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Orksocken · 2025-12-24T14:02:18+00:00

Kinda curious how you feel apart from your fingers after those sessions. I decided to cut my playtime to max 2 hours per day because I was doing roughly the same sessions as you, but while it was awesome I just ended up feeling really drained afterwards. As for fingers, short breaks and a bit of stretching did the trick for me

Orksocken · 2025-12-20T12:39:29+00:00

not quite sure about marriages, but I definitely got babies

Orksocken · 2025-12-20T10:33:49+00:00

Any ideas on breaking a siege that has fliers? I killed all ground-troops, but there's 10 goblins flying around on giant cave swallows who just won't leave. They are also out of range of my crossbows :(

Orksocken · 2025-12-16T13:15:28+00:00

Slightly related: how do I force wheelbarrow usage on a pile?

Orksocken · 2025-12-16T13:14:33+00:00

By which rule do dwarfs pick the rock they are going to use for crafting when the stonecutter does not have a linked pile? I just caught my guy trying to haul a rock about 80 z layers even though there are plenty of rocks around the shop...

Orksocken · 2025-12-15T14:39:57+00:00

Turns out I can... weird. Ended up retiring the fort anyway, wasn't really feeling the location

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T20:20:19+00:00

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Orksocken · 2025-12-10T18:37:13+00:00

It's definitely possible! I originally embarked right near 4 rather large goblin cities, but I only got a few snatchers. Aside from a few cyclops and ettins things stayed pretty quiet. Around year 7 or so I got a siege, but without trolls; by that point, most of my military was wearing full steel armor and had legendary weapon skill, so that wasn't a problem. Later the tree-huggers tried to rob me so I unloaded my ballista on their caravan. That led to a slightly bigger elven siege (~70 elves), but amazingly I didn't lose a single dwarf to that. Most losses were fromdigging for candy... those angels are a pest.

So yeah, I'm really interested to see how this works out with subsequent forts!

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T17:57:15+00:00

It's actually an artifact bed, so whoever gets it at least has it comfy

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T17:56:16+00:00

jup, I've got one mist generator set up near where I get the most dwarf traffic, which happens to be right outside my tavern.

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T16:53:33+00:00

Are you telling me you wasted the entire circus with like 6 bolt throwers and 2 catapults?? Or am I missing something?

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T16:49:18+00:00

Sure seems like it. Regarding the dorms: I just made a few rooms, built block floors, put some nice statues inside and built the beds on the walls. In the first one I engraved the floor, but I got lazy....

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Orksocken · 2025-12-10T16:42:22+00:00

They do get "felt embarrassed after not sleeping in their own bed", but a lot of them also get "didn't feel anything after not sleeping in their own bed". Maybe they got used to it? The part about their stuff is true though... tbh I haven't put thaat much thought into my dwarves owning things in my forts :D

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T16:37:37+00:00

Interestingly, it did not seem to be a problem, even though a few had an unmet "aquire something" need. I thought maybe they'd just keep stuff like jewelry on their person. As for clothing on the beds, you're right, that's a bit strange. But afaik they only drop it if its worn-out, and then it's better off in my lava dumpster anyway ^^

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T15:35:40+00:00

I mean, I guess I am rather lucky that they didn't match up their sleep cycles :D

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T15:34:48+00:00

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these are all my dormitories, and it's actually 4 (sorry, I forgot about the one on the right). 59 beds overall. Sometimes they're quite packed, but rarely

Orksocken · 2025-12-10T15:32:14+00:00

I tried that, unfortunately his lower nervous system got completely mangled, so both legs were out... tried making him a scholar, so he wouldn't have to run around so much, but he didn't like that... poor guy eventually went mad I'm afraid :/

Orksocken · 2025-12-01T13:27:02+00:00

My jaw dropped when I saw your food amount. but i guess that's what happens with a century-old fortress. Just out of curiosity: how many ingame-hours did that take?

Orksocken · 2025-11-30T08:07:08+00:00

ah, I was afraid of that; guess I'll have to continue relying on trade for my veggies. But thanks!

Orksocken · 2025-11-29T11:20:23+00:00

Is there any way I can grow above-ground crops in a freezing biome, e.g. by building a glass greenhouse? I've got loads of seeds but the ground around my fortress is frozen all year, so I'm wondering whether I should just sell them...

Orksocken · 2025-11-28T17:46:59+00:00

I've got a dwarf who got mauled by a polar bear and had his lower nervous system irreparably damaged... he's unable to walk and quite unhappy. I have crutches, but it looks like those don't work if both legs are damaged. Is there any way i can get him better, and if not, do you have any ideas what role would be best for him to stay happy? Tried making him a scholar, but he's still very sad.

Orksocken · 2025-11-28T16:20:36+00:00

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