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well, wouldn't it spread the fire to any flammable objects nearby?

Simple answer? Not everything. Not likely (except grass)

I've been looking, but no one seems to have any good numbers on the interactions between spec_heat and fires. Just that some fires will ignite some things but not others. Like cloth vs. leather vs. trees.

bah. more like one of the proposed Necromancer-style ideas that have floated around.
Fireballs. bah. Dwarves make fireballs out of raw materials. who needs wizards?

Quote from: Duke 2.0 on January 16, 2009, 12:03:15 pm

The eyes disturb me the most about being eaten by a pile of sentient poop.

That seems a bit odd.  I'd expect it to be the getting fatally digested that would disturb you the most.

It keeps it's spare eyes inside, so it can watch you being digested.

Quote from: Flaede on January 16, 2009, 08:59:47 am

lets us put bits back on

Only if you can attach bits from other creatures, thus turning yourself into an ever-tortured abomination of dragon wings, demon tentacles, and dozens of GCS legs.

Only at a fort with the Mad Scientist noble

This is somewhat realistic in that real oceans don't freeze (except at the north and south poles but even then the ice is only a few feet thick) due to ocean circulation. However, if you have an unconnected ocean which is 100% in a freezing biome (which happens alot on DF maps) it should freeze solid into a giant glacier.

...ok, since i use the 'heathen Metric', I knew it as 3-4 meters for the true northern ice cap. that'd be 10 to 13 feet, and there are much thicker "ridges", like any regular glacier.

If that translated in-game, complete with the ridges for materials supply, that's more than enough to build a crazy ice-house on. Especially since dwarves apparently scoff at lead poisoning. (getting booze might end up a problem until 'vermin-juice' is enabled)

Quote from: Strife26 on January 16, 2009, 08:20:44 am

"There is no such  thing as overkill . . ."

"...only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload.'"

I am so looking forward to the ability to add in corbosilicate amorphs. Think the raws will work for it next update?

are there any oceans that NEVER melt? I'm  not talking glaciers here, but 1 level ice floes over the ocean. That's what I want to ebark on. The fun possibilities are endless.

Anyone testing these? I've not got a good fortress up for getting prisoners, so I'm having a tough time of it.