Message log?

[Sefin]

Is it possible to find a message long.

Got a message saying someone wishes to join. Clicked ok and now I cant find the person in my 150+ pops.

[Zuao]

Unfortunatelly not. There might be a mod for it since it's definitelly something this game needs (along with the ability to archive read messages like a mail box) but you'll have to abbandon your current save in order for the mod to be applied.

You can check whoever joined your fort by checking their memories. It will be recorded as this example of one guy I clicked on in my fort.

"Autumn 105
Satisfied remembering being granted residency."

[ostlandr]

There are a few things I wish I could look up. What does next year's Dwarf caravan want to buy? Which guild wants a guildhall? (You can check the latter by clicking a meeting zone, clicking the change type button, selecting either guildhall or temple, and scrolling through mousing over each until you see "agreed to build X".) Seems odd (and annoying) to sit here with a pencil and paper making notes. "Dwarf caravan in Autumn of 105 will want X." "Need to upgrade Farmer's guildhall to Grand Guildhall."

[Zuao]

You can check what caravans want by clicking on the global map and checking the "civilizations" tab. Hover mouse over them and they'll show you what you agreed to import and what they want from you. But it disappears when the caravan actually arrives. But it's always Dwarves in Autumn, Humans in Summer and Elves in Spring. When the month turns over (allowing autosaves whenever the season changes is a handy reminder) just look up what caravans want and keep a mental note for a few minutes.

On a side note, having a legendary cook cranking out masterwork roasts will easily buy you an entire caravan every season with four or five barrels full of the good stuff. But feels like cheating. It's like 5-7k dwarfbucks for a single barrel. Renders the import/export thing completelly irrelevant except for the roleplay aspect.