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− | + | Before doing anything else, make sure to recenter on the wagon with {{K|F1}}. | |
− | + | == Designations == | |
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You can do many useful things in your fort with '''designations'''. A designation means (for the most part) "a wide area order to your dwarves to alter your site". You can access the designation menu using {{K|d}} from the main menu: | You can do many useful things in your fort with '''designations'''. A designation means (for the most part) "a wide area order to your dwarves to alter your site". You can access the designation menu using {{K|d}} from the main menu: | ||
SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | ||
− | :''Press {{K|Esc}} to exit | + | :''Press {{K|Esc}} to exit the designation menu'' |
− | Lets use downward | + | Lets use downward {{L|stair}}ways as an example (first making sure that the game is paused). Use {{K|j}} to select {{DFtext|Downward Stairway|white}}, then move the {{DFtext|X|yellow}} cursor to the south of the wagon. Press {{K|Enter}}, then move the cursor one tile to the east. Where you pressed {{K|Enter}} will be a blinking {{DFtext|+|limegreen}}, which is the '''anchor''' for the designation. Now move the cursor four more to the east, then five south, then hit {{K|Enter}}. There will now be a six-by-six area of downward stair designations ('''NOTE''': don't unpause yet): |
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The anchor and the cursor act as opposite corners of a rectangle which gets filled in with the selected designation type (just hit {{K|Enter}} twice to designate a single tile). Note that the tiles containing trees have no designations, since you can't dig stairs if there's a tree in the way, and a designation command will only select tiles where the current order is appropriate. The only feedback you'll get on how a designation command went are the highlighted graphics in the closeup view and the brown shading in the map view; if no tiles were selected then you'll get no warning or error message. | The anchor and the cursor act as opposite corners of a rectangle which gets filled in with the selected designation type (just hit {{K|Enter}} twice to designate a single tile). Note that the tiles containing trees have no designations, since you can't dig stairs if there's a tree in the way, and a designation command will only select tiles where the current order is appropriate. The only feedback you'll get on how a designation command went are the highlighted graphics in the closeup view and the brown shading in the map view; if no tiles were selected then you'll get no warning or error message. | ||
− | Since designations are merely orders to your dwarves, they're easy to undo if none of your dwarves have carried them out yet (which they won't have, if you kept the game paused). If you make a mistake or changed your mind you can undo a designation with {{K|x}} to select {{DFtext|Remove Designation|white}}. Since the stairs designation | + | Since designations are merely orders to your dwarves, they're easy to undo if none of your dwarves have carried them out yet (which they won't have, if you kept the game paused). If you make a mistake or changed your mind you can undo a designation with {{K|x}} to select {{DFtext|Remove Designation|white}}. Since the stairs designation was just an example, we want to get rid of them all. Press {{K|Enter}} when the cursor is at one corner of the square of stairs, move the cursor to the other corner and press {{K|Enter}} again; all the designations will be gone. The remove designation mode can be used for more than just fixing mistakes. For instance, you could designate a large rectangle and then un-designate a small hole in the center, which would be easier than putting multiple separate designations up around a hole. |
− | + | == Cutting {{L|tree}}s and harvesting {{L|shrub}}s == | |
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Each of your dwarves can be doing a separate task independently of the others, so we'll set a few of them to working on the surface while two of the others dig around underground. Use {{K|t}} to select {{DFtext|Chop Down Trees|white}} and move the cursor ten tiles northwest of the wagon. Press {{K|Enter}}, {{K|Shift-→}} twice, {{K|Shift-↓}} twice, then {{K|Enter}}. | Each of your dwarves can be doing a separate task independently of the others, so we'll set a few of them to working on the surface while two of the others dig around underground. Use {{K|t}} to select {{DFtext|Chop Down Trees|white}} and move the cursor ten tiles northwest of the wagon. Press {{K|Enter}}, {{K|Shift-→}} twice, {{K|Shift-↓}} twice, then {{K|Enter}}. | ||
SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | ||
− | This will designate a | + | This will designate a 20x20 area around the wagon for clear cutting. You ''could'' select the entire surface for logging, but since your dwarves are all morons your lumberjack would go all the way to the northwest corner of your site and start cutting trees there, rather than cutting trees closer to the center like a normal person; this also has the advantage of being a smaller area to undesignate. Trees instantly turn into logs once cut without the need for further processing, and leave behind no stumps. |
Now use {{K|p}} to choose {{DFtext|Gather Plants|white}} and select the same area, to designate shrubs to be harvested. Note that "shrub" is really just shorthand for "wild growing harvestable plant", since shrubs can yield anything from strawberries to wheat to tubers. | Now use {{K|p}} to choose {{DFtext|Gather Plants|white}} and select the same area, to designate shrubs to be harvested. Note that "shrub" is really just shorthand for "wild growing harvestable plant", since shrubs can yield anything from strawberries to wheat to tubers. | ||
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== Digging == | == Digging == | ||
− | Now we'll designate the ''real'' down | + | Now we'll designate the ''real'' down {{L|stair}}ways ({{K|j}}) that we actually want, since our dwarves are going to live and work underground. This time, however, we'll use the mouse. Clicking the mouse cursor over a tile will choose just that single tile for the selected designation, rather than defining a rectangle; dragging the mouse while holding down the button will select all the tiles the mouse cursor crosses. Note that the {{DFtext|X|yellow}} cursor will just sit there, not moving in response to what the ''mouse'' cursor does. |
Okay, we want a west-east row of three down stairways just south of the wagon (see the notes section for why three, and also for weirdness about digging through sand). Once you've designated them, use {{K|Esc}} to exit the designate menu, then press {{K|Space}} to (finally) unpause the game. Your lumberjack will pick up an axe from the wagon, your two miners will pick up their pickaxes, and then they'll go to work. Once the three stairways have been dug, pause the game again with {{K|Space}} and go down one level ({{K|>}}) to see what's happened: | Okay, we want a west-east row of three down stairways just south of the wagon (see the notes section for why three, and also for weirdness about digging through sand). Once you've designated them, use {{K|Esc}} to exit the designate menu, then press {{K|Space}} to (finally) unpause the game. Your lumberjack will pick up an axe from the wagon, your two miners will pick up their pickaxes, and then they'll go to work. Once the three stairways have been dug, pause the game again with {{K|Space}} and go down one level ({{K|>}}) to see what's happened: | ||
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SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | ||
− | You'll note that there are no stairs one level down, and that the only thing that's happened is that the tiles directly under the stairs have been | + | You'll note that there are no stairs one level down, and that the only thing that's happened is that the tiles directly under the stairs have been {{L|revealed tile|revealed}}. This is because no designations cause results that cross {{L|z-level}}s (except for {{L|channel}}ing and {{L|ramp}}s), and your dwarves are too stupid to realize that the stairs should go ''to'' someplace, leaving it up to you to designate the underground stairs. Note that you do '''''not''''' want to designate another set of down stairs on the revealed tiles: the direction of the stairs indicates which direction the dwarves taking it go, so a set of down stairs would mean dwarves below the surface would be unable to move up to the surface; further, the two sets of stairs would be disconnected, so dwarves on the surface would be unable to move down underground. You could use up stairways ({{K|u}}), but then the next set of down stairways to the next lower level would have to be just north or just south of those up stairways. Instead, use up/down stairways ({{K|i}}), since using these will allow you to make a central stairwell that goes straight up and down, rather one that zigzags every z-level. |
Before unpausing the game again, put a single up/down staircase designation off to the west (left) of the other three, with at least one tile of blank space between them: | Before unpausing the game again, put a single up/down staircase designation off to the west (left) of the other three, with at least one tile of blank space between them: | ||
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SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER | ||
− | Note that your miners have not dug down | + | Note that your miners have not dug down to the remaining up/down stairway designation of to the left, since there's no down stairway over it on the surface, and they haven't dug sideways to it from the stairwell since it's not right next to an already dug-out tile. You can use this behavior to lay out mining designations you don't intend to actually dig until later, both as a reminder to yourself to do the digging later, and to help visually lay out your digging plan, so you don't end up digging where you don't want to. |
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