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− | While some aspects of | + | While some aspects of Dwarf Fortress appear to be designed to discourage micromanagement, others reward or require constant user manipulation. This page is a collection of tricks to micromanage your dwarves and compensate for Dwarven AI. |
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*Use a [[civilian alert]] [[burrow]] to keep your dwarves in - and out of - specific locations. | *Use a [[civilian alert]] [[burrow]] to keep your dwarves in - and out of - specific locations. | ||
*Instantly locking [[door]]s can reliably keep a dwarf in a specific location (and doing a specific job), or prevent them from doing something ridiculously stupid. | *Instantly locking [[door]]s can reliably keep a dwarf in a specific location (and doing a specific job), or prevent them from doing something ridiculously stupid. | ||
− | *Order a dwarf to go to a specific location by building an unconnected [[lever]], setting the profile on the lever to the specific dwarf, then ordering the lever be pulled. This works for Nobles too, but can be delayed by any other jobs the dwarf is currently tasked with. | + | *Order a dwarf to go to a specific location by building an unconnected [[lever]], setting the profile on the lever to the specific dwarf, then ordering the lever be pulled. This works for Nobles too, but can be delayed by any other jobs the dwarf is currently tasked with, and is ineffective while a dwarf is [[on break]]. |
− | *Order a dwarf to go to a specific area by drafting him into the [[military]] and issuing a "move" (station) order. Note that this can make your dwarf charge *towards* any nearby enemies. | + | *Order a dwarf to go to a specific area by drafting him into the [[military]] and issuing a "move" (station) order. Note that this can make your dwarf charge *towards* any nearby enemies, and also results in a bad [[thought]] if the dwarf has no prior military experience. |
− | *You can | + | *You can distract children wandering into danger by mass-designating [[construction]]s for removal--you'll need to create a large number of constructions in a safe area beforehand, and it's best to distract the rest of your dwarves with stockpile reordering or mass dumping first (leaving the deconstruction jobs to the children). You can cancel the deconstruction once the children reach the safe area (and preferably lock them in until the danger has passed). You might also consider stocking the safe room with food, drink, and beds and leaving the children there permanently. |
*Cancel a "Store item in stockpile" job by finding the item in question and [[forbid]]ding it. This can keep your dwarves from running through an active battlefield to collect the enemy's severed limbs. You can also set the default status for some items to forbidden under the [[standing orders]] menu. | *Cancel a "Store item in stockpile" job by finding the item in question and [[forbid]]ding it. This can keep your dwarves from running through an active battlefield to collect the enemy's severed limbs. You can also set the default status for some items to forbidden under the [[standing orders]] menu. | ||
*If you stop an active task in progress via joblist {{K|j}}-{{K|r}} the dwarf may not accept similar jobs for about a week. | *If you stop an active task in progress via joblist {{K|j}}-{{K|r}} the dwarf may not accept similar jobs for about a week. | ||
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==Mining== | ==Mining== | ||
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*Miners will select mining jobs with priority based on 1) decreasing Z coordinates (lower first), 2) increasing X coordinates (West first), and 3) increasing Y coordinates (North first). | *Miners will select mining jobs with priority based on 1) decreasing Z coordinates (lower first), 2) increasing X coordinates (West first), and 3) increasing Y coordinates (North first). | ||
*Avoid mining designations that will cause your miners to run back and forth between job sites repeatedly (such as channeling a moat in the North and South simultaneously). | *Avoid mining designations that will cause your miners to run back and forth between job sites repeatedly (such as channeling a moat in the North and South simultaneously). | ||
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==Cooking== | ==Cooking== | ||
− | *Use the 'z' Kitchen tab to select exactly which ingredients you want cooked. | + | *Use the 'z' Kitchen tab to select exactly which ingredients you want cooked--but make sure you set the cooking preferences before you issue the cooking job; otherwise the cook will cancel the job when one of his already-selected ingredients is disallowed. |
*Combine large stacks of meat with a dwarf's "[[preference|preferred]]" ingredient to create a large stack of "preferred" meals (for more happy [[thought]]s). | *Combine large stacks of meat with a dwarf's "[[preference|preferred]]" ingredient to create a large stack of "preferred" meals (for more happy [[thought]]s). | ||
− | * | + | *While there are hundreds of different ingredients for dwarves to prefer, there are only about 16 different drinks. Meals cooked with alcohol are therefore more likely to include a preferred ingredient and therefore give a happy thought. |
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==Military== | ==Military== | ||
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− | ==Strange | + | ==Strange Moods== |
− | * | + | *Dwarves will honor "forbidden" workshop settings ''before'' they decide which workshop to claim. You can still forbid all the relevant [[moodable]] workshops when the game pauses with notice of the strange mood. |
+ | *If you construct all the moodable workshops in your fortress with a specific type of material (e.g. chalk blocks), you can use the 'z' stocks menu to quickly forbid all your moodable workshops. | ||
*Placing unforbidden moodable workshops behind a locking door with stockpiles/dumps of your most valuable materials will result in high-value artifacts. You can even select the specific items used by forbidding all the items in the locked room, then unforbidding those you want your moody dwarf to use. | *Placing unforbidden moodable workshops behind a locking door with stockpiles/dumps of your most valuable materials will result in high-value artifacts. You can even select the specific items used by forbidding all the items in the locked room, then unforbidding those you want your moody dwarf to use. | ||
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