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Roll To Dodge / Re: RTDTM- Roll to Destroy the Moon
« on: April 29, 2010, 01:13:29 pm »
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Do you think hell has too many demons? (SPOILERS!!!)
« on: April 29, 2010, 12:24:06 pm »Christ, are you dwarves or are you elves? If you think Hell has too many demons, then youkill them till the population reaches an acceptable number.What's infinity minus one? Minus ten? Minus a thousand? Minus a million?
Infinity is still infinity.
But it's a smaller infinity. The ultimate goal of any proper dwarf is to whittle down the infinite until it's manageable. This endeavor has produced some familiar results: Planepacked was an attempt to model and comprehend infinity; Dwarves have learned how to use an entire tree to make the tiniest of objects and leave no remains; they build statues of flies; quantum stockpiling; even mining itself is a reflection of this drive.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Are DF2010 liaisons any saner?
« on: April 29, 2010, 10:34:10 am »Difference is, now they follow him around like a puppy ARMED TO THE TEETH.Assuming you're not kidding, that's probably for the best, gameplay wise.
Since I haven't heard of the irreplaceable-liaison bug being fixed, it would be a decent stopgap to make him really hard to kill.
Actually, I believe the liaison is replaced by the civilization leaders after a few year's lag time. I haven't had it happen to me yet, though.
Anyone experience this yet? My liason died immediately after I tried appointing my bookeeper the Baron, and I've yet to see a replacement.
I've seen it happen exactly once so far, and it happened immediately.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Do you think hell has too many demons? (SPOILERS!!!)
« on: April 29, 2010, 10:02:18 am »adding lesser demons, i mean, not everybody is the boss down there, right?
That's just it, my friend... These ARE the lesser demons. These are the ones that the vastly more powerful bosses send out to conquer the world. The bosses wouldn't bother going out where they might be killed by having their heads pinched in half.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Dustblanched
« on: April 27, 2010, 10:28:00 am »
I think it makes perfect sense for them to engrave that into a weapon. It's a reminder to warriors and miners who weild it to watch themselves carefully.
"Remember, warriors. We too can be killed by very poorly named wild animals."
"Remember, warriors. We too can be killed by very poorly named wild animals."
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Redundant arena is redundant. Super Magma Ahoy!
« on: April 26, 2010, 10:23:30 am »Armok had a grudge with every extant thing ever since the first versions.
FTFY
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Redundant arena is redundant. Super Magma Ahoy!
« on: April 26, 2010, 10:14:48 am »Why does the game track from which type of stone the magma is made, it's beyond me.
Because not even a sparrowman can burn to death with wooden weapons and copper armor melting 'pon his body without Armok seeing.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Breeding Stock From Elves
« on: April 25, 2010, 07:19:41 pm »
Come to think of it, the only time I've seen them breed is War Grizzly Bears, which I had to retrain myself... Maybe only animals you train/retrain can breed in this context?
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Reason for framerate decrease over time, besides population?
« on: April 25, 2010, 02:17:09 pm »Number of mined tiles have a profound impact on FPS as it makes pathfinding harder. Clever use of traffic designations can mitigate this somewhat
Does walling off no-longer-used regions also mitigate?
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Baron 40d vs. DF2010
« on: April 25, 2010, 02:13:13 pm »That just doesn't make sense. They have to be replaced during Worldgen, or else they wouldn't exist by the year 1050.
That would be the bug. I've traded with plenty o' civs who had nobody else in the government besides the ruler, Legends mode revealing that they had died long ago.
But there are in fact Dwarven liaisokns in the year 1050. 1068, even. I know. I just saw them.
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The point I'm making is that although your liasons are alive and happy, doesn't mean that the OP's are. Until we hear back from him, we don't know whether its a bug, or some random job he's not doing, or what have you.
And the point I'm making is that you don't know what the relevant bug is, if it persists!
The bug that WOULD be relevant with regard to liaisons is that if they die IN FORTRESS MODE, they will not be replaced. Which I pointed out isn't ABSOLUTELY true anymore, and at the very least it's POSSIBLE for liaisons to be replaced in Fortress mode. And you replied by saying that they wouldn't be replaced IN WORLD GEN, which I pointed out WOULD MAKE NO SENSE because LIASONS EXIST AFTER THEY WOULD HAVE DIED OF OLD AGE.
Yes, your point is an important one. You are making a good point. But you are making it as a retort to another good point which has very little to do with it.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Baron 40d vs. DF2010
« on: April 25, 2010, 03:15:23 am »That just doesn't make sense. They have to be replaced during Worldgen, or else they wouldn't exist by the year 1050.
That would be the bug. I've traded with plenty o' civs who had nobody else in the government besides the ruler, Legends mode revealing that they had died long ago.
But there are in fact Dwarven liaisokns in the year 1050. 1068, even. I know. I just saw them.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: The Devious New Elven Plot REVEALED! (Dun dun DUUUN)
« on: April 25, 2010, 03:14:18 am »
The solution to this "layers of caverns" issue is to pierce the heavens caverns themselves beneath the depot. The elves will get a beautiful moment of our precious glittering caverns before experiencing the wonder that is having all the fat melt off of you.
Watch them to make sure they don't turn into Tormuses.
Watch them to make sure they don't turn into Tormuses.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Devilish Diplomat
« on: April 24, 2010, 03:45:36 pm »So, Amug decided to temporarily cease his rampaging and decided to chill with his human buddies next to the trade depot. My dwarven excavation team by pure coincidence just happened to be putting in a well on the very spot he was standing on. It's not their fault that he didn't move off the tile as it was being channeled out from under him. Nor can we be blamed for the subsequent 10 story fall directly into my crypt.
I wonder if the humans will get pissed Ikilled their law-giversaw Amug have an unfortunate accident.
If they don't, you must only trade them Mugs from now on. Just to rub it in their faces.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Baron 40d vs. DF2010
« on: April 24, 2010, 03:44:11 pm »Is your liason alive? Barons are appointed now, they don't immigrate. A known bug is that liasons are not replaced upon death, so you may just be screwed.
Actually, at least on occasion, liaisons will regenerate now. I've seen it happen once so far, but I can't recall if my other fort where my liaison died survived long enough to get another caravan visit.
I suspect its a worldgen issue. If they die during worldgen, they don't get replaced. Same for other important civ positions. At least, in my personal experience missing liasons are not replaced, and the single fort that suffered a liason death in person didn't last until the next caravan for related reasons.
That just doesn't make sense. They have to be replaced during Worldgen, or else they wouldn't exist by the year 1050.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Baron 40d vs. DF2010
« on: April 24, 2010, 03:22:32 pm »Is your liason alive? Barons are appointed now, they don't immigrate. A known bug is that liasons are not replaced upon death, so you may just be screwed.
Actually, at least on occasion, liaisons will regenerate now. I've seen it happen once so far, but I can't recall if my other fort where my liaison died survived long enough to get another caravan visit.