Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Yup. I had a craftsdwarf churning out the tat. Ended up buying a load of nice weapons from the first caravan. Top tip. Assign a manager. Work orders are super useful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Does anyone know how to exclude certain items from being used in crafting? Like I only want plump helmets to be used in brewing and not cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Thanks for the tips. Will build me a craftshop and assign a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradigor Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 9 hours ago, jonamok said: Been playing on Deck, DF virgin, and this is amazing. Managed to keep dismissing the tutorial boxes and couldn’t get them back, so doing it the hard way, lol. Got my fortress up and running, workshop, storage, bedrooms and beds for all. So far, so good. I know it will go horribly wrong any minute. Perfect on Deck. Using a community config called Easy Dwarf Fortress, and just assigned Toggle Magnifier to L4. Otherwise easy enough to learn. Only issue is quitting the game which just hangs the deck indefinitely. What is the left track pad used for in this? As I try to mostly used that to toggle magnification (on touch) for ease of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragglerock Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Flub said: Does anyone know how to exclude certain items from being used in crafting? Like I only want plump helmets to be used in brewing and not cooking. you can make a storage area for just plumps and assign it to deliver to the brewing workshop exclusively. I am not sure you can universally say ALL PLUMPS TO BREWS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorfarius Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Plumps away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCGCG Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Loving this so far. My "standard" fort is up and running. Lost a couple of dwarfs to giant lorikeets but managed to capture a bunch of those in my cage traps, but they're all the same sex so no breeding pairs yet. Did manage to get a male and female rhinoceros trapped though so that's leather and meat and bone supplies sorted for forever. Anyone know if there's a way to reverse the mousewheel scroll for going up and down Z levels? My brain has this mapped in reverse. Also need to find a way to make some of the notifications more intrusive. I don't care that I struck chrysoberyl, but do care if my fisherdwarf is interrupted by a crocodile! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragglerock Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 You can re-map the zoom... It is something to do with Z levels and it is mouse 4 and 5. It does not seem to make it clear that some are with a button held down (eg to zoom in and out, or to change z level in 10 steps or single steps... so bit confusing) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotters Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 I'm going to watch a couple of these type of vids before deciding whether to give this a buy or not, basically I want to be convinced it's something I'll enjoy playing, rather than reading other peoples stories ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCGCG Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Ah yes, settings > keybindings > Move view/cursor up (z). Much better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 I'm having a very bad time. Every single map I start only goes down a few levels before it's wall to wall damp stone. I've got the mod installed to get rid of aquifiers and if it's that why the fuck is almost the entire map wall to wall with them. The players hate them. It's really spoiling things for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 33 minutes ago, Flub said: I'm having a very bad time. Every single map I start only goes down a few levels before it's wall to wall damp stone. I've got the mod installed to get rid of aquifiers and if it's that why the fuck is almost the entire map wall to wall with them. The players hate them. It's really spoiling things for me. You can set it to find a site with no acquirer on the embarkation map! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 It's ok. I'm better at finding them now. Didn't see that option though. I'll look next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 My militia decided to pick a fight with a giant kea. It was a long fight and at one point a child got involved, took a major injury and now keeps reliving the trauma. *Edit* The dwarf child was found deceased up a tree. Died of dhydration (Despite there being water right below them). Two other kids have now armed themselves and are kicking the shite out of a dingo. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 I found some disturbing caverns deep underground. Where something was killing the cave crocodiles. I noped out. Next thing I know my militia commander is down there kicking the shite out of ant queens and troglodytes. There's a button that seems to be supposed to undo stairs but it doesn't work. So I figure he'll at least keep the nastys distracted for a while. I'll worry about it when something comes up. I've got bigger problems. A giant krea keeps stealing shoes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Top tip. Mining priority. When you have the mining tool selected look to the bottom middle set of menus. There's an "advanced" arrow. Click that and you can set the priority for mining works (It's probably in other parts of the game too). I had problems convincing my dwarfs to mine sometimes until I found that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCGCG Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 I always dig down to caverns fairly swiftly. I like making things out of the wood from the cave fungi because they're more interesting colours. Tunnel tubes for life yo! But I always put at least one door and a bunch of traps at the entry point, and forbid the door. I say always. I haven't this time and now the bat men are giving my dwarfs gip, but I've had a load of "monster hunters" rock up who seem to be fairly handy, so I'm letting them all duke it out. The caverns really suit the new graphics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 7 hours ago, bradigor said: What is the left track pad used for in this? As I try to mostly used that to toggle magnification (on touch) for ease of use. In case you’re still interested it’s set up as a radial menu of keys, as is the right joystick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradigor Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeydog Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 My first go and I built a workshop, bedroom with a few beds. Started making a nice dining room and then it started to flood. I manage to place a door and a wooden wall to stop the rest of the fortress flooding. It's going well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 My current fortress is going well. No migrants for over a year but I do have 6 monster hunters in residence. I opened a staircase to the caverns and they were in like Flynn. Doing murders. So time to get a bit spicy. I'm going to colonise part of the cavern. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradigor Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Flub said: My current fortress is going well. No migrants for over a year but I do have 6 monster hunters in residence. I opened a staircase to the caverns and they were in like Flynn. Doing murders. So time to get a bit spicy. I'm going to colonise part of the cavern. Nigel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 I stopped getting trading caravans and migrants so I retired that one. Next one I started ended up with no way of farming without irrigation which was annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Started a fresh save. Built my own squad of dwarves and gear then scouted around for a starting point. By jove it's a good un. Elves nearby for future shennanigans. First level down suitable for farming, next level down a lovely selection of gems and rocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragglerock Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 info and some work arounds and stuff https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/3631620553379809112?l=english on the discord they said the widescreen crash is identified and patch tomorrow probably. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Is there a quick way to direct my dwarves to just gather and stockpile all the various rock and gem piles just lying around after I dig? Sure it’s something obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCGCG Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Yeah like Flub's demonstrated there, build a stockpile (p), then select either gem or stone. Stone stockpiles you can customise for metal / non-metal, helpful for stockpiles near your smelter versus stoneworker or crafts workshop. Gems will fit in a bin, so you don't need a very large stockpile for those I find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Cheers both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flub Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 I didn't actually mean to answer the question. I hadn't noticed it when I posted a quick update of my workers level I don't think there's actually a way to force them to do any particular thing. They're a bit like cats or parrots. They have an internal idea of what they want to do and it's difficult to influence them otherwise except by them having less to do. The only things I've seen are shifting the priority of work orders and changing mining priorty. The best way I've found to have them tidy up is to have a couple of dwarves dedicated to hauling (If you have the numbers). The only other real way is to have more dwarves or less work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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