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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Things you wish you knew earlier
« on: June 30, 2011, 12:39:50 pm »
Quote from: elf-fondling human on June 30, 2011, 04:32:13 am
I really wish I knew that I could press SHIFT --> ENTER to automatically use all of one material to build constructions. It's been a week, and I still can't believe I never saw that...
:o

d-b menu. j-m menu.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Meat Industry Newbie Questions
« on: June 30, 2011, 12:14:07 pm »
Quote from: Sutremaine on June 30, 2011, 05:12:43 am
As for pasturing, there was a grazer value thread done on just how many tiles a pasture needed to be in order to be useable forever. Goats and sheep need 12 tiles of good grazing each, reindeer a little over 60, and then it goes up and up from there. I have pastures set up in 2 x whatever rows with a space between them to encourage grass regrowth, and the door to the pasture is frequently locked to stop dwarves walking in. Animals are left to breed until they start wearing their pastures down, at which point I butcher adults and reassign some of the young to their own pasture. This happens every couple of years.
By that data and my calculations, you need 19,200/G squares of pasture to sustain an animal, where G is the grazing number. 20,000/G is preferable, to stay on the safe side and prevent irreparable damage from births, plus is easier to calculate.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Open HFS What!?!?
« on: June 30, 2011, 11:48:07 am »
Keep embarking! Make everyone a marksdwarf and draft them! THE SURFACE HELL WILL BE CLAIMED!!!!!!!!!!

And when you do, I'd like you to post the save.


Unrelated to above:

Quote from: Clownmite on June 29, 2011, 10:59:41 pm
Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on June 29, 2011, 08:16:32 pm
There are dozens of demons...and you are worried about capybaras?
If they were badgers, I could understand. They interrupt a lot of jobs.

I think he's being sarcastic.
I've heard my jokes called a lot of things, but never sarcasm.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Volcano embark tips?
« on: June 30, 2011, 11:41:45 am »
Quote from: Shootandrun on June 29, 2011, 09:05:55 pm
Who needs an obsidian farm on a volcano biome? If you don't find any your really, really unlucky.
OBSIDIAAAAAAAN!!!!!! farms are a lot dwarfier, though, and harder to exhaust. So, for once, dwarfy and efficient go hand-in-hand!

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Bees have impressive transmution and levitation skills.
« on: June 30, 2011, 10:48:41 am »
I saw a beehive on a frozen river. When the river melted, I glanced at it, expecting to see the hive in the river.

Can't post pics for some reason, so link instead.
...That is NOT what I expected. The hive now seems to be made of claystone, or maybe black sand.
Oh, yeah, and it is floating in midair.

Explanation? None that makes sense.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: How high to make my sacrificial pyramid?
« on: June 30, 2011, 10:29:44 am »
A. Actually, the ice chunks melted before the river.  ???
B. Er...If I accidently put my workshops right under the tower...how high do you suggest? Or should I wait till winter and rebuild?

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Terrifying Glacier Succession Fort (24 hour turns)
« on: June 29, 2011, 10:01:32 pm »
Quote from: JohnnyDigs on May 15, 2011, 03:43:07 pm
17th Moonstone-
The trade liason took off. I told him we need wood, ores, bars, and some other stuff. He left using the front door like a sane dwarf.
The rocs were still out there. Would YOU want to leave through the front down, laden with mugs?

Quote from: wlerin on May 23, 2011, 01:35:18 am
Can it even hatch, now that the parents are dead?
A. ...They STARTED dead.
B. I dunno, I thought the mommy bird had to sit on the nest for the whole incubation period, but others have claimed otherwise.


Cool story, though I don't think I could complete a turn that fast (and might not even notice that it's my turn!). Can I have a dwarf without taking a turn? If so, s/he's a peasant/cheese maker/whatever who dreams of being a great warrior, with two crossbows and a backup hammer. Name: Alathnil (Bolthammers). Cheerful and foolish, becoming wise and cynical as he takes part in more and more battles.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Note to Urist--In which you express your frustration to your dwarves
« on: June 29, 2011, 09:57:49 pm »
Dear Urist McMason,
I specifically tailored your work orders to trick you into NOT walling yourself into the caverns.
You walled yourself into the caverns. With a giant bat on the loose.
You had better not die before I can save you!
Sincerely,
GWG.
P.S. While you're there, can you tidy up the walls a teeny bit? Thanks.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Volcano embark tips?
« on: June 29, 2011, 08:27:17 pm »
Since Necro910 hasn't noticed this thread yet...

MAGMAAAAAAA!!!!!! cannon of some sort. It's not hard, put a magma-safe door with natural walls on both sides somewhere high up, dig/fortificate the last square, and link the door up to a lever. Ideally add some fortifications at one end to protect it from building destroyers.

Also, OBSIDIAAAAAAAN!!!!!! farms are a good source of wealth nd emergency weapons. If you try, you can make the MAGMAAAAAAA!!!!!! cannon and the OBSIDIAAAAAAAN!!!!!! farm into one structure.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Open HFS What!?!?
« on: June 29, 2011, 08:16:32 pm »
Quote from: Aspgren on June 28, 2011, 03:23:47 pm
Quote from: Argonnek on June 28, 2011, 02:52:56 pm
Ah, yes, there's one thing you might want to be aware of if you try to play with this embark:
http://i54.tinypic.com/2ewmh03.jpg (won't display properly, sorry)

oh god Capybaras!!
There are dozens of demons...and you are worried about capybaras?
If they were badgers, I could understand. They interrupt a lot of jobs.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Yay! Finally got the hang of the new military system
« on: June 29, 2011, 08:12:34 pm »
Quote from: sambojin on June 14, 2011, 09:07:27 pm
I thought it was a biscuit or a roast of cats? Possibly a chowder of cats? A manical-laughter of cats? A nuisance of cats?

Clowder doesn't seem right.
A splosion of cats. A cat splosion. In case you are dumb as a dwarf, a catsplosion.

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Utilities and 3rd Party Applications / Re: PerfectWorldDF world creator utility
« on: June 29, 2011, 06:23:23 pm »
...Uh...Uh oh. I have no idea what you're talking about, so...thanks for trying.


I remember reading that you can make the land into specific forms (smiley face, North America, etc). How do you do that? I can't figure it out.  :'(

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DF Adventure Mode Discussion / Re: Hey, I survived a bogeyman attack! And you'll never guess how!
« on: June 29, 2011, 02:22:15 pm »
Quote from: nanomage on June 29, 2011, 02:46:47 am
you mean they were pummeling at your -bronze helm- but couldn't inflict any damage through all the night?
This happened to me several times, not for all night certainly,but looks like 1-2 hours of beating is tolerable.
No, I had no helm!

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Succession Game-Very !!FUN!! (probably), site/race unchosen.
« on: June 29, 2011, 02:01:30 pm »
Since, out of the 5 people that voted for a possible race, 4 voted "dwarf" (and, anyways, cobalds seem to be full of headaches), we will use dwarves. Starting a poll for if we use a site I choose or a site voted on by the community.

The odd part is that 3 people voted for elves and none for kobolds. I can't believe it, I just don't know what to expect from this community.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: How high to make my sacrificial pyramid?
« on: June 29, 2011, 01:17:44 pm »
So, ~15 levels will make goblin bones, troll meat, and so forth?

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