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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Why does everyone use the default graphics?
« on: September 10, 2012, 02:20:35 am »
Quote from: Delioth on September 09, 2012, 10:39:24 pm
Quote from: Lielac on September 09, 2012, 10:07:59 pm
(snip)

I'm on my dinky little netbook alone instead of plugging my hugeass screen into it. 12x12 all the way!)


Bu.. Bu.. Netbook can DF? How often do you die due to FPS Death?

i play df almost exclusively on a (3y old) netbook. with a little adjustments and tweaks you can manage a 20 year old fort with 120 dwarves at 15-20 fps. it's too slow for megaprojects, i admit, but it's enough for normal play and you can play without haste. (of course, when 200 gobbos show up it goes down to 3 fps)

on topic: as many have said already: having only a simple ascii representation gives the ability to a) quickly see what is going on, b) zoom out a lot and still see what is going on and c) imagine what the things look like that are going on.

i always considered playing df to be like reading a randomly generated interactive fantasy book. i wouldn't want to play it any different.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: need to kill clowns, but how...?
« on: July 26, 2012, 06:15:50 pm »
while the checkerboard method surely is more dwarfy i found it much easier to lure them somewhere for marksdwarves behind fortifications to shoot them. and after they killed 20 of the clowns you get bored and collapse a portion of the mountain above the rest of them.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Hilarious Civ/Dwarf/Fortress/other Names Compilation
« on: July 18, 2012, 03:22:19 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on July 18, 2012, 02:03:21 pm
Mine's the universe of forever. Philosophically speaking, you could be a god, if not Armok itself. Remaking worlds at a whim, because THEY DO NOT ADHERE TO RECOMMENDED DAILY AMOUNTS OF BLOOD.

well i think that is covered. at first glimpse i saw a lot of goblin towers, dark goblin fortresses and dark dwarven fortresses. in fact, the entire west part of the map is essentially "dark" save one small elven retreat (thehehe). and on the east there is "the fabulous island" :)

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Hilarious Civ/Dwarf/Fortress/other Names Compilation
« on: July 18, 2012, 02:19:58 am »
I'm genning a world right now i just HAVE to use:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

EDIT: 'Atěleecamo, "The Absolute Universe" has been created'. Am I god?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Things that don't happen.
« on: July 15, 2012, 09:33:34 am »
Urist McSmartHauler: Hmmm. maybe if i roll the barrel it's going to be done easier and faster.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Things that don't happen.
« on: July 14, 2012, 08:34:04 pm »
Urist McMason: "Okay lets build these few floor tiles in an order so that nothing will cave-in."

Urist McMechanic: "Folks! Gather around and help me clear this area from rubble so that i can build this bridge in a reasonable time, that would be terrific"

Urist McNoble: "So the copper buckets i keep ordering for 10 years now are getting melted down the moment they are finished. Maybe i should just stop bore the smiths."

Urist McClothier: "The order is to continuously make clothing but we are out of cloth. Lets take a short break while Urist McWeaver makes some more and then continue working."

Urist McPeasant: "Uh oh. Railtracks. Better watch out for minecarts."

Urist McFisherdorf: "Holy crap, an ambush! Don't freak out. Remember the drill: Just run directly towards the gate and you can make it safely back into the fortress. Not that hard, really..."

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: 100 things you learned the hard way. FORTRESS EDITION
« on: July 10, 2012, 06:30:14 pm »
14. if you have an entrance prepared for goblins (weapon traps), zombies (atomsmashing bridges) and titans (cavein-trap) you are NOT prepared for elves because if you manage to get them to attack you, they know about your traps and attack en masse on giant flying bridge-destroying mounts.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Mission Impossible: Recovering the Boatmurdered Saves
« on: July 10, 2012, 06:21:36 pm »
i too think that legends should stay legends.
like michael schumacher. he could have quit racing as a legend, but chose to come back and race again. now he's lame.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: famous last words
« on: July 09, 2012, 01:34:22 pm »
"now i just have to build a silk farm in hfs and capture a webby clown to get that kickass magmasafe clothing industry going"

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Hunter dies from thirst next to a well with over 2000 booze available
« on: July 03, 2012, 06:30:35 pm »
so let me get this straight... you have a well filled with booze?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: So, Gnomoria.
« on: July 03, 2012, 06:16:29 pm »
Quote from: Xenos on July 03, 2012, 03:56:17 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on July 03, 2012, 03:48:11 pm
Quote from: Rafe on July 03, 2012, 02:49:37 pm
I rage quit dwarf fortress ages ago
It's hard to find someone who didn't rage quit the first time they played Dwarf Fortress.
No, not really.

rage or paralysis. and then boatmurdered forces you back to it..

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: So, Gnomoria.
« on: July 03, 2012, 02:41:42 pm »
there are a number of sandbox-games with world-shaping and tunnelbuilding ability now. the most prominent one i can think of is dungeon keeper. but i don't think that anyone can hack something as feature-rich as df in less time than toady just because he is a minecraft-fan.

i mean, the diggable local area and some worker bees are but a fraction of what df offers...

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Optimal Population
« on: July 01, 2012, 07:28:55 am »
I'd go with around 110.
10 miners and 10 masons (for the start, they can be repurposed later), 5 carpenters and 5 woodworkers, 5-10 good grower, 2 cooks and 2 brewers, 10 alround-smiths, 10 clothier/weavers, 20 military and the rest (medical team, nobles, haulers)
edit: forgot about 5 mechanics

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Safely mining adamantine
« on: July 01, 2012, 05:28:04 am »
what i did was prepare a big cavein-trap (v2) near the 4x4 shaft, breached it, lured the demons in and then got 120 birds with one stone. one survived but could be slewn by the axedwarves. then i sealed the spire jsut above hell and started mining.

edit: what actually happened was i wanted to lure them there to kill them with archers (archers being the bait in this case) which worked well until they ran out of ammo. then i got bored and dug the cavein-trap above the demons
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O wall, # fortification (so they can see the...) b bait, g bridge, Ł adamantine, + floor, . open space, I support

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Transferral of a save
« on: June 22, 2012, 09:55:49 am »
print the ascii onto dead wood, mail that and scan it on the other side

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