User:Ehertlein

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• Bedroom Design

Newbie Questions I Have

• Is there a way to get rid of flies? Do I need to?

Get a cat and keep your food in underground stockpiles, and they should stay outside where they belong. But no, you don't really need to vanquish them; they may occasionally cause a bad thought in dwarves that hate flies, but they're pretty harmless. Certainly less so than cats. --Zombiejustice 11:58, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

Ahh thank you. I find I have less flies now. I could be wrong, but I think I had an issue with flies because I had so many crops wilting in the huge underground farms I had dug. I have been better about that recently. --Ehertlein 17:30, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

• How do I stop thieves?

Move all your workshops and your trade depot underground to start. Post either canine or dwarven guards at the entrance to your fort in such a way that nothing can get past without coming within one tile of them. They will typically avoid traps, but will fall out of stealth whenever they are in the eight tiles surrounding a hostile unit (I don't think pets count, sadly, but war dogs do). You may even find it useful to assign a war dog to all your woodcutters and herbalists, as they are usually the ones finding thieves as they wander around the map. --Zombiejustice 11:58, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

I have a nice little setup of traps now in my fort entrance, followed by dogs on ropes, followed by another row of traps. Hopefully that should ease the issue. I'll need to find myself an animal handler to train my dogs though. --Ehertlein 17:30, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

Fort Journal

Year 1

Not much happening this first year. Got my farm up and running, built some crude living quarters. Thanks to the wonders of Dwarven Syrup Roasts I bought everything I could want from the first caravan. No migrants this year, not sure why.