v0.34 Talk:Gem

Just FYI, dwarves can now polish non-gemstone rocks into cabochons in the jewelers workshop. Even slate!--Auric 18:26, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Gem cuts

If I'm reading it correctly, raw/objects/entity_default.txt defines what cuts of gem a civ can produce:

	Dwarf	Human	Goblin	Elf / Kobold / Animal men
STONE_SHAPE:	OVAL_CABOCHON ROUND_CABOCHON CUSHION_CABOCHON RECTANGULAR_CABOCHON	OVAL_CABOCHON ROUND_CABOCHON CUSHION_CABOCHON RECTANGULAR_CABOCHON	RECTANGULAR_CABOCHON	OVAL_CABOCHON
GEM_SHAPE:	OVAL_CABOCHON ROUND_CABOCHON CUSHION_CABOCHON RECTANGULAR_CABOCHON POINT_CUT_GEM TABLE_CUT_GEM SINGLE_CUT_GEM ROSE_CUT_GEM BRIOLETTE_CUT_GEM EMERALD_CUT_GEM MARQUISE_CUT_GEM OVAL_CUT_GEM PEAR_CUT_GEM SQUARE_BRILLIANT_CUT_GEM RADIANT_CUT_GEM TRILLION_CUT_GEM ROUND_BRILLIANT_CUT_GEM BAGUETTE_CUT_GEM TAPERED_BAGUETTE_CUT_GEM CUSHION_CUT_GEM OCTAGON_CUT_GEM SQUARE_CUT_GEM	OVAL_CABOCHON ROUND_CABOCHON CUSHION_CABOCHON RECTANGULAR_CABOCHON POINT_CUT_GEM TABLE_CUT_GEM SINGLE_CUT_GEM ROSE_CUT_GEM BRIOLETTE_CUT_GEM	RECTANGULAR_CABOCHON POINT_CUT_GEM	OVAL_CABOCHON

Based on this, is the article incorrect in its assessment of how cuts are decided? It would seem "brilliant" is never used alone, and "rose" isn't on our list. I would like someone to check my findings before I edit the article, since I'm not that experienced with looking into the raws. Thanks. --timrem 01:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Moving large gems

Large gems can be used as bait in animal traps, upon destruction of the animal trap, this gems is dropped next to where the animal trap was. So, this is a method for moving gems, though not a very reliable one. Also 'large gems' can be chosen as one of the types of 'finished goods' for a stockpile. Once a large gem is encrusted with other items, dwarves will move it to such a stockpile.