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Vorthon

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Living like humans...
« on: June 05, 2010, 07:42:44 pm »
I've been trying to build surface settlements for dwarves, and I was wondering if anybody had any tips.

I've manage to build a couple partially successful ones (but I still got bored and abandoned), and I usually just resort to making one really tall, fairly small tower out of wood (clearcutting does wonders! Not only Does it kill trees, it also kills all other forms of plant life! [sarcasm]), but I don't usually end up doing much else.


Advice?
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Re: Living like humans...
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2010, 07:46:57 pm »
Try finding some sand and magma, also make sure you have dfhack handy, blood spreads EVERYWHERE on above ground forts, dfhack has a tool to clean up all the blood so you dwarves don't have to spam clean self.

Also might just be me, but I like to plug up murky pools so they don't get in the way.
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Re: Living like humans...
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2010, 07:52:17 pm »
I can't use dfhack right now... I'm using 0.31.04 (Haven't had time to get 0.31.05 yet...), and I almost always embark on an area with sand (unless I want dirt roads.)
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