[Roguelike] Dwarf Fortress

[Cortilian]

Hmm. Is there any way to fill in a channel?

[noxiousdog]

Hmm. Is there any way to fill in a channel?

The remove structure down't work? q->x

[Cortilian]

It doesn't seem to count as a structure and remove item doesn't either.

[andon]

It's a known issue that you cannot fill in channels. I've read that something might be in the next update or 2 for fixing that.

[Chesspieceface]

So, how does the dwarf that is making the channel survive?

I'd do this:

+ = floodgate
- = channel
r = river
] = rock
X=Door

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Build the piece that touches the river last. Or just use the 2 adjacent floodgate method next time. I havent built a cave river irrigation since my first few forts, irrigating from the outdoor river into a shallow cave is much faster to get setup IMO.

[noxiousdog]

How do you target things for butcher?

[Chesspieceface]

In the animals tab ('z' then 'enter') you can either make each one available as a pet or set them for butcher with 'b'

[Kelric]

After a grueling 18 hours away from the game, I get to play again. Hooray!

[Gryndyl]

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Do it that way.

Can you only open the floodgates during the flood?

Floodgates can be opened at any time. Note: there's a slight bug with floodgates. Often you need two of them together to actually cause flooding when they're opened. Like so:

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Be sure and hook the first floodgate up to the lever BEFORE installing the second floodgate as it will block access. If your single floodgate isn't flooding when opened, add the 2nd gate.

[noxiousdog]

Do you need the channels?

[Chesspieceface]

Do you need the channels?

No, not in that setup.

[Gus Smedstad]

Stuff I don't understand at present.

How do you train war dogs? I have a ton of untrained dogs running around, "waiting to be trained", and a dwarf with no job but animal training, but all he does is loaf all day.

Also, how do you rename professions? I've looked high and low and that's not at all obvious. One of the startup guides mentions naming a character a "lumberjack."

- Gus

[Kelric]

Stuff I don't understand at present.

How do you train war dogs? I have a ton of untrained dogs running around, "waiting to be trained", and a dwarf with no job but animal training, but all he does is loaf all day.

You need to build a kennel. I don't remember off the top of my head how to rename a guy, I need to see the game screen in front of me to do it.

[Chesspieceface]

Renaming is done when you examine a dwarf with the 'v' command. Hit 'p'references, then 'z' for profile. in the profile you hit 'y' for customize and you can rename their proffesion and give them nicknames.

[Koz]

On the fishing issue, the first fortress I built started with no fish in the river. The fisherdwarf got a bunch of turtles out of a pond but then they never came back. It's possible you just have no fish.

[Kelric]

Sweet, I just got 15 immigrants, including 3 farmers and 3 trappers.

31 total dwarfs now, 17 trained war dogs, 30 puppies.

I'm turning two of the trappers into soldiers. Need some protection, the dogs aren't very smart. Had one lizardman run rampant for a while last season.

By the way, is it possible to get cats after you've already started (trade caravan, maybe?)? Stupid rats in the fortress.

[Huw the Poo]

On the fishing issue, the first fortress I built started with no fish in the river. The fisherdwarf got a bunch of turtles out of a pond but then they never came back. It's possible you just have no fish.

Yeah, I think that's what it was. With the setup I had, no fish meant there was no way I was going to survive the winter, so I just created a fresh world.

[Chesspieceface]

By the way, is it possible to get cats after you've already started (trade caravan, maybe?)? Stupid rats in the fortress.

Immigrants tend to bring pets. For better or worse its usually cows though.

[Kelric]

By the way, is it possible to get cats after you've already started (trade caravan, maybe?)? Stupid rats in the fortress.

Immigrants tend to bring pets. For better or worse its usually cows though.

Yeah, this latest group brought a calf. It'll be the first to go in winter if we get hungry.

Could some of you with large, prosperous forts take a screenshot or two of the general layout when you get the chance?

I don't like the way my fortress is coming along, despite the fact that it seems prosperous at this point. Time to delete it and create a new world!

[Mr. Sparkle]

Damnit! The first caravan left before I could trade with them... I hope I have enough food.

[Gus Smedstad]

Thanks for the pointers on kennels and renaming.

- Gus

[D'Arcy]

Could some of you with large, prosperous forts take a screenshot or two of the general layout when you get the chance?

I don't like the way my fortress is coming along, despite the fact that it seems prosperous at this point. Time to delete it and create a new world!

Well, my outpost seems prosperous despite its horrible layout, so you can probably just stick with yours and see how it goes. My main traffic route is a nasty bottleneck; there's even an old well blocking it. I'm still drowning in food, gems and worst of all, silver! It's way too much to process without coke, really, but my broker just made a strange trade contract with the human guild that apparently obligates me to sell them maces next year, so I guess I have to forge a bunch from my silver and see how they like them.

Still no standing army, though -- if those kobolds ever get serious with their invasions, I'm in big trouble.

[Gus Smedstad]

Addendum: in my version, at least, "y" does nothing from the profile screen. Renaming must be someplace else.

- Gus

[Koz]

Addendum: in my version, at least, "y" does nothing from the profile screen. Renaming must be someplace else.

- Gus

It's a weird screen to get to. I know hitting 'u', selecting the dwarf, hitting 'v' (I think) and then 'y' will do it.

[Chesspieceface]

All of those commands should be in the menus on those screens even if for some reason the hotkey is different.

[noxiousdog]

What do the flashing down red and blue arrows mean?

[Kelric]

What do the flashing down red and blue arrows mean?

Blue, I believe, means they are thirsty. Red might be hunger, but I don't know on that one.

BTW, D'Arcy, you can build larger than 7x7 rooms if you do this:



The spots I colored in red are the unmined support beams. Basically every 7th corner is going to be unmined so I can have a gigantic farm system once I mine the rest of that out in the winter. I restarted my fortress specifically so I could work on that idea.

In theory, you could make one giant cave with 7x7 unmined supports and just have bedrooms and other places that need privacy running off of the giant cavern.

[Chesspieceface]

You could use 8x8 for that Kelric, there can be 6 spaces between each support.

I think flashing red down arrows, means mood declining.

[Kelric]

You could use 8x8 for that Kelric, there can be 6 spaces between each support.

There are 6 spaces between each support. Aside from the top row, which only has five spaces because I had already mined out the farmland and left the one support.

[Koz]

Also, you can build supports instead of leaving it unmined. The difference being dwarves can move through supports and not unmined sections.

Blue arrow means thirsty, brown arrow means hunger, and red arrow means unhappy.

Blue exclamation point, as I found out, means dwarf going whacko.

[yossar]

How do I take a screenshot of my whole fortress?

Nevermind, I think I found it. Press esc.

[Kelric]

Also, you can build supports instead of leaving it unmined. The difference being dwarves can move through supports and not unmined sections.

I know, but supports can be knocked down by rampaging dwarfs.

What's it mean when someone is constantly flashing?

[Kelric]

This game is addictive. I've been awaiting some immigrants to this fortress (all I've gotten so far is one metalsmith). If they don't come this year or show up in a decent number, then I'm probably just going to start a new fort - I already can think of several things I want to do differently.

[Gryndyl]

Could some of you with large, prosperous forts take a screenshot or two of the general layout when you get the chance?

I don't like the way my fortress is coming along, despite the fact that it seems prosperous at this point. Time to delete it and create a new world!

Well, my outpost seems prosperous despite its horrible layout, so you can probably just stick with yours and see how it goes. My main traffic route is a nasty bottleneck; there's even an old well blocking it. I'm still drowning in food, gems and worst of all, silver! It's way too much to process without coke, really, but my broker just made a strange trade contract with the human guild that apparently obligates me to sell them maces next year, so I guess I have to forge a bunch from my silver and see how they like them.

Still no standing army, though -- if those kobolds ever get serious with their invasions, I'm in big trouble.

I'd advise sticking some doors and traps on all of those tunnels that connect to the river. River access points are where the snakemen invade from.

[yossar]

I'd advise sticking some doors and traps on all of those tunnels that connect to the river. River access points are where the snakemen invade from.

Wells too.

[Koz]

So today I had my one metalsmith withdraw from the rest of the dwarves. Last time this happened it was my craftsdwarf and he went totally whacko, starting rampaging, and was eaten by my dogs.

However, this time the dwarf went into the smith shop and he produced a named bronze short sword! It's called Istem Muraf or something like that... pretty cool!

[Gryndyl]

I haven't had much combat in my fort yet so I don't know much about how it works.

I have four military type dwarves. When I hit 'squads', each is listed seperately as leader of his own squad. I see I can set patrol points for them. Is that how you send them to where an attacker is? Is there a better way?

What happens when you activate other dwarves? Do they run and find a weapon and armor first or do they just immediately try and attack anything dangerous?

So far my only significant combat in my current fort was an iron man wandering in from the chasm. My sword traps wounded him but he killed two cats and a dwarf before being taken down by a war dog that happened by. On the bright side, his remains counted as an iron statue and my Manager dwarf is very happy with it in his bedroom

[Gryndyl]

So today I had my one metalsmith withdraw from the rest of the dwarves. Last time this happened it was my craftsdwarf and he went totally whacko, starting rampaging, and was eaten by my dogs.

However, this time the dwarf went into the smith shop and he produced a named bronze short sword! It's called Istem Muraf or something like that... pretty cool!

This will happen periodically-the dwarf withdraws to make an artifact. The artifact is random-I've had artifact doors and buckets before so you got lucky with getting a sword. If they don't have the materials for what they're trying to make they go insane. You can check their profile while they're entranced to see if they're demanding any particular item.

[Kelric]

What's it mean when someone is constantly flashing?

Anyone have an answer for that one? Last fortress that I just quit had my one miner blinking for about half a year and was still going by the time I stopped. Couldn't figure out why.

[Chesspieceface]

What's it mean when someone is constantly flashing?

Anyone have an answer for that one? Last fortress that I just quit had my one miner blinking for about half a year and was still going by the time I stopped. Couldn't figure out why.

If a dwarf's name and icon are flashing it means they have a legendary skill.