Labor menu customizing?

[Yozh-Sototh]

I find the new labor menu less usable than how it was in classic version. Are there any mods to edit/delete pre-made labors and assign something else than repetitive roman numeric symbols to labors I made?

[Teemo]

I agree it still needs some work, specifically I'd like to see symbols for everything rather than this current system. However, it's still vastly better than classic. I can actually use this system. Took me maybe 7-8 hrs to get used to it, but it works fine for me, I don't even think I'll need Dwarf Therapist.

[Yozh-Sototh]

I used to combine classic labor system with nicknames to mark certain citizens. With new labor system and nicknames rewriting names or profession I kind of without tools.

[McOrigin]

I would very much love to edit the current professions and icons. I understand the intent of this new labour system, especially for new players.

But I prefer to control my dwarves professions and adjust to which guild each dwarf belongs:
Ususally I separate "farmers" from "metalworkers" and want those guilds faily early in my fort. Married couples should be in the same profession. If she is a farmer and he is an animal trainer, he will be assigned to a farmes workshop and "process plant" or "spin thread" until he is in the general farmer profession and joins the guild.

Open up the preset professions for adjustment, add in an icon for every labor (e.g. "miller") and top-labour (e.g. "farmer"), that would be formidable.

[Harmonica]

I have to expect they will allow changing the icons since it's the first thing that anyone notices when using the new system.

Even if they simply auto generated an icon which used the first letters of the custom labor name (or different if duplicates) it would be immediately more usable.

Tooltips when hovering the labour icons wherever they show up would also be a huge QoL upgrade (game just needs some nice detailed tooltips in general).

You can currently edit the roman numerals by replacing their graphics (and all the graphics for buildings and labours should be good for that) but once they repeat they'll all be using the same graphics, so it's only good for new forts for a short time, and of course is laborious to change.

[AlP]

Originally posted by Yozh-Sototh:

I find the new labor menu less usable than how it was in classic version. Are there any mods to edit/delete pre-made labors and assign something else than repetitive roman numeric symbols to labors I made?

Most likely this is a placeholder, and later you'll be able to add labor symbols like you can do with the military squad symbols.

[Yozh-Sototh]

It would be great.

[Chewy]

Work Details Icons is a helpful mod visually for custom details. Replaces each numerical with an image, best that can be done without DFHack.

[Yozh-Sototh]

Is it necessary to create new world to see this mod in action?