Bay 12 Games Forum

Not to disregard your post, but I think you should talk to your brother more.  He's family for Armak's sake.

Actually, he's the very game you're looking for:

Difficulty settings (You love and hate your brother, the difficulty lies within you alone)
Tips, hints, tutorials (Unless you were given one of those bullshit brother picture books as a child, you're good here)
Cutscenes, cinematics (Brother ain't got that bullshit)
Maps, compass, GPS (Please tell me you don't have a map of your brother...)
Radar, displays (Don't wear an Apple watch connected to his Apple watch, boom!)
Stealth meter, awareness meters (Don't let your mom let you know how he's doing)
'Fast travel' features (You must walk to his home.  Barefoot.  In winter.  Without your cat.)
Predictability (phaw..)
Turn-based (The only thing turn based about him is his stupid-ass face)

You're welcome.

In the great state of North Dakota, we drink to stay warm.  Some of us just get a little colder quicker than others...

We also stay a bit tipsy throughout the day as a way of keeping our courage up in case of the inevitable Canadian invasion.  Don't tell Minnesota, but we're currently working on a three high smoothed stone trench on our northern border with only a three wide Bauxite drawbridge located near Bottineau.  The lever to the drawbridge is located in the Hague, ND bar as there is always someone in that place despite Hague only having a population of less than 60.

DF cannot be played on a toaster due to the inability to make bread.

Why don't toddler dwarfs tantrum but adult dwarfs do?

Hypothetically, if you were going to tell someone how to install the TwbT upgrade after its been downloaded, how would you do that?  I obviously know how, but.... for a friend.... ignorant friend...

I'm going to throw you some random advice I learned from being a shy, awkward high school kid before becoming comfortable with myself and happy (read that how you may) in college and beyond.

1.  Be comfortable with who you are and what you enjoy.  Be passionate about these things.  Most guys who girls run across are virtually the same.  Let her realize (without bragging) there is more to you than the others, no matter what the 'more' is.  The best way is to make fun of yourself while doing it.  For example, I loved reading books about Economists and their theories in college;  nothing is nerdier than this to a girl.  If the conversation permitted, I would bring this up and tell them what a complete nerd I was for loving this kind of stuff.  I'd make a joke about getting together and reading some theories together sometime.  After this, ask her if there is anything nerdy about herself?  If she starts talking, shut the hell up and listen.

2.  Shut the hell up and listen.  Keep her talking.  Ask her questions to keep her talking.  Make small jokes.  Nod.  Ask more questions.  The more she talks the more she will like you.

3.  Make fun of yourself.  Be sarcastic.  But don't be a dick.  Don't be arrogant.  And don't make fun of those less fortunate than you.

4.  Have fun with life.  Even if she turns you down, tell her you still think she's amazing and you're just happy with yourself for getting the nerve to talk with her.  Ask her if she'd be willing to turn you down on a weekly basis so you remember crashing and burning is not really that bad of a thing.  She'll think you're funny and, who knows, maybe one day she won't say no.

5.  Final advice.  If you're looking at her a couple desks away, there may be some amazing girl several desks away looking at you.  When I made this realization for myself, I met and dated some of the most amazing, deep, and beautiful girls a man could come across.  I know you're only 14, but, trust me, there is nothing sexier or more beautiful than a girl who is comfortable with who she is and what she wants.  I'm generalizing, but sometimes the "pretty" girl is not always the most comfortable in her skin.

Take this or leave this, I don't care.  But this worked for me and my life was better because of it.

I'm at a loss.  I'm using the LNP.  Mid-game when I try to open my military screen (m key) the dwarf preference screen opens with a search for the letter "m"... what moronic thing am I doing to cause this?  It doesn't happen all the time but once it happens I have to save and exit out and then go back in so it works again...

Help me.  I just wanted to make my two military dwarfs (very new fort) use hammers instead of any melee weapon...

I've opened it in the past, but then BAM... preference screen... over and over and over..

I was so naive, stumbling through that first fort several months back.  I made countless rookie mistakes; the top mistake was naming my dwarfs after my wife and kids.  It was only summer of the first year.  My fond of ale fisherdwarf named for my wife was out netting some scrumptious pike from the river running outside our fortress.  The alligator... it's menacing teeth ... latching on to her ... overtaking her ... too much ... too strong ... blood everywhere... in the river... on the shore...  her slain corpse tattered on the sand...

Why didn't I understand this prophesy earlier?  This game devoured my wife.

There was a time when I helped out with raising my children, cooked dinners, cleaned up, and vacuumed.  I even walked the dog on occasion.  Time wasters.  I now do those things quickly and without pleasure only to gain some goodwill tokens from my beautiful wife so I can play DF unhindered by scowls and interruptions.

Unfortunately, my wife decided this Friday would be a good night to get a babysitter for the kids and spend a night on the town, drinking and carousing with friends.  Does that mean no DF?  But it's the weekend...

Help me make it through the night.  I'm already OCD-ing on the horrific path-finding dumped on my circuits by the horrible layout of our city's downtown.  Thankfully, there is enough booze stockpiles layered about, but the untrapped and unmoated outer layers of the downtown have me already looking over every shoulder.

Please, give me advice on how I can real world DF to attain my fix and appease Almok.