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[AngleWyrm]

Mark the whole map as the home zone Create a second zone for hanging out near the base Never again micro-manage dry thunderstorms

[The Man with No Name]

Use the Orders>Plan tool as a range-stick for measuring the distance pawns' weapons can shoot, both friendly and hostile.

[Shurp]

If you hide inside and try to wait out manhunting boomrats, they will starve to death and start exploding.  Cleaning up afterwards can be lots of FUN.

And on the subject of fighting fires, drafting colonists and micromanaging where they stand is far more effective than letting them mill about trying to put out fires.  (No home zone required)

[deshara218]

Pawns can't stand on a chunk to shoot; abuse dumping stockpiles to block off the offensive side of a corner that you don't want enemies to be able to take cover on

[AngleWyrm]

If you make a custom scenario that has health status changes, they can also apply to visitors. I wanted to take some forest fairies on embark as pets, so I switched up the landing scenario to include a 50% chance of fairy dust tolerance. And about half the visitors have fairy dust tolerance.

[The Man with No Name]

Use the "Reconnect" button as an instant switch for workstations and other powered things! Have an extra piece of power conduit not connected to anything and then use the "Reconnect" button to instantly connect the workstation/electrical thing to the power network. No need for a pawn to flick the switch!

[AngleWyrm]

Anti-tip Don't use your meat storage locker for a temporary prison The cooks aren't able to access meat in a prison area So you'll just have to wait until they're officially dead Or make that happen

[AngleWyrm]

Animals eating your food? Create three animal zones Grazing zone: Invert and then clear out areas where chickens, pigmy muffalos, slime girls and the like aren't allowed to wander in and eat stuff Animal Helpers: Allow almost everywhere so huskies, minions, forest fairies and so on can clean and haul; just unmark food storage areas, crops and flowers they shouldn't eat Animal pen: Emergency recall area for raids, to protect non-combatants from harm

[cultist]

Anti-tip

Don't use your meat storage locker for a temporary prison
The cooks aren't able to access meat in a prison area

So you'll just have to wait until they're officially dead
Or make that happen

"Hey prisoners, how are you doing? Don't mind me, just here to pick up some me- WHOOPS sorry about that, my cleaver slipped...
Look I'll be honest. You're probably not going to need that leg anyway."

I guess I should add a tip:

Don't neglect the range setting for workstation jobs. The default is 999 (entire map AFAIK) This is especially important for stonecutting, as pawns will gradually wander further and further from the safety of the base to find chunks to cut. It's also handy for preventing your cook from traversing half the map to haul a handful of meat to cook a single meal because food dropped from the sky and you unforbid it.

[Shurp]

Well, you'd think I'd have figured this out sooner, but I just discovered the joy of having a separate dining/rec-room from my kitchen.  Even a lame "somewhat impressive" room gives a +4/+4 dining and rec bonus.  Admittedly this means your pawns have to spend some time walking through the door between the kitchen and dining room, but they're definitely happier when they're not dining next to a giant frozen muffalo carcass.

[DariusWolfe]

In addition to that tip, Shurp, I recently learned that cleanliness in the kitchen matters toward whether or not you get food poisoning, so I now use sterile tile in my kitchen, and separate my butchery from my kitchen. Haven't had a case of food poisoning in some time.

[AngleWyrm]

When making your jail, build an airlock. If the front door has two front doors separated by a little hallway, then when Oscar the garbage man drops a stack of wood in the doorway the prisoners won't escape.

[SpaceDorf]

Well, you'd think I'd have figured this out sooner, but I just discovered the joy of having a separate dining/rec-room from my kitchen.  Even a lame "somewhat impressive" room gives a +4/+4 dining and rec bonus.  Admittedly this means your pawns have to spend some time walking through the door between the kitchen and dining room, but they're definitely happier when they're not dining next to a giant frozen muffalo carcass.

Yeah .. Pawns are weird like that :-D

[Jovus]

Just discovered that, apparently, penoxy no longer gives an immediate immunity boost for diseases it prevents. The hard way.

[SpaceDorf]

Hunting Spree :

To train shooting, and speed up your hunters create a "Hunting Zone" that excludes the stockpile for dead bodies.
Your hunter will just walk from target to target and kill stuff, while your haulers collect the bodies.