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DF Suggestions / Re: Underground civ
« on: July 20, 2008, 04:48:24 pm »
You could make caverns by adding in a stone vein that boils at room temperature.
Not very useful, as they would be uninhabited, but you could do it.

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DF General Discussion / Re: Notes
« on: July 19, 2008, 09:40:47 pm »
Your hypnotoad is so boring, a still image cannot convey hypnotoad's true glory.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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DF General Discussion / Re: New utility: ParseDFLogs
« on: July 19, 2008, 09:29:18 pm »
You could just do a quick temporary fix of telling it to condense duplicates differentiating by a 's' at the end.
All the special plurals aren't that large, comparatively. The only ones in the default (as well as the one you are using) are:
*f -> *ves
*man -> *men
The man/men only appeared in your example as either solitary figures or in groups, but not both for a single species. The f/ves only had two cases: [Type] Dwarves and [Type] Elves.

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DF Suggestions / Volcanic rock and magma.
« on: July 19, 2008, 04:59:14 pm »
Currently, when magma cools, it always forms obsidian.
However, there are lots of other types of igneous extrusive rock.

Have two types of magma vents, felsic and mafic. Mafic will flow faster than felsic, and forms different rocks when it cools. They will not be different types of lava, but instead tied to the regional biome information.

When felsic magma cools quickly, i.e. from water, it forms obsidian.
When it cools slowly, i.e. isolation from the source, it forms rhyolite.
Mafic magma will form basalt when it cools.
If the vent is a mafic-felsic mix, it will become andesite upon cooling.

Ideally, rhyolite volcanos should erupt more often than basaltic volcanos, but volcanos currently don't erupt.

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DF Suggestions / Re: World creation option: Stop Gen Now.
« on: July 18, 2008, 09:23:20 pm »
The u symbol is only used for ruins, I've seen elvish retreats become ruins when destroyed too.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Naming systems
« on: July 18, 2008, 09:12:19 pm »
The profession name is nice, but you can only have so many Unib Miners, Fath Masons, and Urist Smiths.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Brainstorming for quest ideas.
« on: July 18, 2008, 09:10:19 pm »
Maybe a flashing !. Also, if you ask for a quest and they say that someone in the same town has something for you, make it flash on the mini-map as well.

On a side note, grocer merchants should offer a quest to fetch X butcher-able non-rotten corpses, which might later show up as merchandise. Perhaps other shops could also request supplies as well, except that other supplies might be hard to find.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Elves sieging... again
« on: July 17, 2008, 10:15:30 pm »
So, when an elf merchant shoots a wolf on it's way in, and I butcher the wolf, why won't the buy the meat?
You killed the stupid wolf! Now eat it! Tastes good!

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DF Suggestions / Re: [L]ink to Siege Engine. Pulling levers for devastation and profit!
« on: July 17, 2008, 06:24:39 pm »
Also, this means that in addition to weapon traps and such, you could line a corridor with pre-loaded ballistas.
Code: [Select]
BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB
BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB
BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB
..BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB..
..BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB..
..BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB..
=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=
.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.
==#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#==
.BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB...
.BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB...
.BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB...
...BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB..
...BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB..
...BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB..
Legend:
Code: [Select]
#-Fortification
=-Wall
B-Ballista
^-Pressure plate
.-FloorTotal cost= 1 corridor, 51 mechanisms, 51 ballista parts, 17 ammo
Raw resources= 51 stone, 68 wood, plus optional tips.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Elves sieging... again
« on: July 17, 2008, 02:31:09 pm »
Why do they get so pissed off of selling meat???

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DF Suggestions / Re: Spud's Bow suggestions.
« on: July 17, 2008, 11:20:05 am »
A continuous stream of arrows is easier to dodge as they only fall a couple at a time.
If you fire in formation, then they will fall in large groups and you cannot really dodge the individual arrows.

Firing in formation continued for gunpowder weapons, although for different reasons.

Back on topic, differentiation between bows and crossbows would be nice.
Bows reload faster and are more accurate, esp. at longer ranges.
Crossbows would reload slower but be easier to use in close quarters and do more damage.

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DF General Discussion / Re: New utility: ParseDFLogs
« on: July 16, 2008, 08:42:30 pm »
One problem I see:
Quote from: Mephansteras on July 16, 2008, 05:27:07 pm
-snip-
  20 giant bat
  14 giant bats
  7 giant cave spider
  3 giant cave spiders
  17 giant cave swallow
  6 giant cave swallows
  37 giant mole
  39 giant moles
  39 giant rat
  30 giant rats
  34 gremlin
  6 gremlins
-snip-
That was just a snippit of the cave creature list.
Notice a pattern here?
Also, the sequel will be "Iron Man 2", not "2 Iron Man"

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Glass Hints
« on: July 16, 2008, 08:36:55 pm »
I actually think that it is possible to order all of the following from traders:
Wood, Ash, Lye, Potash, & Pearlash.
Order tons and but it all.
Burn wood into ash, make ash into potash, make lye into potash, and make potash into pearlash.
But I could be wrong.

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DF General Discussion / Re: [V]isualize
« on: July 16, 2008, 11:14:05 am »
You want a flying bicycle?
Just ride it over to where that Seige Operator is standing.

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DF General Discussion / Re: This thread is about how AWESOME elves just became
« on: July 16, 2008, 05:10:13 am »
Whatever happened to that guy with the psycho elf avatar?
You know, the picture of a hungry elf that creeps some people out.
I saw him all over the place BEFORE the release, now I don't.

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