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Fortunately, cave adaptation is not a serious issue. The unhappy thought from serious cave adaptation is strong (strong enough to totally negate the "slept in a room like a personal palace" happy thought), and can easily push already unhappy dwarves over the edge, but it is very controllable. Setting up a meeting area outside and above ground with items that cause powerful happy thoughts helps: very valuable [[statue]]s are the best bet here. Be sure to wall it in or otherwise protect it so the area is not a liability during a [[siege]] (and don't forget flying creatures). Cave-adapted dwarves will come out, admire the items in the meeting area, get a happy thought, then vomit all over themselves. If you do it right, you roughly break even. Prolonged, regular exposure to the outdoors (even if it's raining) WILL cure cave adaptation - spending one day outdoors negates 10 days spent in the dark. Dwarves who vomit all the time don't seem to get hungry any faster. | Fortunately, cave adaptation is not a serious issue. The unhappy thought from serious cave adaptation is strong (strong enough to totally negate the "slept in a room like a personal palace" happy thought), and can easily push already unhappy dwarves over the edge, but it is very controllable. Setting up a meeting area outside and above ground with items that cause powerful happy thoughts helps: very valuable [[statue]]s are the best bet here. Be sure to wall it in or otherwise protect it so the area is not a liability during a [[siege]] (and don't forget flying creatures). Cave-adapted dwarves will come out, admire the items in the meeting area, get a happy thought, then vomit all over themselves. If you do it right, you roughly break even. Prolonged, regular exposure to the outdoors (even if it's raining) WILL cure cave adaptation - spending one day outdoors negates 10 days spent in the dark. Dwarves who vomit all the time don't seem to get hungry any faster. | ||
− | If your [[trade depot]] is outside, cave adaptation can create the amusing scene of thirty dwarves carrying goods to the depot all emerging and throwing up at once. Fortunately, the merchants seem to take this in stride, and | + | If your [[trade depot]] is outside, cave adaptation can create the amusing scene of thirty dwarves carrying goods to the depot all emerging and throwing up at once. Fortunately, the merchants seem to take this in stride, and don't allow it to negatively affect negotiations. |
== Preventing and curing cave adaptation == | == Preventing and curing cave adaptation == |