paw contained the same amount of alcohol as a full keg of beer. He rather made sure to keep track of how much contaminant was being tracked around.

Eric the Mauve posted:

Once you get the hang of it, setting up several separate small stockpiles for cooking is actually pretty easy, and necessary if you want your lazy-rear end dwarves to use different ingredients rather than just making plump helmet roasts consisting of plump helmets, plump helmets, plump helmets and plump helmets.

Captain Cappy posted:

Is it unethical to let visiting nobles from other civilizations live?

abrosheen posted:

Thank you, I was going to try this next, glad to know in advance it doesn't work!

I think instead of making everyone else axedwarves, I'm going to put everyone but the miners/choppers in military units with leather armor and shields at least. Then maybe they can block a few attacks while the military dwarves finish their beers.

The fact that any part of this sounds like the military in real life is hilarious and frightening.

Kennel posted:

DarkDobe posted:

a dwarf trying to choke out his own child but dying of thirst before finishing the job (at which point the demons busted into the room and tore the kid to pieces).

Comrade Koba posted:

I predict the first weeks reviews will be about 50/50 positive/negative, with 99% of the negative ones being from people with <30 minutes played posting things like OH MY GOD YOU CANT EVEN MOVE YOUR GUYS OR TELL THEM TO DO THINGS WHAT IS THIS poo poo

The Kins posted:

Vaguely interesting/useful information from this AMA:

• There's a new "animal agitation system"...
  

eonwe posted:

So, something I just never really interacted in this game significantly was prepared meals. How do I do prepared meals without risking running out of seeds?

Is it mostly safe if I make prepared meals but I forbid the use of seeds?