Editing v0.31:Reclaim fortress mode

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=Reclaiming=

Sometimes, a favorite fort in a remarkably wonderful location is [[Fun|extinguished]] for one reason or another. Sometimes, you just have to go back and try again. Thankfully, this mechanic has been built into the game in the form of Reclaim Fortress Mode.

==How to reclaim a fortress==
In order to reclaim a fortress, you must first have lost a fortress site somehow, whether by starvation, abandonment or violence. At the embark screen, press {{k|R}} in order to bring up a list of potential reclaim locations. From there, reclaiming a fortress is little different than a normal embark. The prepare for journey screen is identical to a normal embark, with the same number of points for item selection.

==What you will find==
On arrival at your old fortress location, the player's initial impression will be one of untidiness. {{L|forbid|Forbidden}} items will be strewn everywhere. Dwarves that died during the fall of the last fortress will be scattered across the map along with the rotten [[corpse|carcasses]] of whatever [[livestock]] was left behind. [[Food]] items in [[barrel]]s rot away for the reclaim. [[Prepared meal]]s will be scattered everywhere but are still dwarf-edible. 

Enemies that existed during abandonment will still be there if you reclaim the fortress immediately afterwards. Enemy invasion forces like [[goblin]] ambush parties will be peaceful for some reason. If your fortress fell to a [[tantrum]] spiral, there may be berserk dwarves lurking in [[ambush]] for your embark party. Be prepared to deal with whatever destroyed your fortress before.

Constructed buildings will have remained standing, including small buildings like {{L|cage}}s and {{L|bed}}s. [[Buildings]], like items, must be reclaimed before they can be used. 

[[Stockpile]]s will no longer exist, and anything held within them will have been scattered along with everything else.

== Reclaiming buildings ==

In order to reclaim a building for your dwarves to use, say a {{L|smelter}}, you will need to reclaim all of the items that make up that {{L|workshop}}. You can do this two ways. First, you can hit  {{key|t}} and move the cursor over the building, which will show all of the items within the building. This includes the materials used to build it. Hit  {{key|f}} on each one to reclaim those items. 

It is also possible to designate multiple items and workshops by using {{key|d}}-{{key|b}}-{{key|c}}. 


==Bugs==

* The [[mud]] normally found in [[cave]] systems is gone on reclaim. {{Bug|133}} This may interfere with your [[farming]] and/or wood cutting plans (depending if you rely on the [[underground forest]]s for [[wood]]).
* If for whatever reason you walled off a section of your fort (to wall a very unhappy dwarf in their bedroom, for example) the walled off section will be invisible on reclaim. On removal of the wall, the section will still be blacked out, and can be designated for [[mining]]. Miners will attempt to dig, fail, and walk away only to try again a few seconds later. To get around this, mine a tile adjacent to the invisible room and it will be revealed, allowing you to continue as normal. {{Bug|1871}} (verified still in 31.25)
* When a dwarf changes jobs and tried to store an item it will constantly say: "Item is missplaced and can't be stored" forever.
* Scattered items seem to only be placed on walkable paths from the edge of the map. Walls and raising drawbridges (in the up position) block the scattering of objects. This can be exploited to concentrate reclaimed items in a small area (verified in versions 31.18 - 31.21). Does not seem to work for artifacts(31.25).

{{Category|Fortress mode}}