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Dwarf Fortress => DF Dwarf Mode Discussion => Topic started by: christehchris on September 01, 2012, 11:17:25 pm

Title: I want to build airships.
Post by: christehchris on September 01, 2012, 11:17:25 pm
I want to build airships.
Title: Re: I want to build airships.
Post by: MrWiggles on September 01, 2012, 11:18:00 pm
I want to build starships.
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Post by: misko27 on September 01, 2012, 11:19:54 pm
I want to build magmaships.
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Post by: Kofthefens on September 01, 2012, 11:26:17 pm
I want to build magma-starships

In all seriousness though, I look forward to when moving blocks are possible, other than just in cave-ins.
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Post by: They Got Leader on September 02, 2012, 12:44:30 am
I want to build airships.

Doubled.
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Post by: thiosk on September 02, 2012, 02:09:13 am
Here is the solution to the fort retirement issue.

Build airship,  take 7 dwarves somewhere new.
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Post by: DanteThanatos on September 02, 2012, 03:02:33 am
I want to build Mechs o_o
Like this (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/265/a/1/Storm_Slayer___Steam_Golem_by_zeo_x.jpg)!
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Post by: Urist Da Vinci on September 02, 2012, 03:05:43 am
I'd prefer dwarven viking longships.
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Post by: Terror_Incognito on September 02, 2012, 04:05:12 am
I don't know about airships, but I think golems could be a possibility. Please keep in mind the following is entirely anecdotal.

I have read on a forum somewhere about someone using a modded reaction to Forge Cows. I have also read about tame creatures having the hunting labour enabled (possibly Crundles[?]).

Therefore it might be possible to mod in a "Golem" creature that can be made at your forge or craft workshop and have them haul, dig or whatever.
Title: Re: I want to build airships.
Post by: AutomataKittay on September 02, 2012, 04:09:51 am
I don't know about airships, but I think golems could be a possibility. Please keep in mind the following is entirely anecdotal.

I have read on a forum somewhere about someone using a modded reaction to Forge Cows. I have also read about tame creatures having the hunting labour enabled (possibly Crundles[?]).

Therefore it might be possible to mod in a "Golem" creature that can be made at your forge or craft workshop and have them haul, dig or whatever.

afaik, creatures can't be made out of reactions, they only makes vermins. Using syndromes or transformation could do the trick, though, but I don't know much about this.
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Post by: Triaxx2 on September 02, 2012, 06:12:18 am
I want to make. BRONZE COLOSSI.
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Post by: Broken on September 02, 2012, 06:21:41 am
I don't know about airships, but I think golems could be a possibility. Please keep in mind the following is entirely anecdotal.

I have read on a forum somewhere about someone using a modded reaction to Forge Cows. I have also read about tame creatures having the hunting labour enabled (possibly Crundles[?]).

Therefore it might be possible to mod in a "Golem" creature that can be made at your forge or craft workshop and have them haul, dig or whatever.

afaik, creatures can't be made out of reactions, they only makes vermins. Using syndromes or transformation could do the trick, though, but I don't know much about this.

Mastewrok has this already. They created a reaction that sacrifices a dwarf and makes a golem.
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Post by: Sprin on September 02, 2012, 07:47:03 am
Insted of golem I vote automatons!
They were actualy built golems not so much.
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Post by: Loud Whispers on September 02, 2012, 08:56:22 am
Mastewrok has this already. They created a reaction that sacrifices a dwarf and makes a golem.
Syndromes.

Also regarding Dorf longships - RELEASE THE KRAKEN
Title: Re: I want to build airships.
Post by: Sutremaine on September 02, 2012, 10:09:25 am
I have read on a forum somewhere about someone using a modded reaction to Forge Cows.
Those weren't creature-cows, those were vermin-cows. That was also pre-transformations, so it's now possible to create a syndrome that takes one creature and turns it into another. I'm not sure what kind of offspring two transformed creatures will produce though. A dwarf turned into a jabberer still gives dwarf meat when butchered, so the transformation is not complete in all cases.
Title: Re: I want to build airships.
Post by: Scruffy on September 02, 2012, 10:50:51 am
1.Inactivate cave-ins
2.Build an airship.
    -Extra dorf points if you include magma and kobolds.
3.? ? ?
4.Board and release the ship.
5.Reactivate cave-ins.
6.Enjoy the flight!
   -Profit
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Post by: i2amroy on September 02, 2012, 01:31:47 pm
I have read on a forum somewhere about someone using a modded reaction to Forge Cows.
Those weren't creature-cows, those were vermin-cows. That was also pre-transformations, so it's now possible to create a syndrome that takes one creature and turns it into another. I'm not sure what kind of offspring two transformed creatures will produce though. A dwarf turned into a jabberer still gives dwarf meat when butchered, so the transformation is not complete in all cases.
They should be able to breed just fine, it's just that when a creature dies all transformations end, meaning that you get whatever butchery products that they would have given previously instead of the new ones.
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Post by: GreatWyrmGold on September 02, 2012, 03:16:58 pm
I have read on a forum somewhere about someone using a modded reaction to Forge Cows.
Those weren't creature-cows, those were vermin-cows. That was also pre-transformations, so it's now possible to create a syndrome that takes one creature and turns it into another. I'm not sure what kind of offspring two transformed creatures will produce though. A dwarf turned into a jabberer still gives dwarf meat when butchered, so the transformation is not complete in all cases.
They should be able to breed just fine, it's just that when a creature dies all transformations end, meaning that you get whatever butchery products that they would have given previously instead of the new ones.
"I'll just butcher this jabberer...OH GOD IT TURNED INTO COG!"
(glances both ways)
"Well, who will ever know the difference?"
Title: Re: I want to build airships.
Post by: Sutremaine on September 02, 2012, 03:22:21 pm
Acually it was Adil. :P

That makes sense about the transformation ending, though I did end up with the amount of dwarf parts appropriated to a creature of a jabberer's size.
Title: Re: I want to build airships.
Post by: Spiderking50 on September 02, 2012, 10:58:55 pm
I want to build magmaships.

I did that once. Built walls and floors deconstruct when you drop them, but casted obsidian doesnt. Make a giant ship out obsidian and drop it into the magma sea. MAGMASHIP.
Title: Re: I want to build airships.
Post by: Itnetlolor on September 03, 2012, 01:08:57 pm
1.Inactivate cave-ins
2.Build an airship.
    -Extra dorf points if you include magma and kobolds.
3.? ? ?
4.Board and release the ship.
5.Reactivate cave-ins.
6.Enjoy the flight!
   -Profit
How'd I miss this thread? I chronicled my construction procedures; Just check out my signature.

I really gotta get around to making the next incarnation of it.