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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Moltenchannels - Our lizardmen are badass (Ardentdikes II)
« on: February 23, 2013, 02:51:27 pm »
Triaxx shall download the save this very midnight. All shall be well.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Wheelbarrows: useless?
« on: February 23, 2013, 02:36:42 pm »
I thought it meant they'd carry the cart, and were thus slowed down by the weight.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Industry Flowchart
« on: February 23, 2013, 08:25:12 am »
There's also no start point. No embark>X
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Wheelbarrows: useless?
« on: February 23, 2013, 01:52:40 am »
It'll have to be bigger than 1x3, or the wheelbarrows will take up all the space.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Invasions and Dwarfen Funtime Camps
« on: February 22, 2013, 09:38:14 pm »
Press 'c' on the main menu to check and ensure that other civs have access. If it's only the dwarves you'll not get sieged. If you're on an island, that's nearly guaranteed. I think it counts for Titans. (Aboveground Titan, Below Forgotten Beast.)
Try punching into the Caverns. That should show up a Forgotten Beast.
Try punching into the Caverns. That should show up a Forgotten Beast.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Wheelbarrows: useless?
« on: February 22, 2013, 09:35:14 pm »
The question of hauling with wheel barrows and without, is a question of distance.
Are you going a long distance? More than 20 tiles? If so then the gang hauling approach starts to lose out to the wheelbarrows. Shorter and the time spent carrying is negated by the speed going back for more.
Upstairs? I'm unsure of the exact mechanic here. I suspect the barrows are being carried up the stairs, which would make them actually slower in ascending but that time would be recovered by the acceleration over flat ground. I recall ramps being a suggested alternative, but the time spent digging a ramp way for barrows would be better served for minecarts.
Are you going more than 2-3z levels? Consider mine carts. A single minecart holds 5 stones and is pushed along it's track just as quickly as a wheelbarrow is along level ground. Minecarts can be automatically dumped and then 'Push'ed down a hole to return them to the start. With multiple tracks this can very much shorten the time to clear stone from a room, and it leaves more dwarves free for other labors, like farming or mass crafting.
If you're going a long distance with the stones to reach a minecart depot, then barrows are a good choice.
Are you going a long distance? More than 20 tiles? If so then the gang hauling approach starts to lose out to the wheelbarrows. Shorter and the time spent carrying is negated by the speed going back for more.
Upstairs? I'm unsure of the exact mechanic here. I suspect the barrows are being carried up the stairs, which would make them actually slower in ascending but that time would be recovered by the acceleration over flat ground. I recall ramps being a suggested alternative, but the time spent digging a ramp way for barrows would be better served for minecarts.
Are you going more than 2-3z levels? Consider mine carts. A single minecart holds 5 stones and is pushed along it's track just as quickly as a wheelbarrow is along level ground. Minecarts can be automatically dumped and then 'Push'ed down a hole to return them to the start. With multiple tracks this can very much shorten the time to clear stone from a room, and it leaves more dwarves free for other labors, like farming or mass crafting.
If you're going a long distance with the stones to reach a minecart depot, then barrows are a good choice.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Coins as Weapons?...
« on: February 22, 2013, 09:16:28 pm »
Do you have sand? If so, nothing says: My name is Urist, you killed no one I ever met, prepare to die. Quite like a cart full of Serrated Glass Discs.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Strange waterwheel setup
« on: February 22, 2013, 08:15:37 pm »
I suspect the water is being pressurized to return to it's original level, though the 50 power is a bit weird. Possibly it's generating only partial flow? I seem to recall something like that happening though I don't recall the reason.
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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Moltenchannels - Our lizardmen are badass (Ardentdikes II)
« on: February 22, 2013, 08:09:25 pm »
My turn is next, and I can guarantee I won't be able to download the save until Midnight Sunday at the earliest. Quirk of my internet. If you have to quit early, I'll finish the turn for you.
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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Farmpracticed, A Farming Village Succession Fort (Murderfarmed III)
« on: February 21, 2013, 09:39:40 pm »
Ah. I ask because I've had a far more positive experience with glass industry than I have with clay, and you don't have to glaze glass pots.
Aquifer is great news. It means no more losses to thirst. I hope.
Aquifer is great news. It means no more losses to thirst. I hope.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Why does everyone use the default graphics?
« on: February 21, 2013, 09:36:27 pm »
Good idea. I've been trying to think 'Floor>Wall' = 'Input>Output'.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: [New player] Tilesets are considered "for pussies"?
« on: February 21, 2013, 09:34:25 pm »
White M's? No,NO anything but white M's! AIGH! (I had a fort with a minor goblin issue and a serious infestation of Rhesus Macaques. They rolled over a siege of goblins. It was... ugly.
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On topic: One of the reason to be able to read the ASCII set at least is to be able to correlate it to the Wiki, which is primarily in the default ASCII for maximum understanding no matter what the final game on the user end looks like.
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On topic: One of the reason to be able to read the ASCII set at least is to be able to correlate it to the Wiki, which is primarily in the default ASCII for maximum understanding no matter what the final game on the user end looks like.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: I had an unfortunate cave in.
« on: February 21, 2013, 03:33:46 pm »
If you've already dug both levels for a cistern, you must designate channeling in single strips. So if the stairs are in one corner, you designate the two sides not connected to it, then once those are dug, the next.
Code: [Select]
XXXX
XXXX
XXXX
XXXX
HHHH
HXXX
HXXX
HXXX
X=Floor
H=Channel Designation
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Regurgitative Defenses
« on: February 21, 2013, 03:17:25 pm »
I presume that requires gloved mechanics?
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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Farmpracticed, A Farming Village Succession Fort (Murderfarmed III)
« on: February 21, 2013, 03:10:44 pm »
Do we have sand?