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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Yet another how nature imitates Dwarf Fortress topic
« on: January 09, 2012, 07:46:45 pm »
Quote from: UltraValican on January 09, 2012, 07:33:16 pm
Quote from: domomaster on January 09, 2012, 07:29:01 pm
We need a mod for this, flying dwarf-bees, constantly under attack by the elf-hornets.
Let's see them make fun of our height when we sting their eyes out.
More appropriate: HEAT, the bees kill the waspes with HEATYou see were I'm going.
I'll let you do the honors Nec-
Oh wait... :'(

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 09, 2012, 04:55:07 pm »
Yesterday my friend asked if I wanted to make a mayonase sandwich...

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General Discussion / Re: Is being gay genetic or something else?
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:30:36 pm »
It was pretty clear to me that Mitochlorians were only a measurable side effect of the force, not a cause of it.

My thought is being gay it a genetically enabled trait that is triggered by environmental factors; factors that occur often in the womb.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Technical suggestion - Fluids
« on: January 07, 2012, 12:36:24 am »
No.

I chose 60th's for it divisibility, and for being close to a binary power, as 6 bits can easily store a range from 0 to 63, 70ths would have to be stored in 7 bits, while only using a tiny bit more than half the 0-127 range. the current 1-7 depth range is fairly meaningless, we may be used to referring to "7/7 magma" "1/7 water", but I don't see a compelling reason to keep it in that range. there is a reason there are 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute; 60ths are actually very easy to work in.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Technical suggestion - Fluids
« on: January 06, 2012, 08:04:44 pm »
Fluids should be in 1/60th of a tiles volume; equal to a large bucket load.

Presuming that tiles are about 5 foot cubes (dwarfs have to slow down to pass each other in one... and they are short), that would make a bucket a little more than 2 cubic feet in volume, which dosn't sound unreasonable. (I wouldn't want to carry 2 cubic feet of water, but dorfs are strong)

1/60th is also evenly divisable by 2,3,4,5 and 6, making spreading water more likely to give integer results.

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DF General Discussion / Re: This game needs a tag line
« on: January 06, 2012, 07:56:32 pm »
"Work will set you Free"

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 06, 2012, 05:13:36 pm »
If the Universe is Finite, then everything we do, everything we know will one day not exist. The net effect of all life on earth in the long run will be Zero.

If the Universe is Infinite, then everything we do, everything we know is infintesimally small compared to the universe, and in the long run is Practically Zero.

Thought about that until 4am last night, unable to sleep.

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DF General Discussion / Re: How Dwarf Fortress Influences You
« on: January 05, 2012, 09:05:23 pm »
I named my latest EverQuest character, a wood-elf druid "Treehugging Freak"

I do also have a dwarf paladin named "Mushrooms" (from before I played DF, I needed an alt to just stand in one spot waiting for mushrooms to spawn, pick, wait 7 minutes , pick, wait 7 minutes...)

And a dwarf berzerker named "Urist", that I never play 'cause I don't play melees, only casters.

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DF Adventure Mode Discussion / Re: Biggest wtf moment
« on: January 05, 2012, 08:22:12 pm »
Quote from: bombzero on January 04, 2012, 04:00:52 pm
My biggest what the fuck moment was grabbing a bronze colossus and throwing it(on a massively overpowered char) wondering where it went, taking one step away, then it landing behind me and kicking me into a tree.

apparently i somehow threw a bronze colossus one Z level. i also survived that incident with *only* 12 broken bones and massive bleeding.

Maybe you threw it into exactly one orbit of the world.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Disease and Other Natural Causes of Death
« on: January 05, 2012, 08:18:39 pm »
Sadly, most forums I have visited in the past had utterly broken search functionality, so many people are just not used to it actually being useful.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Dwarves need Bonfires to have fun
« on: January 05, 2012, 07:59:19 pm »
Dwarves already have torches, they are right next to the toilets, and physical intimacy.

(spoilered for nightmare nausea fuel)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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DF General Discussion / Re: The Long Range Dwarf Patrol
« on: January 05, 2012, 07:42:15 pm »
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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DF General Discussion / Re: A perpendicular universe
« on: January 05, 2012, 07:21:14 pm »
Are you encased-by-obsidian proof?

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General Discussion / Re: if self.isCoder(): post() #Programming Thread
« on: January 05, 2012, 12:51:24 pm »
An interesting series from a blogger I respect on roguelike (ya know, like DF) game development in C#

(with a playable (Silverlight) demo on the page itself)

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2011/12/12/shadowcasting-in-c-part-one.aspx

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Devlog Quote: Raining Blood and Dandruff Snow
« on: January 04, 2012, 02:54:14 pm »
If it rains Troll blood, will it be Cyan?

(is blood color a Raws thing, or hardcoded?)

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