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Does the material that they're made out of affect how fast miners are able to dig?
Nope, but having higher quality picks can be useful if the miners get cornered by a hostile and try to defend themselves. A (masterwork) steel pick in a legendary miner's hands does wonders againstmost basicANY cave life such aselk birdsFBs
Nothing too great, but i did get this one a while ago
Urist McSwimmy cancels drink: Dangerous Terrain
Not funny on it's own, but he was actually pinned against the edge of the embark area by a river because he was so thirsty he decided to just jump in. I have no idea how(or more importantly, why), but he stayed there swimming until he died of thirst and would never get out or do anything else. Or drink all the water that was EVERYWHERE.
What about !!!!science!!!! ?I firmly believe the best science is !!physics!!.Which you hastily mine away so you can re-ignite the !!Science!!.It's not ALWAYS on fire.... after all, once you mix in water, its encased in obsidian.Fixed that for you... sort of. Also, I ran out of things to make with Candy.Run magma under water. You now have a sauna. *pyramids*Magma is a bit too warm for a bath... Also, maybe I'll build one.You need a magma bath. NOW. pyramid megaproject.A half elf one. Also, pyramid indeed.Planning? What kind of dwarfgineer are you? Also, pyramid.I don't know, I plan things carefully. Then it all goes wrong.Good point.what control?And because normal science rarely involves magma as part of a controlled experimental process.why is Dwarven science always on fire?Because normal science is boringSpoiler (click to show/hide)Spoiler (click to show/hide)Spoiler (click to show/hide)
So if you want to make something out of sand, be REALLY nice to elves, because they bring by far the most.
You have the gall to call yourself a dwarf?
Only fools (and masochists) deliberately anger the elves when they have the potential to bring trade goods that no other race can offer, such as giant eagles, grizzly bears, and elephants.
in your \dfg_31_12_b_win\data\init\init.txt file, find the entry for
[FPS_CAP:100]
Change this to your liking. It will sure as hell drop below your cap, but it won't go above, no matter how many spare processing cycles you have.
Set to 0 for uncapped.
You shouldn't be able to dodge in a 1x1, meaning you'd be missing a defensive skill entirely, though you'd gain the others faster.
If that's true, and you made 1x1 to train up legendary shield users and blockers(weapon skill)... Does that mean they'd always block and never dodge? You could train a unit of elite bridge-fighters and never worry about them falling to their dooms.
Yes, but I'm almost positive that blocking takes priority over dodging, and even a legendary +5 shield user regularly dodges, so if you remove that entire skill then your dwarf is just taking the hit. Might be okay with edged weapon users that your armor outclasses, but a blunt weapon can easily break a bone like that, and generally(in my experience) the first major injury is the last one, unless your dwarf just got unlucky and has lots of backup to clear the invaders off his unlucky near-corpse.
It's much easier to drain or floor over all the murky pools than engineer some crazy semi deathtrap to raise them to adequate swimmers that will occasionally maybe eat a dwarf. Heck, all you really have to do is channel out a tile in the side of it so there's a ramp for them to get out of, they'll get out fine as long as they aren't unconscious or missing several limbs, in the latter case you kinda want them to die anyway.
I could see wanting swimmers if you had a major river or ocean on your map, but those both slow me and my crappy computer down so much i never use them anymore.
Edit: also, you will max out all combat related stats from danger room training quickly enough as it is, swimming a little won't speed it up or give you something important you wouldn't get otherwise.
Natural walls and floors and whatnot are completely safe. Unless they're made of ice. Ice is weird, so it'll melt. Unless it's a constructed ice wall, which won't melt.
It's confusing at first, but you'll get the hang of it.
What about brimstone?
I thought it was supposed to melt in any contact with magma, but not water.
With Silver warhammers.
Everyone says this, but it's pretty easily demonstrated as a myth in arena mode.
Edit: I mean to say, the idea that silver or platinum is better than steel is a myth. Not that people use them, which they do, obviously.
Besides, any good chemist knows that the best Science is !!titration!! 