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Wait for the next release. I want usable mugs damn it!

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We can use the current one. I like the big trees and slightly smarter dorfs.

17 (22.1%)

I'll take .34.11 thanks. I want to know I'll get to kill things for sure.

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Total Members Voted: 77

[TheBiggerFish]

I thought one of the genned worlds was, like, chock-full of Spawn.  Must've been thinking of a different world then.

[TheBiggerFish]

On an unrelated note, if you have the blueprints, how hard is it to get replacement portal parts out of a bog-standard fortress? 

((This is probably a question for Mr Frog.))

*Actually, a bog-standard fortress with metal casting, oops.

[Mr Frog]

On an unrelated note, if you have the blueprints, how hard is it to get replacement portal parts out of a bog-standard fortress? 

((This is probably a question for Mr Frog.))

*Actually, a bog-standard fortress with metal casting, oops.

Probably not a question for me, because I have no bloody clue what you're even talking about, lol ^^;  It's pretty funny how out of the loop I am now when I used to be such a thundering know-it-all.

If you're talking about just in-story as opposed to in-game... Mr Frog already built one makeshift portal generator pretty much from scratch with his own hands and knowledge (I think?), although IIRC it already didn't function up to snuff even before Urist "upgraded" it and accidentally made it implode into scrap metal after one use. So, it's definitely possible, but if even Mr Motherfucking Frog couldn't make it work perfectly without specialised equipment and tech then it's probably not possible period, and extremely-inadvisable for someone without his centuries of study and natural intellect.

TL;DR: You could definitely make another portal assuming you had either Mr Frog or someone with a similar degree of technical know-how, but it definitely wouldn't work very well even then.

Also, while I'm here... I'm thinking of doing a succession fort, and I just need some quick input.
If I do it, it'll either be using 34.11 with some minor mods (the Holistic Spawn and a modified thralling syndrome in which the thralls are actually practically-killable) or the old 2D version. The current version is right out due to the fact that from what I've heard sieges are nearly non-functioning, which should make for a boring fort at best. I'd just like to get an idea of which version people would be more interested in.

[Splint]

They are non-functioning due to a pathing goof up for armies that won't be fixed 'til next release.

I'd say go with 34.11, since it's pretty up to date and all the mods for it work as intended, more or less.

[TheBiggerFish]

On an unrelated note, if you have the blueprints, how hard is it to get replacement portal parts out of a bog-standard fortress? 

((This is probably a question for Mr Frog.))

*Actually, a bog-standard fortress with metal casting, oops.

If you're talking about just in-story as opposed to in-game... Mr Frog already built one makeshift portal generator pretty much from scratch with his own hands and knowledge (I think?), although IIRC it already didn't function up to snuff even before Urist "upgraded" it and accidentally made it implode into scrap metal after one use. So, it's definitely possible, but if even Mr Motherfucking Frog couldn't make it work perfectly without specialised equipment and tech then it's probably not possible period, and extremely-inadvisable for someone without his centuries of study and natural intellect.

TL;DR: You could definitely make another portal assuming you had either Mr Frog or someone with a similar degree of technical know-how, but it definitely wouldn't work very well even then.

In-story.  Just, how LONG would you say it would take, just to get things together?  If you had blueprints.  Or if you had a burnt-out one you needed spare parts for, could you actually make one?
Grr, going to have to go on an archive trawl...

[Splint]

Assuming he had blueprints, it probably only took as long to get enough materials to make the frame and wiring, and assembling them properly.

Since he jury rigged the thing, wiring was probably connected to the wrong things in places, parts were probably made of sub-standard materials like wood and copper for not-wiring bits of the frame, with duct tape, some home-made version of elmer's glue, and possibly a few socks used to tie things together and old chewing gum for good measure to keep it from completely falling apart, with home-made fission batteries made of copper, microcline, and pitchblende to power it.

[TheBiggerFish]

Assuming he had blueprints, it probably only took as long to get enough materials to make the frame and wiring, and assembling them properly.

Since he jury rigged the thing, wiring was probably connected to the wrong things in places, parts were probably made of sub-standard materials like wood and copper for not-wiring bits of the frame, with duct tape, some home-made version of elmer's glue, and possibly a few socks used to tie things together and old chewing gum for good measure to keep it from completely falling apart, with home-made fission batteries made of copper, microcline, and pitchblende to power it.

Yikes.

[Splint]

This is going to sound really, absurdly strange, but this trailer keeps making me think "dorfs." Most specifically I keep imagining the last big battle of Spearbreakers, where our soldiers have the misfortune of facing Ballpoint's force which has many times the Spearbreakers Army's number of legendary-skill soldiers - what with thier habit of drawing them from the history of many worlds, rather than strictly favoring regular recruitment.

[TheBiggerFish]

This is going to sound really, absurdly strange, but this trailer keeps making me think "dorfs." Most specifically I keep imagining the last big battle of Spearbreakers, where our soldiers have the misfortune of facing Ballpoint's force which has many times the Spearbreakers Army's number of legendary-skill soldiers - what with thier habit of drawing them from the history of many worlds, rather than strictly favoring regular recruitment.

It does the same here.
Although I think Fischer could beat up all of those guys handily.

[Aseaheru]

While knocked out.

[TheBiggerFish]

While knocked out.

Through a wall.

[Lolfail0009]

Made of slade.

[TheBiggerFish]

Made of sladeFischer.

Fixed that for you.

[Aseaheru]

 So, for clarification, Fischer could beatup all those dudes while sleeping in a slade box?

Dang ninja.

[Lolfail0009]

So, for clarification, Fischer could beatup all those dudes while sleeping in a slade box?

You mean that's not what she normally does as part of her morning regime?