Cleaning

[The Hat]

So I haven't played DF in a good long while. When I was into it, cleaning was always a problem. Getting dwarves to clean as a priority for example was impossible and led to much 'fun'. Has this been updated or changed in any way?

[Cruxador]

There was a cleaning update. It was years ago now, but I think probably you played longer ago than that because cleaning isn't a big difficulty any more.

[SedrynTyros]

There needs to be an idle Dwarf in the vicinity so what I usually do is create a temporary Meeting Zone if the mess isn't getting tended to fast enough for me. That works, though.

[Yuubi]

Dwarves clean themself now when water is found somewhere, but you could also make the entrance of your meeting hall include a shower (make sure its a closed up section because it will be the most dirty place ever thanks to splashing but the dwarfs are clean & misted) you need to pass through to enter.

Did that once by using a river on the surface (warm climate because F freezing water) by digging a 3 wide tunnel that starts with a row of fortifications and a V shape pressure lower and ended in a channel that has floorgrates to filter any creature that made the mistake on ending there somehow. The water fell like 10 z-levels though some "shower sections" which were made at most visted places (meeting hall & crafting area) which were under eachother before landing in a tunnel that ends outside the map.
You cant dig out the last blocks at the edge of the map, but you can smooth & fortificate those to make the water leave the map anyway.

[The Hat]

Thank you all.