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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / are siege engines useful in DF2012?

« on: February 24, 2012, 06:25:58 pm »

Per subject line, does anybody know?

In DF2010 I had limited luck with them...specifically a legendary siege operator using a ballista of only masterwork pieces made my a legendary siege engineer firing a masterwork steel-tipped arrowhead would routinely fire on a ~45 degree angle to the ballista...he couldn't hit targets 10 tiles away, much less 150. I'm hoping this is better in DF2012.

DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / specific embark parameters

« on: February 24, 2012, 04:24:25 pm »

Hi folks, maybe this is more of a worldgen question, I'm not sure. I'm basically looking for a very particular embark site on my next fortress. I want to be producing most things of steel (even furniture) in the fortress, so iron and flux are a must. I've read from the wiki that the best way to get iron is to search for shallow metals. I also want a relatively flat piece of land (preferably totally flat and uninteresting), a ton of trees, and water of some kind (aquifer or river). I've gone through maybe 12 embarks now and can't find what I'm looking for (using prospect in dfhack to check for the iron). I'm just curious if there's anything else people can recommend in the way of worldgen parameters or other things to get the site I'm looking for. I've tried turning down the mineral rarity already to 750 without much luck.

Also, a bit of a digression...I found a site that had several marble layers, but was NOT listed as having flux in the world view. Is this a bug or is marble no longer a flux stone?

Edit: I forgot to mention, some form of evil (haunted, maybe) is preferred. I'm also very open to embarking on a desert landscape and creating a subterranean tree farm, so trees are not necessarily required.