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DF General Discussion / Re: Fan art competition! *Moving sound*
« on: December 07, 2010, 08:03:16 pm »
Quote from: Siquo on December 07, 2010, 02:44:37 pm
... That pic is from january 2008. Three. Years. Ago.

I don't think that'll happen ;)

Since the gauntlet has been hurled, and I've never tried doing this before..
(If the original creator objects, I apologize..)
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: My dwarf wont farm?
« on: December 02, 2010, 07:14:19 am »
Can he reach the field, no locked doors or assigned burrows in the way? Do you actually have the seeds he needs?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: All the animals just sit at the starting location and wont come into my fortress
« on: December 02, 2010, 07:10:42 am »
You can officially designate a dining room as a meeting hall. Ditto wells, but that tends to encourage drowning accidents. (And not the good kind of "accidents".)

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« on: December 02, 2010, 07:07:33 am »
Quote from: mrbaggins on December 02, 2010, 06:53:57 am
How far horizontal or how far vertical do bedrooms need to be away from mining and workshops?

My "Depot access" highlighter highlights some REALLY odd paths as being accessible, but pretty much everything (including all of outside in the grass) is apparently inaccessible. Why would that be?

Workshops do not currently produce noise. Mining needs to be eight tiles away. The wiki article covers this subject well: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Noise

The depot path needs to be three tiles wide to turn green. Somewhere between the depot and "outside in the grass" you have a chokepoint; look where the green specifically stops. Note that right now with 31.18, none of the merchants use wagons and so it is not vital that you have an officially-accessible depot.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Face Palm moments you had
« on: November 29, 2010, 10:05:28 pm »
I made a long list of metal types/flux stones/etc and posted it right by my computer.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Use the well, dorks!
« on: November 29, 2010, 03:20:11 pm »
Just remember that wells should be considered a backup hydration source; dwarves much prefer to drink booze.

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DF General Discussion / Re: Fan art competition! *Moving sound*
« on: November 29, 2010, 03:14:04 pm »
Yeah, I agonized over whether or not to include the Shiny Blue Rocks in the last panel, and decided they would just clutter things up graphically.

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DF General Discussion / Re: Fan art competition! *Moving sound*
« on: November 29, 2010, 02:00:31 pm »
Here's something I did modeled after Toady's fine intro-movie:

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« on: November 29, 2010, 07:11:28 am »
Quote from: SalmonGod on November 29, 2010, 07:03:29 am
My military commander just claimed a crafts workshop and started drawing pictures of skeletons.

I've had corpses littering the ground above my fortress for over a year, but apparently none make for workable bones.

How can I get him some bones fast?  Anybody know?

Butcher an animal.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Changing Truetype font size?
« on: November 27, 2010, 06:01:41 am »
With my setup at least, scrolling the wheel the opposite direction doesn't make the font any bigger than what it starts as, just brings it back to full-size if I have zoomed out. So the only way is to find a font that is by default larger?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Digging down instead of hillside
« on: November 27, 2010, 05:40:12 am »
Additions/corrections to apple_cheese:

Ramps are usable, but can get complicated. Digging stairs is the simplest option; 2x2 or 3x3 squares of them help prevent congestion later. Down-only on the first level, then switch to up/down.

You don't have to make an actual multistory tower, but putting a roof on top prevents attacks from flying enemies.

Merchants don't currently use wagons, so you can put your trade depot anywhere that your dwarves can go, and the merchants will lead their pack animals there.

Merchants will sometimes sell wood to you as well. If you're chronically short, the only thing you need it for is beds, and making charcoal to get your non-magma forges up and running.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Changing Truetype font size?
« on: November 26, 2010, 08:27:19 pm »
Once you've turned on the Truetype font option, is there some way to make the font larger? (Using the scroll wheel on my mouse makes it smaller..)

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Let's say I disabled invasions... (40d)
« on: November 26, 2010, 08:17:05 pm »
I always assumed it was short for "initiate", as in starting up the program.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: November 25, 2010, 04:32:05 pm »
One my dwarves was possessed and produced a figurine. It wasn't worth a whole lot, but it depicted a human being killed by a Cyclops named "Nepe Twinklingmassive the Renowned Sparkle." :D

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: November 23, 2010, 01:58:58 am »
Quote from: Loyal on November 22, 2010, 10:17:56 pm
My medical dwarf keeps sitting near the well with a bucket in hand, tasked to apply a cast but just staring at it stupidly. The Liason does not consider the replacement broker an acceptable substitute and is dutifully waiting on my Leader's hopefully swift recovery. Is there a way to get a pre-filled bucket of water?

Plaster is bugged, resulting in the behavior you're witnessing. In future, stick to using splints. As for breaking out of the current jam, you might try forbidding the bucket the medical dwarf is carrying.

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