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Digging designation canceled

2010-05-03T23:14:05Z

Thendash:

This error message pauses the game and zooms to the location where the warm or damp stone was located.

Warm or damp stone is very dangerous as it indicates the presence of nearby [[magma]] or [[water]] respectively. However the stone could be warm/damp because the magma/water is beside the tile, directly above the tile, or directly below the tile - and most of the time ''you don't know which''.

The safest thing to do is back off several tiles, mine up a [[z-level]] then approach the location again. Rinse and repeat until you emerge above the surface of the magma/water. Note that you will not receive warnings when digging staircases. If you plan on digging a staircase to a higher z-level, make sure there are no [[aquifers]] or [[magma]] in your way!

Side Profile:

Below tile Beside tile Above tile Key

####### ####### ####### # Unmined stone
↑ __o#### ####### ####### # Warm stone
z ###~~## _o#~~## ###~~## # Square that was just canceled
axis ###~~## ###~~## ###~~## ~ Magma
↓ ####### ####### __o#### _ Floor of the tunnel
####### ####### ####### o Miner

Only in the first case would it be unsafe to mine out the square that had just been canceled: In the bottom case, there would be a floor between you and the fluid.

{{Errors FAQ}}
{{Water FAQ}}
{{Magma FAQ}}

v0.31:Arsenal dwarf

2010-04-25T22:45:31Z

Thendash:

{{av}}
{{elven}}
{{Noble
|noble=Arsenal Dwarf
|office=Meager Office
|arrival=
* 20 Population
|function=
* License equipment to the military
}}

The '''Arsenal Dwarf''' is an administrative {{L|noble}} that manages the {{l|equipment}} changes of your military {{L|squads|squads}}. The position becomes available only after your population hits 20+ dwarves. Until this position becomes available, your dwarves will simply equip whatever you tell them to right away. Once the slot on the {{L|nobles screen}} opens, the {{l|military}} will not carry out equipment changing orders until they have been approved by the Arsenal Dwarf.

They will make no {{L|demand}}s and {{L|Requirement|require}} only a meager {{L|office}} to work in.

When selecting a dwarf for the position from the noble screen, both the {{L|record keeper}} and {{L|organizer}} {{L|skills}} are highlighted as relevant.

* There have been reports of the Arsenal Dwarf not appearing despite the population criteria being fulfilled; this is probably a bug. Don't worry, the position will randomly appear later.{{version|0.31.02}}
* If your Expedition Leader/Mayor is killed it can cause all unassigned nobles to vanish from the nobles screen. This could cause your arsenal dwarf position (among others) to be unavailable. This is a bug.{{version|0.31.01}}
* This position may not appear until after you have assigned a sheriff.
* It may seem like a good idea to have your arsenal dwarf in the military, but they won't be able to hand out equipment while on duty or training, which will fundamentally break your military.
* Assigning equipment uses the Organizer skill and can take a very long time at low levels of the skill, resulting in dwarves wandering around with the wrong equipment for extended periods. One way to speed this up is to assign the arsenal dwarf and manager duties to the same dwarf, which will consolidate organizer skill growth from both tasks.

{{gamedata|[POSITION:ARSENAL_DWARF]
[NAME:arsenal dwarf:arsenal dwarves]
[SITE]
[NUMBER:1]
[RESPONSIBILITY:UPGRADE_SQUAD_EQUIPMENT]
[RESPONSIBILITY:EQUIPMENT_MANIFESTS]
[RESPONSIBILITY:SORT_AMMUNITION]
[APPOINTED_BY:EXPEDITION_LEADER]
[APPOINTED_BY:MAYOR]
[REQUIRES_POPULATION:20]
[PRECEDENCE:179]
[DO_NOT_CULL]
[COLOR:5:0:0]
[DUTY_BOUND]
[REQUIRED_OFFICE:1]}}

{{nobles}}

40d:Lever

2008-09-20T02:56:22Z

Thendash:

'''A lever''' is a device that can be linked to other devices to control them through it's {{k|q}} menu once the controlled device is constructed. It needs one [[mechanism]] to be constructed (if you have a mechanism, you can build the lever with {{k|b}}{{k|T}}{{k|l}}). A lever is pulled through its {{k|q}} menu with {{k|a}}{{k|P}}. A nearby [[dwarf]] will then pull it. [[Pressure plate]]s are like levers, but are activated automatically by [[creatures]] stepping on it. Levers, when linked to objects, will never require more than two mechanisms, and will always be able to activate the linked objects across even the longest map with ease.

Levers have an 'on' and a 'off' state. Upon being flipped, everything they're connected to updates to the lever's new state. This becomes important if you have several levers attached to the same building.

Several devices, such as [[floodgate]]s and [[bridge]]s, have a delayed response to all incoming signals, and will not respond to subsequent signals until the first has taken effect. For instance, if you pull a lever attached to a floodgate on then off in rapid succession, the floodgate will only respond to the 'on' (open) signal.

''Is there a limit to the amount of objects that can be linked to a lever?''--[[User:Thendash|Thendash]] 22:56, 19 September 2008 (EDT)
Objects that can be controlled by levers include:

=== Multiple Uses ===

* [[Bridge]] – Bridges have a delay of 100 steps when the lever is pulled.
** '''On:''' Turns the bridge into either a raised drawbridge, or a retracted bridge, depending on which option was chosen when the the bridge was constructed.
** '''Off:''' Returns the bridge to normal.

* [[Door]] – Note that once you connect a door, it is either completely open or locked. There is no "closed, but can be opened by a dwarf" state anymore.
** '''On:''' Opens the door.
** '''Off:''' Closes the door.

* [[Floodgate]] – After the lever is installed, it works exactly like a door. Floodgates, however, have a 100 tick delay. Therefore, it is more logical to use doors, at least until doors aren't usable for holding back water.
** '''On:''' Opens the floodgate.
** '''Off:''' Closes the floodgate.

* [[Floor hatch|Hatch]] – When open it just disappears and allows water through. Note that, like doors, once you connect a hatch, it is either completely open or locked.
** '''On:''' Opens the hatch.
** '''Off:''' Closes the hatch.

* [[Grate]] – When it is open, it just disappears. Water goes through it just the same, but it cannot be walked on anymore. Anybody on it will fall.
** '''On:''' Opens the grate.
** '''Off:''' Closes the grate.

* [[Bars]] – When it is open, it just disappears. Water goes through it just the same, but it cannot be walked on anymore. Anybody on it will fall.
** '''On:''' Opens the bars.
** '''Off:''' Closes the bars.

* [[Trap|Upright Spear/Spikes]]
** '''On:''' Retracts spears/spikes.
** '''Off:''' Extends spears/spikes.

* [[Gear assembly]] – When it is disengaged, no power goes through it and anything that is being kept up by its presence (like a [[windmill]] right on top of it) falls down.
** '''On:''' Disengages the gear assembly.
** '''Off:''' Engages the gear assembly.

=== One-Shot ===

* [[Cage]]/[[Restraint]] – Opens the cage/[[chain]]/[[rope]] and releases whatever it held. This is permanent and you will have to reinstall and relink the cages/restraints after one use. You recover the [[mechanism]] used in the cage/restraint but you do not recover the mechanism used in the lever.

* [[Support]] – Deconstructs the support, except without a dwarf next to it. Most commonly used to cause [[cave-in]]s.

== Computing ==

Elaborate combinations of levers (or pressure plates) and other objects can be used to create mechanical systems that can perform various forms of [[computing]].

{{Buildings}}
[[Category:Buildings]][[Category:Physics]]

40d:Graphics set repository

2007-10-30T04:44:21Z

Thendash: /* Zaratustra */

''You may be looking for the [[List of user tilesets]].''

'''Object [[tilesets]]''' are for use with Graphics Mode, which allows different tiles for creatures. In the current version only creature tiles are supported. The [[tileset]] page has detailed instructions on how to use these tilesets.

''Warning:'' Some configuration files for these tilesets ''do not work'' with the latest version of DF.

== Dystopian Rhetoric ==

29/10/07: Updated Easy Pack for new version. Tiles for new creatures to come eventually.

14/08/07: The last version uh... well... I'd got it modded so that humans had fortresses instead of dwarves and left it in when I uploaded by mistake. This update fixes that. Probably makes something else go horribly wrong though. I don't know.

[http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XPRO3NJ0 Easy Pack - No need to fiddle around with .txt files for hours with this, just download and play. Includes Herrbdog's awesome fontset.]

[http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OIF0R0F5 DIY version]

[http://www.filecrunch.com/file/~1j15ny Same as the above (15/08/07) but at a much better host]

[http://users.tpg.com.au/fade2blk/graphics.rar DIY version (direct-link mirror)]

[[Image:DR-1b.png]] 
[[Image:DR-2b.png]]

== Zaratustra ==

Uses [http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/User:Zaratustra/Tileset this txt file] for formatting. 
[[Image:dorfs16x16.png]] 
http://zarawesome.googlepages.com/dorfs16x16.png

=== 10x12 version ===

For those oldschool people.

[http://zarawesome.googlepages.com/dorfs_800x300.bmp bmp]
[http://zarawesome.googlepages.com/graphics_example.txt txt] 
[[Image:Dorfs_800x300.png]] 
http://zarawesome.googlepages.com/dorfs_800x300.png

== DeepQantas ==

http://teemu.a.salmela.googlepages.com/dqset.gif

http://teemu.a.salmela.googlepages.com/dqset.bmp

As you can see, I'm drawing over DR's great set, so props that way. Since I'm using a 14x16 size (actually 28x16 since it must be divisible by 4) I'm including a custom font file in the zip file. It's also about halfway done.

=== Installation ===

http://teemu.a.salmela.googlepages.com/dqset.zip

# Download the zip file
# Extract to you Dwarf Fortress folder (eg. C:\Games\Dwarf\ )
# In \data\init\ copy the GRAPHICS section from init_dqset.txt and replace it in init.txt

I'll keep the latest version and in-game screenshots and stuff here:
http://teemu.a.salmela.googlepages.com/

== MikeWulf ==

For use on resolutions 1280x800 and up.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/285/dwarftiles16le7.png

First, change it to .bmp instead of .png.

Then put it in your \raw\graphics\example folder.
Then replace \raw\graphics\graphics_example.txt and \data\init\init.txt with the info in [http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/User_talk:Mikewulf this page] and alter it to suit and you are done.

A lot of these tiles simply will not work because Toady didn't add the code to display certain creatures and creature types. If you think you have seen one that should work either change the code in the link or email me.
No More to come Until the next release.

[[Category:Modding]]
[[Category:Interface]]

File:Dorfs 800x300.png

2007-10-30T04:43:42Z

Thendash:

File:Dorfs16x16.png

2007-10-30T04:40:27Z

Thendash:

40d:Cave-in

2007-10-30T04:35:38Z

Thendash:

Cave-ins occur only if the roof is detached from all walls. Rooms can be as large as you want as long as it is attached to at least one wall.

== Avoiding cave-ins ==
{{Notice Box|In Progress|Don't pay any attention to the information below this line! It is simply a placeholder!}}
<div style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre; line-height: 126.5%"><nowiki>
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒▒......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒ ▒ = Support or wall
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
</nowiki></div>

[[Category:Rooms]]

40d:Cave-in

2007-10-30T04:35:23Z

Thendash:

'''Cave-ins''' Cave-ins occur only if the roof is detached from all walls. Rooms can be as large as you want as long as it is attached to at least one wall.

== Avoiding cave-ins ==
{{Notice Box|In Progress|Don't pay any attention to the information below this line! It is simply a placeholder!}}
<div style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre; line-height: 126.5%"><nowiki>
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒▒......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒ ▒ = Support or wall
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
</nowiki></div>

[[Category:Rooms]]

40d:Cave-in

2007-10-30T04:35:13Z

Thendash:

'''Cave-ins''' Cave-ins occur only if the roof is detached from all walls. Rooms can be as large as you want as long as it is attached to at least one wall.
'''Could someone please fill in this information? I have no idea how cave-ins work in this version.'''

== Avoiding cave-ins ==
{{Notice Box|In Progress|Don't pay any attention to the information below this line! It is simply a placeholder!}}
<div style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre; line-height: 126.5%"><nowiki>
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒▒......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒ ▒ = Support or wall
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒.......▒
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
</nowiki></div>

[[Category:Rooms]]

40d:Re-walling

2007-10-30T04:18:13Z

Thendash: /* Re-Walling */

'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!
|-
| To re-wall outside or inside your fortress simply press: 
('''b''')uild 
then 
('''C''') Wall/Floor/Stairs '''*note the capital C''' 
then 
('''w''')all 
('''f''')loor 
('''r''')amp 
('''u''')p stairs 
('''d''')own stairs 
('''x''') up/down stairs 
or 
('''F''')ortifications '''*note the capital F''' 
|[[Image:Rewall1.jpg]] 
[[Image:Rewall2.jpg]]
|}
[[Category:Guides]]
--[[User:Thendash|Thendash]] 00:15, 30 October 2007 (EDT)

40d:Re-walling

2007-10-30T04:17:06Z

Thendash: /* Re-Walling */

'''
== Re-Walling ==
'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!
|-
| To re-wall outside or inside your fortress simply press: 
('''b''')uild 
then 
('''C''') Wall/Floor/Stairs '''*note the capital C''' 
then 
('''w''')all 
('''f''')loor 
('''r''')amp 
('''u''')p stairs 
('''d''')own stairs 
('''x''') up/down stairs 
or 
('''F''')ortifications '''*note the capital F''' 
|[[Image:Rewall1.jpg]] 
[[Image:Rewall2.jpg]]
|}
[[Category:Guides]]
--[[User:Thendash|Thendash]] 00:15, 30 October 2007 (EDT)

40d:Re-walling

2007-10-30T04:15:08Z

Thendash: New page: ''' == Re-Walling == ''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! ! |- | To re-wall outside or inside your fortress simply press: ('''b''')uild then ('''C''') Wall/Floor/Stairs '''*no...

'''
== Re-Walling ==
'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!
|-
| To re-wall outside or inside your fortress simply press: 
('''b''')uild 
then 
('''C''') Wall/Floor/Stairs '''*note the capital C''' 
then 
('''w''')all 
('''f''')loor 
('''r''')amp 
('''u''')p stairs 
('''d''')own stairs 
('''x''') up/down stairs 
or 
('''F''')ortifications '''*note the capital F''' 
|[[Image:Rewall1.jpg]] 
[[Image:Rewall2.jpg]]
|}
--[[User:Thendash|Thendash]] 00:15, 30 October 2007 (EDT)

File:Rewall2.jpg

2007-10-30T04:10:41Z

Thendash: Re-wall tutorial 2.

Re-wall tutorial 2.

File:Rewall1.jpg

2007-10-30T04:03:03Z

Thendash: Re-wall tutorial 1.

Re-wall tutorial 1.