I recently getting to know about functional programming (in Haskell and Scala). It’s capabilities and elegance is quite charming. But when I met Monads, which makes use of an algebraic structure named Monoid, I was surprised and glad to see the theoretic knowledge I have been learning from Mathematics is made use of in programming. … Read more
I play DF on PC for years, and had never encountered this before. I installed DF on my Mac, and I am experiencing really annoying lag with keyboard input. When I press a key there is ~100-200ms delay before I see action happening on the screen, this makes it really hard to play the game … Read more
Is there any way to see a list of all workshops and their clutteredness at a glance? Answer There is definitely not an option to do this in the game itself, and I am not aware of a tool to do so. In short: no. AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : antony.trupe , Answer … Read more
What social skills are important to militia captains? The ones I think might be, but have no way of confirming are: Leadership Organization Teacher Are these used by militia captains? If not, are any social skills at all? Answer Those aren’t social skills, they’re used in military training, or (in the case of organization) used … Read more
So my adventure character is about to go fight a Bronze Colossus. Is there anything I should know or do before I go to fight? My character is an Axeman, who is fairly good at ambushing if that helps. Answer Almost certainly you want to throw things at him. Throwing is kinda weird; it doesn’t … Read more
I recently started a new fortress. My Mason (a valuable dwarf) is just standing outside during snow storms and stuff with “No job”. He doesn’t eat and drink. I tried different stuff to get him back: Switched off all his labors (thought he would stuck in a job or somewhat) Made a burrow and called … Read more
I’ve seen this done in many tutorial videos, but I’d like to know if this makes a difference. Should I put each species of poultry (chickens, turkeys, geese, etc) into separate pens, or does one large pen for all of them suffice? Answer The only benefit to doing that that I can think of is … Read more
I want to embark on a Terrifying biome that have the following traits: some woods moderate foliage no aquifer deep + shallow metals half mountains (to settle in) and half open space (to explore) small river so I can go fishing temperate weather Terrifying biome should not be too dominating on the map since I … Read more
My current fort has line of fortifications and line of floor built of top of the wall. Floor built on top of constructed fortifications. Markdswarfs are stationed behind fortifications on floor inside and should shoot siegers outside. z-1 z z+1 ,,W,,, ·fF··· ··f··· ,,W,g, ·fF··· ··f··· ,,W,,, ·fF··· ··f··· , – ground W – wall … Read more
In my fortress I have two depots, one right next to my stockpile hub and one in an airlock arrangement by the entrance. I wish to use the one further into my depot by default but then use the airlock one during a siege, is there any way this can be done? Answer It is … Read more
