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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Real food, or plump helmets
« on: March 20, 2008, 10:22:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>SPAM:  Special Purpose Army Meat.</STRONG>

Incorrect. It's a portmanteau of "shoulder pork and ham." It's the tougher types of pig meat, ground up and salted. There's nothing alien in there- it's actually high-quality meat product. It's quite good when pan-fried with oregano.

It came into being when a butcher had a problem with what to do with all the excess shoulder meat that nobody would buy, because it's too tough. His solution was to ground it up and cook it in a can. He held a drinking contest with his friends to come up with a name, and "Spam" was the winner.


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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Point of figniting a fire?
« on: February 07, 2008, 10:41:00 pm »
I would like to see fire traps

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: [38a] Many, too many aquifers???
« on: February 08, 2008, 03:33:00 pm »
Yeah. Seems to be broadleaf forests, primarily. And, oddly enough, deserts.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Damming rivers?
« on: February 07, 2008, 10:38:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by The-Moon:
<STRONG>You should specify it was a brook and not river. Until someone can verify if it will work with a river or not. I hope it does other wise i got a slight problem   :(</STRONG>

I can verify that it DOESN'T work with a river.


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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Damming rivers?
« on: February 07, 2008, 02:19:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by The-Moon:
<STRONG>WIll i have a problem with the carps?

My dwarfs seem to like to walk into the water and get killed by them   :(</STRONG>

Fortunately, carps don't appear everywhere. If you're worried, make a marksdwarf and station him near the worksite.


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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Damming rivers?
« on: February 07, 2008, 01:34:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by The-Moon:
<STRONG>The only valid way to divert a river is to drain it with pumps?

But doesn't water always flow in or out from the side of the maps?

I know for sure theres a current because every time one of my dwarfs die in the river the blood floats off the map....</STRONG>

Yes, but if you have enough pumps, they can work fast enough to divert the river until you build the dam.


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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Damming rivers?
« on: February 07, 2008, 01:27:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by Metalax:
<STRONG>Impossible? no, you just need to use a lot of pumps. Unfortunately I didn't make a recording when I did this several months back while I was testing out just how powerful pumps were.</STRONG>

Oh, excellent. I do loves me pumps.


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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Damming rivers?
« on: February 07, 2008, 01:26:00 am »
No. I'm guessing it may have worked in a previous version, but not anymore.

[ February 07, 2008: Message edited by: Inquisitor Saturn ]


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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Damming rivers?
« on: February 07, 2008, 12:12:00 am »
I don't think that will work, no.

As it stands, it seems to be impossible to dam an above-ground river in areas where the river doesn't freeze.
By the way, you can make better ascii art with code tags.

code:
 As such.

[ February 07, 2008: Message edited by: Inquisitor Saturn ]


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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Damming rivers?
« on: February 06, 2008, 09:23:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Slappy Moose:
<STRONG>I think that the wiki means you need to have some walls fall into the river to fill it with debris. From what I have seen, collapses destroy everything above and below the caving in floor.</STRONG>

I used walls, and it was filled with raw stone. However, water flows over stones, so that's hardly damming.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Damming rivers?
« on: February 06, 2008, 09:05:00 pm »
According to the wiki, you should be able to dam off a river by engineering a cave-in... Unless I am missing something, it doesn't seem to work. If if caused a cave-in with floodgates on top of it, would they fall in line?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: How to separate dwarves
« on: February 05, 2008, 05:11:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Fenrir:
<STRONG>Put them in a military squad and station them in front of a ballista, under a collapsing roof, in a flooding roof/etc.</STRONG>

Oh, excellent, thank you.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: How to separate dwarves
« on: February 05, 2008, 05:03:00 pm »
What if I don't want to kill them all, only the useless ones?

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DF Gameplay Questions / How to separate dwarves
« on: February 05, 2008, 04:15:00 pm »
If I have a flood of immigrants and don't want all of them, how would I sort them out to kill the extras? Also, how can I prevent tantrums while doing this?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Picking up pebbles?
« on: March 18, 2008, 11:26:00 am »
According to the wiki, a good way to practice throwing skill in adventure mode is to pick up some pebbles and throw them. I use "l" to look at them, and try to highlight them with "b," but nothing happens. Am I missing something here?

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