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This page documents commonly asked questions and answers. Some of these questions were taken from the Bay12 Gameplay Questions page. | This page documents commonly asked questions and answers. Some of these questions were taken from the Bay12 Gameplay Questions page. | ||
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==General== | ==General== | ||
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==Environment== | ==Environment== | ||
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==Fortress== | ==Fortress== | ||
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==Skills== | ==Skills== | ||
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==Gameplay: Uncategorized== | ==Gameplay: Uncategorized== | ||
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Q: ''I've got someone in a mood and he wants bones. Well, there's a dead bear skeleton just outside the fort, and I've got lots of tame animals tethered or wandering around.'' | Q: ''I've got someone in a mood and he wants bones. Well, there's a dead bear skeleton just outside the fort, and I've got lots of tame animals tethered or wandering around.'' | ||
| − | A: First off, make sure you've got a butcher's shop, and a dwarf with butchering | + | A: First off, make sure you've got a butcher's shop, and a dwarf with butchering labour enabled. |
Then go to the "animals screen"(from {z} screen), and toggle "ready for slaughter" for those you want to kill. | Then go to the "animals screen"(from {z} screen), and toggle "ready for slaughter" for those you want to kill. | ||
Your butcher will also automatically butcher every dead animal in the refuse stockpile. This includes extracting bones from "partial skeletons". Make a refuse stockpile by the butcher's, and enable refuse gathering from the outside(o->r->o, iirc). | Your butcher will also automatically butcher every dead animal in the refuse stockpile. This includes extracting bones from "partial skeletons". Make a refuse stockpile by the butcher's, and enable refuse gathering from the outside(o->r->o, iirc). | ||
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Q: ''I have 3 miners in my fort, 1 is a migrant (He's the working miner) the other 2 came on embark. The original 2 won't mine anything. (I checked and they're holding picks) The new guy is steady mining all the time. What gives?'' | Q: ''I have 3 miners in my fort, 1 is a migrant (He's the working miner) the other 2 came on embark. The original 2 won't mine anything. (I checked and they're holding picks) The new guy is steady mining all the time. What gives?'' | ||
| − | A: If you're mining a tunnel which is only 1 square in width, only 1 | + | A: If you're mining a tunnel which is only 1 square in width, only 1 Dwarf will mine. Ensure they all have picks equipped. |
Did you perchance assign mining through Dwarf Therapist? | Did you perchance assign mining through Dwarf Therapist? | ||
| − | Either way, unassign, unpause, and then reassign mining | + | Either way, unassign, unpause, and then reassign mining labour. Could be all that's required. |
In some of my own tests, it wasn't even necessary to unpause - just going into v-p-l, selecting Mining (or Wood Cutting) and hitting Enter twice was enough to fix it. | In some of my own tests, it wasn't even necessary to unpause - just going into v-p-l, selecting Mining (or Wood Cutting) and hitting Enter twice was enough to fix it. | ||
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Q: ''I've recently noticed while browsing Legends that some of my dwarves started a group, "The Noiseless Thing". It doesn't say it worships anything/anyone, but dwarves entered it ''en masse'' (though I don't think all of them). Should I be worried? I also have not found anything when searching for "group" on the subject on this wiki. | Q: ''I've recently noticed while browsing Legends that some of my dwarves started a group, "The Noiseless Thing". It doesn't say it worships anything/anyone, but dwarves entered it ''en masse'' (though I don't think all of them). Should I be worried? I also have not found anything when searching for "group" on the subject on this wiki. | ||
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==Using DF Wiki (Editing policies)== | ==Using DF Wiki (Editing policies)== | ||
| − | While browsing the wiki, users are encouraged to contribute by adding information, correcting mistakes, improving links between articles, and researching unconfirmed or incomplete facts. If you're new to the game, you are even more likely to encounter errors, be confused by inconsistencies or phrasing, or have unanswered questions that should be answered here. While you gather your answers | + | While browsing the wiki, users are encouraged to contribute by adding information, correcting mistakes, improving links between articles, and researching unconfirmed or incomplete facts. If you're new to the game, you are even more likely to encounter errors, be confused by inconsistencies or phrasing, or have unanswered questions that should be answered here. While you gather your answers from the [[::Forums|forums]], [[::IRC|IRC]], through playing and testing or other means and figure things out, you're in a unique position to improve the information here for the next person. |
A good wiki is not just about quality information, but also quality presentation and accessibility. There are many editing customs which contribute to quality and consistency of the wiki. Please take a few minutes to read the [[DF:Community_Portal|Rules]]. You can also look through the [[DF_talk:Manual_of_Style|Style Manual]] and some of the other discussions on the [[DF:Centralized_Discussion|centralized discussion page]] found through navigation panel on the left. For technical help with editing features, such as linking and formatting, click the [[Help:Contents|Help link]], also on the left navigation panel. | A good wiki is not just about quality information, but also quality presentation and accessibility. There are many editing customs which contribute to quality and consistency of the wiki. Please take a few minutes to read the [[DF:Community_Portal|Rules]]. You can also look through the [[DF_talk:Manual_of_Style|Style Manual]] and some of the other discussions on the [[DF:Centralized_Discussion|centralized discussion page]] found through navigation panel on the left. For technical help with editing features, such as linking and formatting, click the [[Help:Contents|Help link]], also on the left navigation panel. | ||
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==Writing answers policy== | ==Writing answers policy== | ||
| − | If you know of a page on the wiki that answers a question already, ''' | + | If you know of a page on the wiki that answers a question already, '''Don't''' just redirect to it. Edit the FAQ and change the link to point to it directly. |
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