Editing v0.31:Stonegears/Examining your dwarves

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You can view and set various details of your dwarfs by using {{K|v}} from the main menu, which will show you various things about the dwarf (or  creature) closest to the cursor; you can move the cursor around to look at different dwarfs.  If there are multiple dwarfs on the same tile you can cycle between them by repeatedly pressing {{K|v}}.

== General view ==

The game starts out with the general view.  You can return to the general view with {{K|g}}.

* The topmost line shows the dwarf's name, followed by their profession name.  The profession name is determined by the dwarf's highest [[skill]] (unless manually set to something else), as is the color of the line.
* The next line shows the dwarf's name inside of double quotes, but with the last name translated from Dwarfish to English.
* The third line shows the sex of the dwarf with ♂ or  ♀	.
* The fourth line shows whatever job the dwarf is currently engaged in, or {{DFtext|No Job|yellow}} if there is no job.
* After that comes the list of the [[skills]] the dwarf has.  If the skill list is too long to fit all at once on the screen (indicated by a {{DFtext|↓|limegreen}} under the skills list)   you can scroll through it with {{K|+}} and {{K|-}}.  You can toggle hiding or displaying the combat, labor, and [[social skill]]s with {{K|c}}, {{K|b}} and {{K|m}} respectively.

== Wounds ==

You can view the [[wound]]s a dwarf has with {{K|w}}; white text means that that body part is fine.  The wounds display will also show you if the dwarf is hungry, thirsty, bleeding, nauseous, and so on.

== Inventory ==

You can view the items a dwarf is wearing or holding with {{K|i}}.  You can then scroll through the list using {{K|+}} and {{K|-}}, and see more details on an item with {{K|Enter}}.  See also the [[Stonegears/Examining items|Examining items]] page.

Note that the game treats clothing as gender-neutral, so there'll be male dwarves wearing skirts and dresses and female dwarves wearing pants.  Also note that a bug prevents dwarves from putting on new clothing when their old clothing wears out, so eventually all of your dwarves will wind up running around naked.

== Labors and work animals ==

With {{K|p}} you get the chance to examine and set the dwarves' labors ({{K|l}}) and work dogs ({{K|e}}).

=== Labors ===

This shows the [[labor]]s that the dwarf has enabled.  If a dwarf has a labor enabled then s/he will perform that job, no matter how low that skill, since any dwarf can do any job (even though s/he will do it slowly and poorly without any skill).

All of the labors are grouped together by category (except for [[Mining]]).  If none of the labors in a category are enabled the category is {{DFtext|gray|gray}}, if some are enabled the category is {{DFtext|light gray|lightgrey}}, and if all labors are enabled the category is {{DFtext|white|white}}.  You use {{K|+}} and {{K|-}} to select a category, then {{K|Shift-Enter}} to toggle all the labors in the category on or off.  Alternatively, you use {{K|Enter}} to see the individual labors in the group, {{K|+}} and {{K|-}} to select a labor, {{K|Enter}} to toggle the labor on or off, and then {{K|Esc}} to return to the list of labor categories.

If you want to change the labors of multiple dwarves at once, it's much easier to do so using the third party utility [[Main:Dwarf Therapist|Dwarf Therapist]].

=== Work animals ===

This shows the number of hunting or war [[dog]]s (or other trainable animal) assigned to the dwarf, the number of unassigned hunting/war animals left, and lets you assign them to the dwarf.  An animal assigned to a dwarf will become the dwarf's [[pet]] and follow that dwarf around.

Tame but untrained trainable animals can be trained at a [[kennel]]. 

If you have [[dog]]s trained as war dogs or hunting dogs, you can assign them to individual dwarves to have them follow the dwarf around. Tame but untrained dogs can be trained at a [[kennel]].

== Status ==

Unlike the other displays, this takes you to a whole new screen.  The status screen itself only shows the number of objects owned by the dwarf, but offers access to three other screens.  Scrolling/selection on the screens is done with {{K|↑}} and {{K|↓}}.

=== Thoughts and preferences ===

{{K|Enter}} gets you the thoughts and preferences sub-screen, which shows a lot of information about the dwarf.

* The first piece of information, in {{DFtext|white|white}} shows the dwarf's [[thoughts]].  The first sentence says how happy or unhappy s/he is at the moment, and the next sentence lists the recent events that have increased or decreased his/her happiness.  If a dwarf is unhappy enough there's the danger that s/he will [[tantrum]].  If many dwarves are unhappy enough, then one dwarf tantruming can tip a second dwarf over the edge into tantruming, who will set off a third, and so on.  A good way to keep track of the overall happiness of your fort is the third party utility [[Main:Dwarf Therapist|Dwarf Therapist]].
* The second piece of information, in {{DFtext|cyan|cyan}}, are the two [[Deity|gods]] the dwarf worships.  This currently has no effect on the game.  Sometimes a dwarf will worship the same god twice; this is a known bug.
* The third piece of information, in {{DFtext|blue|blue}}, is the dwarven kingdom s/he's a citizen of, and the name of the group of which s/he's a member (the group being the dwarves who founded the fortress)
* The fourth piece of information, in {{DFtext|yellow|yellow}}, is the dwarf's age and birthday.  Your dwarves are unlikely to die of old age, and they don't celebrate their birthdays.  This is only useful if you're waiting for a [[child]] to grow into an adult at age 12.
* The fifth piece of information, in {{DFtext|white|white}}, is the dwarf's physical description.  Wounds will be listed in {{DFtext|red|red}} and missing body parts will be listed in {{DFtext|magenta|magenta}}.
* The sixth piece of information, in a mixture of {{DFtext|green|green}} and {{DFtext|red|red}}, are the dwarf's different-than-average physical (body) [[attribute]]s; if all the physical attributes are average then this section will be missing.  This information can be useful when determining which job to assign to a dwarf.
* The seventh piece of information, in {{DFtext|lime green|limegreen}}, is the list of the dwarf's [[preferences]]:
** The first sentence lists the materials, type of items, shapes, colors, animals and plants the dwarf likes.
*** The materials and item types are useful in assigning jobs, since if a dwarf likes (for example) [[gold]] then s/he will be more skillful when crafting items out of gold, and if s/he likes goblets s/he will be more skillful when crafting goblets.  
*** The materials and item types are also useful in deciding which dwarves to ''not'' make into the [[mayor]] or [[baron]], since these [[nobles]] will onerously demand that those types of things be made and/or forbid them from being [[caravan|exported]].
*** A dwarf will be more likely to select an animal as a [[pet]] if it's the type of animal they prefer.
** The second sentence lists the types of [[food]] and [[booze]] the dwarf prefers to consume.  A dwarf consuming the type of food/booze s/he prefers will get a happy [[thought]].  The types of plants and animals listed in the first sentence is entirely different than what the dwarf likes to eat.
** The third sentence (which not all dwarfs have) is the type of [[vermin]] which the dwarf hates.  If the dwarf encounters this type of vermin it will generate an unhappy [[thought]].  You can reduce the chance of your dwarves encountering vermin by keeping around a few [[cat]]s.
* The eighth piece of information, in a mixture of {{DFtext|green|green}} and {{DFtext|red|red}}, are the dwarf's different-than-average mental (soul) [[attribute]]s; if all the mental attributes are average then this section will be missing.  This information can be useful when determining which job to assign to a dwarf.
* The ninth piece of information, in {{DFtext|white|white}}, is the list of the dwarf's [[personality trait]]s.  The last "personality" trait is your dwarf's level of [[cave adaptation]], which determines if s/he'll get an unhappy [[thought]] and/or [[vomit]] when exposed to sunlight.
* The last piece of information, {{DFtext|A short, sturdy creature fond of drink and industry|white}}, is a description of the dwarven species.

=== Relationships ===

{{K|r}} will give a list of relationships, consisting of the dwarf's [[marriage|spouse]], [[children]],  [[deity|gods]], [[pet]]s, [[friend]]s, and those the dwarf holds a [[grudge]] against.  The gods worshiped currently have no effect on the game.  An encounter with a pet, spouse, child or friend will generate a happy [[thought]], while an encounter with someone against whom a grudge is held will generate a negative thought.  Anyone on the list dying will generate an unhappy thought, except for those the dwarf has a grudge against, which might generate a happy thought.

{{K|v}} is used to view the selected entity.  Viewing a deity or pet will show a description.  Viewing a dwarf will bring you to the status screen of that dwarf.  {{K|z}} can be used to zoom in on the location of a pet or dwarf.

=== Customize name ===

{{K|y}} gets you the customize sub-screen, which can be used to change the nickname ({{K|n}}) or profession name ({{K|p}}) of the dwarf.  This has no effect on the game, and its only purpose is to help you more easily tell one dwarf from another.