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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Great idea: Disappearing grate bridge
« on: November 13, 2008, 07:53:30 pm »
Quote from: Time Kitten on November 13, 2008, 07:47:00 pm
Quote from: LegoLord on November 13, 2008, 07:09:31 pm
The only perfect defense is one that automatically drops magma on any invaders.
Nope, the fire immune things will just swim to you.  You gotta automatically encase your entire fort in obsidian to be safe.
I can't remember the exact quote, but Toady One himself stated that [FIREIMMUNE] creatures only think magma is safe.  Hence why dragons will walk down a staircase into a channel of magma.

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DF General Discussion / Re: Stupid things you have done with WorldGen
« on: November 13, 2008, 07:16:22 pm »
Quote from: Duke 2.0 on November 13, 2008, 11:30:39 am
Quote from: Judas Maccabeus on November 12, 2008, 06:01:03 pm
I created a world with spontaneous combustion deserts as well.  When I brought my adventurer into a forest area right next to one of the deserts, I saw a deer... who soon after wandered into the desert region and burst into flames.

Needless to say, the roast venison was delicious.

 How the heck did you manage to extract it? I imagine a lot of "tests" were done involving dwarves trying to grab it. Then dwarves trying to grab the burning dwarf clothes, etc.
He's an adventurer.  He just grabbed it and ate it.  And consequently had his hands burned off.  Duh.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: more than 7 starting dwarves?
« on: November 13, 2008, 07:12:48 pm »
Quote from: Dragooble on November 13, 2008, 04:29:35 pm
is it possible to change something that will let you start with more dwarves? i want to pump out a big number of artifacts to give to an adventurer quickly.
I've always thought of that as a reference to Snow White.  Which is funny, because these dwarves are nowhere near as happy as the SW dwarves, are far more foolish, and tend to be horrible fighters when faced with magic.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Great idea: Disappearing grate bridge
« on: November 13, 2008, 07:09:31 pm »
The only perfect defense is one that automatically drops magma on any invaders.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Secret Doors
« on: November 13, 2008, 07:01:59 pm »
I have to wonder why this wasn't implemented back in the 2D days, seeing as how DF was originally intended as a Moria simulator.

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Nist Akath. Journeys of the Brother
« on: November 13, 2008, 04:57:54 pm »
Quote from: Strife26 on November 12, 2008, 05:42:56 pm
The problem is, when you are as awesome as Nist Akath, in Vanilla, there isn't much to do.

With DC and modded creatures, you still can't beat Nist Akath.  ;D

Aye. 

Why is this on second page?

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DF General Discussion / Re: General Praise for this awesome game
« on: November 12, 2008, 09:24:07 pm »
Quote from: Mad Larks on November 11, 2008, 08:27:15 pm
I suppose this is where the killing blow comes and I say I haven't read the books, either?
*gasps, faints, falls over on desktop spike*

Toady One is like the Terry Pratchett of games, in that they are both geniuses with what they produce.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: i'm a big dumb stupid head
« on: November 12, 2008, 09:17:19 pm »
Quote from: chaoticjosh on November 12, 2008, 08:49:19 pm
Quote from: Dame de la Licorne on November 12, 2008, 08:35:44 pm
Hit [esc] while running the game and go to the "key bindings" option from that menu.  Somewhere in there you can change those options.  Just remember to export your changes to text ("s") before exiting.  :)

yeah, thats the menu i was talking about. i looked through that and i can't find it among the myriad of options.
It's easy to miss.  They show up as "<" and ">" rather than "shift + ," or "shift + ." last I checked, anyway.  Changing z levels gave me a lot of trouble when I first started, so I looked in the key bindings.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Turning a natural cave into a fort
« on: November 12, 2008, 09:13:00 pm »
Quote from: Hawklaser on November 10, 2008, 06:46:38 pm
Well, thankfully I have plenty of iron to work with for this on the map.

I am gonna try and avoid altering the cave as much as possible.

Oh, for those a bit curious as to what can show up in caves, here are some of the more interesting caves I noticed in a text file the game gave me after exporting an image, and the source for this fun idea.

Cave 1
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Cave 2
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Cave 3
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I do have to say, depending on what and where things in a cave show up things could become quite interesting. None of these are from the world I am  currently playing in, just a teaser of how challenging addapting a cave to a fort could be.
I had no idea that could be done.  This should prove very helpful.
It's weird, I had the idea for a pressure plate regulated reservoir just after reading the OP but before reading the first suggestion.  Strange I didn't think of it before, it's a problem I had been wondering about for awhile.

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DF Adventure Mode Discussion / Re: Cave Exploring?
« on: November 12, 2008, 07:37:45 pm »
On the subject of ropes, does anyone else know that if a creature is chained or tethered while the restraint is being deconstructed, that creature will be wearing the rope or chain?  It seems appropriate for this kind of thing.  Deconstruct the chains of criminals and use them for spelunking expeditions.

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Mean Little Men [Succession]
« on: November 12, 2008, 07:24:24 pm »
Dang, this is getting more violent than the liason from the mountainhomes.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Magma Pressure
« on: November 12, 2008, 06:47:47 pm »
I remember awhile back someone mentioning a glitch where the magma channel tile could be walked upon.  That may have been fixed though, so I think the OP should try removing a building as a test.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Magma Pressure
« on: November 12, 2008, 05:40:02 pm »
Perhaps it didn't cause a magma flood because all light green tiles of a magma building can be walked upon, and are therefore treated as floors.  My guess is that the workshops are simply blocking the magma flow.

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Nist Akath. Journeys of the Brother
« on: November 12, 2008, 05:36:40 pm »
Quote from: Captain Mayday on November 12, 2008, 01:48:33 am
Quote from: LegoLord on November 11, 2008, 09:56:13 pm
Quote from: Strife26 on November 11, 2008, 09:51:48 pm
I'd recomend that you read a couple of pages a day until you get cuaght up. Seriously, Fenrir, you are a respected member of this comunity, so shape up! Mind you, once you start reading Nist Akath, you just can't stop . . .
Actually, as shocking as this may seem, my brother did, when DC came into the mix.

I've been using DC since nearly the start in order to work around certain bugs and cause certain circumstances.
Well, it was really when it started being used to make things more difficult.  Personally, I thought that made it more awesome than it already was.

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Nostalgia Fort, Using Old 2d Version [23_130_23a]
« on: November 12, 2008, 05:30:17 pm »
Quote from: Dadamh on November 12, 2008, 06:08:12 am
Quote from: Sareth on November 11, 2008, 08:05:42 pm
This fortress is going to hell.

As an aside: Your avatar creeps me the fuck out.
I gotta agree with dadamh here.   

Who else can't wait till it's their turn (to clean up this mess) ?

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