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Magma does evaporate if left at 1/7 just like water.QuoteI stopped at base 7 because of 1/7's liability to evaporate.)If a good thing is to be done, do it with magma. Magma does not evaporate, base 8 so.
Oh, the veins? I have no idea. Given that it was a site I was planning on playing with I refused to use reveal.
I don't think you need the 4x4 for the spoiler. I think it's in one of the central squares on the embark. You could probably drop the top and right rows on the embark and get all the important features, including the spoiler, but I'm not positive. Check with a throwaway embark, I'd suggest.
As for why I chose the 4x4 was because it was for a Succession Game and although I prefer 3x3 most of the other guys play on 4x4. So I went with 4x4 in that particular case.
Yeah I have the spoiler in the embark - but I meant actual adamantine veins - couldnt find any in my 3x3 square using reveal
More importantly, what methodology is being used to test? Combat in DF is extremely random; a small handful of tests is just as likely to indicate the complete opposite of the result that it should and there are lots and lots of factors at play that could affect outcomes.Bronze seems to be weaker than iron and steel.
It's denser than either, has a better impact elasticity than steel but not iron, a better impact yield than iron but not steel, and a worse impact fracture than either. Has anyone tested?
I don't think you need the 4x4 for the spoiler. I think it's in one of the central squares on the embark. You could probably drop the top and right rows on the embark and get all the important features, including the spoiler, but I'm not positive. Check with a throwaway embark, I'd suggest.
Embark #5Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I guess you need a 4x4 for the adamantite? I dont like to embark on any bigger than 3x3 and my embark doesnt have anyShame because its a really cool embark aside from that.
From what I'm told even if you mod him in he actually does not do his job and doesn't allow the exotic animals to be tamed. Really the only solution at the moment is to replace all of the [pet_exotic] tags with regular [pet] tags.DM is bugged, so I'm not sure I'm willing to wait for him until he starts showing up more often. Pity, though, since he was my favourite noble by far.
Well you could probably mod him too, but I don't frequent the modding section, so I don't know what you'd need to change.
It's my policy to reach the magma layer within first spring of embark on flat forests with a sedimentary layer. All cavern breaches are walled off. I then make a reservoir of magma using a pump and seal off the flow by a constructed floor to ensure nothing gets in. Personally, I see no reason to bring the magma to the top - it's only 40 z-levels between the reservoir and the surface. My rooms and stuff are halfway inbetween, sandwiched by caverns.The big benefit for pump stacks is the amount of hauling time saved. The metal industry generates more haul jobs than any other industry in the game, and if you try to run a full scale foundry 40 z-levels below your fortress you'll find that you are generating more haul jobs than your population can actually manage because of the increased distance.
If you want to make a giant pump stack because you need the magma at the surface for whatever reason... do NOT make it out of wood. That's asking for all your hard work to be wasted. You need magma-safe materials. Check the wiki for what those are in DF2010, there's lots. Glass, iron and certain rocks are the most popular.
Cons:Not true; it's very possible to get a volcano with a marble layer to use for flux. However, what is nearly impossible is getting a volcano with a sedimentary layer; if you have a volcano, you won't have coal, and vice versa. Choose your demon. Marble is a metamorphic layer, the only non-sedimentary flux stone, so it is the exception that allows volcanos to have thriving steel industries.
-No flux stone. You will probably never be able to find any of this vital steel-making material on your map. (Flux stone is all the calcium minerals) Order lots of flux stone and pig iron and steel from your Mountainhomes Liason. Also, find cassiterite for tin. Bronze will be your friend.
An archery range isn't a barracks for marksdwarves. To get them to train properly, you need a barracks as well. Also, every single target has to be made into a range and assigned to the squad you want to shoot at it.This is dangerously false. You can get marksdwarves to train without a barracks perfectly fine. In fact, adding a barracks will reduce their training speed as they will try and start dodging (or god forbid, wrestling) demonstrations when they should be at archery practice.
For unarmored silver beat steel 60% of the time in my tests so it does seem slightly in silvers favor. Against armored opponents, steel beat silver nearly all the time. If I had a choice between silver and steel and steel I'd still go steel.So basically we've got two sets of tests that say the exact opposite things.
