User talk:Rowenlemmings

Lustroustools's Population

I don't have the most experience in wiki editing -- is there an easier or more readable way to lay that out than I have already? I'd like to be able to keep a record of my current population this way for people following the Twitter updates. --Rowenlemmings 08:00, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Welcome! (Your "How I started DF" story sounds like mine!) For your needs, I'd use a sortable table. Just copy/past from the metal or gem page and adapt as needed. The key is the template for the header, Template:Metal table head, and then akes a minute to see the formatting - then it's easy. Name, migration wave, profession, noble/role, kills, pets ... whatever. For some fancier techniques, check out the chart on the crop page, which use templates for the colored cells.--Albedo 17:05, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Cool lemme take a look and see how that works aesthetically. Also, is it possible to hide a table behind an infobox? The population table is inherently gigantic and I don't particularly want all that length on my page unless it's hideable. --Rowenlemmings 20:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm - don't think you can put a table template within a template (or if you can, I don't know how!). Best you can do is use templates inside cells for larger info:

GIANT FREAKING TABLE WITH TONS OF CODE (read and removed by Rowenlemmings) and linked to original page, for reference, by --Albedo 22:15, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Here's the basic template:

blah blah blah bleh :bleh

As you can see, you can put any amount of raw text in there that will expand out once clicked, similar to the file info on any creature page. Formatting can be a problem in some cases.

--Albedo 21:40, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Sandbox

Name	Profession	Title/ Nobility
Dodók Mistêmthîkut	Carpenter/ Furnace Operator
Lolor Ikudïteb	Woodcutter/ Herbalist
Zazit Mengathel	Mason/ Mechanic
Urdim Urdimlâven	Thresher/ Cook
Kel Uristsokan	Grower/ Weaponsmith
Monom Sazirrir	Grower/ Armorsmith
Sibrek Kolïngiz	Brewer Broker Skills	Expedition Leader Broker Manager Bookkeeper

Try using the wiki break.<br />--Albedo 21:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

And you could make your own custom colored template for your cells by tracking down the above at [[template: ____]], and just change the hex color number.--Albedo 21:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

What's the difference between <BR> and <br />? --Rowenlemmings 21:47, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

No idea, except that it's possible that the wiki handles them slightly diff in diff situations. The one I gave is the one that shows when you click the button in the header, so I'd stick with that. Meh.--Albedo 21:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Yay for wordpad's find and replace.... --Rowenlemmings 21:51, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Starting build

...since I only wanted one (axe) to begin with, taking one copper bar
 and one charcoal instead and forging it on-site. 

Pro tip, take one copper ore and one cassiterite ore. For one job and one fuel at a smelter, you get two bronze bars - and bronze is... um... 66/50 better than copper in combat, and worth a bit more. And see DIY.

59 booze (weird numbers are for the extra barrels), a single unit of all
 the cheap meats plus eleven turtles (for the shells) makes 31 meat

Not sure what you're spending the points on, but I can squeeze all the 2, 4 and 6-cost meats - more food than you need, but one free barrel each.

(Tower-cap logs [21])

5 beds (schedules rotate) plus one bucket. 8 beds will sleep 50 dwarves np. Plus 2 more/pump expected. Plus forging until you have magma workshops set up, something else you can count. And don't forget the 3 free from the wagon. Don't know how much tree-supporting terrain you have.

The rope is for making restraints near my entrance for war dogs. 

Copper ore and 2 logs (for fuel) are much cheaper, and a chain is more butch. More cassiterite cuts down on charcoal and improves wealth for no extra cost.

The diorite was just one stone so I could build the metalsmith's forge immediately 

No bauxite available? Then I'd bring more copper ore - it's not that much more pricewise, and your unskilled miners don't have to dive in and butcher veins before they're ready.

But it's all personal preference - sounds like you'll do fine.--Albedo 06:11, 14 September 2009 (UTC)