You dont need dwarf therapist with the Steam Version anymore, the game itself shows you wich dwaves are unhappy and who are happy, dfhack is a must though, i've experienced weird shit like animals unable to leave the map and so no new animals spawn unless they are killed, this is specially annoying if the animal flies as well as things that existed in previous versions that doesnt anymore in the steam one for unknown retarded reasons.
Yer I just recently noticed this too. The reason I wanted it is because I don’t like putting pregnant women and the disabled into my squads but now DFhack has filters for that.
Unless they really messed up the memory structure in between versions, you can invoke this command with an updated DF hack:
devel/export-dt-ini
I believe for a Dumping Zone to work over Z levels, you need to place the zone on the walkway around the Z drop. Something like this:
+++++
+ZZZ+
+Z.Z+
+ZZZ+
+++++I've had success with the Pit/Pond zoning method, by tunneling down to the magma layers to throw POWs down. My recommendation is this:
I am located on the shore of an ocean. Any experience with just tossing them in the deep end of the ocean and drowning them? So far it mostly seems to be humand and goblins attacking and I dont imagine their used to being deep sea swimers.
Did you try just designating the actual cages themselves? Or just haul the cages to somewhere with a floodgate or a retractable/raisable bridge (floodgates suck and there's no real reason to use them) to flood whatever room you put them in with magma?
I've often used something I called a "Therapy Bridge" for perpetually stressed dwarves. This is a raisable bridge next to magma. I put the aggrieved dwarf into a squad on his own and station him there, then use a switch at a remote location (so whoever pulls the switch doesn't get stressed by having to see it) to launch him into magma and cure what ails him. Another plus of this is sometimes you discover the caverns while the dwarf is sinking through the magma.
Either put the cage stockpile near the pit or place the cage in a platform of some renewable material to drop them to their death once you free them with a lever, with zones you set up the pit/pond zone then you tel the dwarves to pick up the animal and throw them to the designated spot, also make sure to strip them naked and, again, make sure that is close because the longer the treck is to the pit the more chances the goblin has to start a fight and break free, personally i just put all cages in a platform and then drop it to the magma sea. I had way too many incidents of goblins breaking free and wrestling my dwarves to death.
Part of the awesomeness of this game is how many ways there are to throw things into magma, flood places with magma, and just in general, magma. Magma is the dorfiest thing ever.
Because sacrificing goblins to the magma Gods by throwing them is funny, also even the wooden cage is worth more than any goblin life.