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DF Gameplay Questions / Moving Magma and Misc. Questions

« on: June 04, 2017, 09:53:26 pm »

So, I have magma in my caverns and I'm trying to move it to my main fort area. From reading the wiki, I have 3 options; pump stacks, magma pistons or minecarts.

Pump stacks seem relatively simple, but the wiki says that they will be a lag problem. Do they cause a lot of lag, or is it relatively manageable?
Magma pistons seem to be faster, but the wiki says that I need 100-200 z levels to drop and my map only has about 70 z levels (-40 to +25). Do I just need to dig deeper to find more z levels? Also, I'm not sure if I understand the concept. What exactly happens when I drop a piston? I thought that cave-in material disappears/falls apart, but I guess the material has to stay as a pillar? Also if I drop a 100 z level piston into 25 z level magma, will the 25 z levels of displaced magma appear at the top?
Minecarts appear to be the simplest method (although it is slow). How do I place minecarts so that they can be filled with magma? I couldn't find anything about building them as a building, so I guess I need to make a minecart track and put them on there? After that, how do I get my dwarves to haul them up and dump the magma in the appropriate hole?

Misc. Questions

If I want to kill something with caveins, does it matter how many z levels tall the ceiling is?
Could it be a constructed floor?
If I continue to kill siegers, will they eventually stop trying to attack my fort?
Candy question
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
The wiki says that raw adamantine can be found for every 2x2 embark square. Does this mean 2x2 in the local screen? What happens if I embark on a rectangular area or if the designated embark spot isn't divisible by 4?

DF Gameplay Questions / 40d Civilizations

« on: April 30, 2010, 07:57:57 pm »

So i created a new fort and i know there is a goblin civ. relativley near by, but it doesn't show up on my Civilazation page. I am very sure that it's there because my old fort had goblins attacks and it's only a few (2-3) spaces aways on the pre-embark screen on the closest-view screen. Do the Civilizations only show up after you interact with them? I'm pretty sure they don't.

DF Gameplay Questions / Controls not working

« on: April 18, 2010, 05:52:32 pm »

So, I started 40d to learn how to play again but I can't get get the +/- to work when preparing my dwarves before emarking. I'm not sure why. I'm using a laptop now, but it worked on another laptop i was using before. Please help me!

DF Gameplay Questions / FPS in 2010 version

« on: April 16, 2010, 04:00:01 pm »

So, i was wondering, is the new version going to be worse with FPS than the 40d version? I want to play, but i'm not sure my laptop can handle it.

DF Gameplay Questions / Collecting From Outside (and maybe more stuff)

« on: June 29, 2009, 11:10:37 am »

So hi everyone. I've made 5 forts so far, but i've usually lost them to abandoning, instead of any significant problems.

So to my question. When i got attacked by goblins, they left all their stuff outside and my dwarfs won't pick it up. How am i supposed to get all that stuff inside? Also, there are a bunch of bolts and arrows just laying around outside. I know arrows aren't useful, but my dwarfs wont pick up the bolts. I do have a stockpile for ammo and clothing/armor. and my dwarfs did move, a few pieces of clothing and then left the rest outside so whats wrong?

Another question: i have started trying to set up a military. My fort is on flat ground, so i built walls around it and fortifications around the outer wall to shoot out from (there's also a walkway behind the fortifications). When i was attacked, my marksdwarves walked to the lower level to start shooting. Is there a way to keep my dwarves on the top level?

Thanks in advance.

DF Gameplay Questions / Various Questions of a New person

« on: June 17, 2009, 11:44:56 am »

So hi. I'm new to the whole game. I haven't actually started playing yet, but i'm fixing my computer so that i will be able to. I have also read about the game extensively, so i know at least the basics.

So, my first question is for channeling. Say i was going to channel above a tunnel ment for water/magma (but it isn't full yet). The bit i'm going to channel is going to release the fluid. If i channel, wouldn't the water go up to the place where my dwarf is channeling? (not magma though i think). And wouldn't the dwarf fall through the channeled hole? From what i've read elsewhere, neither should happen.

My next question is about graphics (this might need to go in the modding forum). I read on the wiki that you just save the tileset, then convert it to bmp using MS paint. Now, i don't think i have MS paint, so is there another way to convert the file? Or another way to get the tilesets in?

Well, i thought i had a third question, but i can't remember it now.