Dwarf Fortress ☼Bi-weekly DF Questions Thread☼

☼Bi-weekly DF Questions Thread☼
Thadar Ashi. The planet of wonder.
Somewhat new to DF, I'm starting to understand why Elves are hated by most.
Unmotivated Dorfs? Need help
Streaming The Long Night Mod at 8:00 EST Tonight
Ya know, I'm starting to think foreign Mercenaries have their uses in Fortress mode. (Modded)
We're back from hiatus! The Dwarf Fortress Roundtable podcast has released Ep. 42: In Which We Discuss Life, The Universe, and FPS.
Justice! This what happens when you deserte to the gobbos.

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 06:22 AM PST

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Thadar Ashi. The planet of wonder.

Posted: 10 Jan 2021 05:29 PM PST

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Somewhat new to DF, I'm starting to understand why Elves are hated by most.

Posted: 10 Jan 2021 10:19 PM PST

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Unmotivated Dorfs? Need help

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 09:16 AM PST

Hi there,

I'm starting a new fort (after some time away from the game) and eventually, no one will do their tasks.

I cant get anyone to brew drinks, and even though I've designated the river as a water source, my dorfs are just standing around, dying from dehydration.

Any tips? Am I missing something? tried lookin through the wiki, but I don't know exactly what I'm looking for.

Worth noting, all of the dorfs names have turned brown in the unit list.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Edit: figured it out (sorta), so I have a two ramps down into the area, which would lead to my trade depot, but I accidentally built the ramp down to close to the edge of the map to build a wall around the map, so I dug another ramp and built a floor over the original ramp, which i guess is blocking the path?

Trying to draw it:

CCC < original ramp down covered by floor, ground level

vvv < second ramp, down 1 z level

VVV < new ramp, ground level

Depot is to the south of this.

TL;dr, inadvertently trapped my fords underground to the point of dehydration

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Streaming The Long Night Mod at 8:00 EST Tonight

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 11:25 AM PST

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Ya know, I'm starting to think foreign Mercenaries have their uses in Fortress mode. (Modded)

Posted: 10 Jan 2021 02:33 PM PST