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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 04:04:34 pm »
New question: how many drinks are there in a barrel and what is the consumption rate for your average midget?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 02:39:11 pm »The water isn't soaking into the earth, it's evaporating. What you need to do is dig out a large area and fill it from another water source.
I dig into lakes but the water evaporates rather fast - is there a way to slow it down? It also does NOT evaporate while being in the natural lake - correct?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Increasing framerates... without money - fortress design for fast pathfinding
« on: May 17, 2010, 02:09:54 pm »Another addendum: In large rooms with multiple small entrances and exits (like legendary dining halls) I have seen my FPS increase after designating high-traffic zones that connect all of the doors. In dorms with lots of twisty zig-zags, it might be worthwhile designating a high-traffic path to a "common room" and then restricting the rest of the dorm. Dorfs will still sleep there, but they won't path in looking for a way out of the tunnel complex. If you think of a high-traffic zone as a rail or a notch in the floor that the dwarves tend to stay in (like lazy little marbles) it's easy to figure out where they'll need help.
Oi, what's a high-traffic path/zone?
Btw, there seems to be a difference in pathfinding for mining and channeling: for a set of 3 novice miners the former gets much more screwed up that the latter;
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 12:20:25 pm »If enough merchants die in your fort, the elves may declare war. I've yet to manage it.
@Infernalis
1. Barrels help to keep your food supply from taking up too much room, as several tiles worth of meat, seeds, or plants fit in one barrel. Also, some plant processing at the quern requires a barrel to hold the output, as does boozemaking.
2. Not sure what you want here.
@Lord Shonus: about the barrels; I'm thinking of creating a large food pile with no barrels on it so that all my barrels get used for booze; I'm producing so much food I can't keep up with the barrel demand
About the pool: since midgets can drink water as well, I wish to create an underground reservoir; I have 'rain shafts' channelled into my fortress, but water soaks into the earth pretty quickly; any idea on how to store it?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 09:34:59 am »@elves: Crashed as in 'boom';
it worked for the third time, so now I'm waiting for the elves to get loony;
They just died of hunger
Does that create any bad karma for future interactions with the elves?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 09:20:06 am »
@Lord Shonus: thx, the only rock with green status were gabbro & diorite; I'll change that now;
New questions:
1. Are there any negative consequences of not using barrels for food storage?
2. How do I create a swimming pool so dwarves can take water from it for a long period of time?
New questions:
1. Are there any negative consequences of not using barrels for food storage?
2. How do I create a swimming pool so dwarves can take water from it for a long period of time?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 08:20:13 am »
@microline: I should've mentioned that I have 2 stockpiles: micro & diorite; the micro is CLOSER than diorite, yet it's not being used;
@elves: Crashed as in 'boom';
it worked for the third time, so now I'm waiting for the elves to get loony;
@elves: Crashed as in 'boom';
it worked for the third time, so now I'm waiting for the elves to get loony;
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 07:58:21 am »
@microline - just observed that my moody dwarves use microline for their inventions, but otherwise - noone touches it; how can I change that?
@elves - game crushed upon the 'merchants gonna leave soon'; the depot was walled around so the wagon would just stand there;
@elves - game crushed upon the 'merchants gonna leave soon'; the depot was walled around so the wagon would just stand there;
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 07:43:33 am »
@microline: so I can't really build anything using it, correct?
@hostile elves: What if I dig about their wagon so it doesn't get out of my depot? That'll work?
@hostile elves: What if I dig about their wagon so it doesn't get out of my depot? That'll work?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The Little Questions Thread
« on: May 17, 2010, 07:33:48 am »
Does microline ever get used for anything?
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How to kill an elvish caravan?
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How to kill an elvish caravan
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DF Gameplay Questions / Hey, this thread was put here by mistake, sory;
« on: May 17, 2010, 07:31:28 am »
>>pls delete this thread<<
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: May 17, 2010, 06:14:55 am »
I've got a shitload of microline, but no dwarf uses it - what to do?
Note to self: dwarfs like chasm waterfalls
Note to self: dwarfs like chasm waterfalls