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Hail the OP!

Quote from: Moddan on July 29, 2010, 05:03:49 pm

It's drinking beer all day, obviously.

Nah man, it's whisky.

Sewer Brew.

Hm, think I'll mosey on over to the dev thread and ask the Toady One his brew of choice.

Hitler failed because he didn't have magma at his disposal

Man, now I want to play a Call of Duty mod where you are a dwarf infiltrating Hitler's Secret Underground Fortress Laboratory in order to foil his plot to build a Magma Cannon to destroy London with. The Zoo and Arena levels alone would be well worth it.

Quote from: Urist McTaverish on July 28, 2010, 09:35:14 pm

Quote from: mwanafalsafa on July 28, 2010, 09:28:00 pm

I dug down and in only two layers I hit warm stone.

I'm not exactly sure how to deal with magma. The last time I dug into it my miner died.

Is there some particular way you're supposed to dig around magma in order to set up magma forges?

As long as the magma stays above 4/7 all you need is an open space above it for the forge.

The center tiles of the workshop/furnace must not be open to the magma on the Zlevel beneath it.  Any of the 8 edge tiles will do.  It's preferable to have the north tile be the channeled one for magma smelters, and either the east or west one for magma forges, simply because the building layout covers up the channeled tile.

And of course, the reason this is preferable is to keep various inhabitants of the Magma Sea out of your fortress, as well as cut down on Stupid Dodging Death Syndrome (SDDS)

It is worth noting that right now, DF is less a game and more a toy. It's pretty easy to set up an impregnable, self sufficient fortress right now. The best way to get enjoyment out of DF is by indulging your creativity, either by building elaborate megaprojects and aesthetic fortress layouts, or by limiting yourself in some way to try and do the same tasks in other ways.

I've been working on elaborate trap designs, myself- I'm still a n00b at mechanisms and plumbing systems, so big drowning traps and water towers is proving a good mental challenge for me. Personally, I'm eagerly awaiting the next big steps in the Army Arc and Caravan Arc, so that fighting is more challenging and more meaningful, as well as having caravans bring me things I can't do without. Right now there are only a few things I can't get by without, but once the world has more stuff in it then imports/exports will have meaning. Particularly, I look forward to there being more kinds of crafts that have uses other than trading away.

Color coded floor tiles! Of course! Why didn't I think of that?

Finally, a use for all those groups of 4 cobaltite blocks that get made in the middle of the Shale Block Storm.

The last time I did something like this, I centered the spiral on a 2x2 square space instead of on a single square. This accommodates the ramp and the wall supporting the ramp without ruining your OCD tendencies. It does mean that the rest of the fortress is based on 2 and 4 wide hallways instead of 3 and 5, but I find that more useful for caravan management anyway. Also, central waterfall ftw!

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

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