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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: POW's
« on: April 22, 2011, 02:45:58 pm »
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« on: April 21, 2011, 07:41:35 pm »Throw a war-dog down the well.
What's that lassie? Little Gobbo is stuck in the well? Well, go in after him!
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: No armed dwarf. What do I do?
« on: April 21, 2011, 11:54:49 am »Hi,
I honored the sacrifice of my armless solder to promote him to a baron. There not much to do, just making silly demands.
''ARMS YOU FOOL. I DEMAND ARMS. WHY CAN NONE OF YOU ACCOMPLISH THIS?''
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Faster than a Magmaing Bullet
« on: April 20, 2011, 10:10:35 pm »
Hm. Still, 7/7 in 10 levels in stupid fast, unless the dwarf didn't notice he was burning for a minute.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Faster than a Magmaing Bullet
« on: April 20, 2011, 10:00:45 pm »
So, how fast IS magma, exactly?
I built a simple little magma pump stack, two hallways etc. anyways, one of my dwarves died shortly after it's completion, leading me to believe he got caught on the wrong side of the hallway at the wrong time. Upon inspecing the trail of blood, I noticed it lead to a hallway flooded with magma. I was like damn, so some go through. I look later and notice the magma was drying up, which was awesome, but when I went down the shaft to the bottom, I noticed that it had just pooled at the bottom of it, filling about 10 zlevels worth of 7/7 magma, in a 4x1 hallway. How fast is magma? How can it possibly have pumped out THAT much into this hallway in the time it took that dwarv to go 'OH GOD HOT HOT HOT.' and shut the door?
I built a simple little magma pump stack, two hallways etc. anyways, one of my dwarves died shortly after it's completion, leading me to believe he got caught on the wrong side of the hallway at the wrong time. Upon inspecing the trail of blood, I noticed it lead to a hallway flooded with magma. I was like damn, so some go through. I look later and notice the magma was drying up, which was awesome, but when I went down the shaft to the bottom, I noticed that it had just pooled at the bottom of it, filling about 10 zlevels worth of 7/7 magma, in a 4x1 hallway. How fast is magma? How can it possibly have pumped out THAT much into this hallway in the time it took that dwarv to go 'OH GOD HOT HOT HOT.' and shut the door?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 07:53:35 pm »
Well, I'm using this to teach myself about pumps and machines and stuff. I'm going to fill a resevoir to make sure I understand how, and make sure it's safe to build maga furnaces and what not atop the resevoir. That resevoir is a couple levels down, near my shops, and the water wheels are on the surface.
Once I get it working, as in seeing it and knowing that I am capable of doing it, I'm going to crack open the wall and give everyone a warm bath as a reward.
Once I get it working, as in seeing it and knowing that I am capable of doing it, I'm going to crack open the wall and give everyone a warm bath as a reward.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 07:06:42 pm »
I've been trying. I was in the process of digging down when I hit the magma sea. I figured it's better than nothing.
I'm currently trying to transfer the power form the wheels down levels. Haven't quites figured it out. But, I have 12 of the things, so I figure whatever mass of tangles mechanisms I come up with, 1200 power should be enough.
I'm currently trying to transfer the power form the wheels down levels. Haven't quites figured it out. But, I have 12 of the things, so I figure whatever mass of tangles mechanisms I come up with, 1200 power should be enough.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 05:40:42 pm »
I've got a brook. Will that help?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 04:40:44 pm »
Alright. I highlighted my bottom most pump and it said total power required was 100, somaybe I won't need so many windmills. Is there a way to tell how much wind you have on the map?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: How evil are you?
« on: April 20, 2011, 04:27:45 pm »
Not really evil. Infact I become quite attached to my dwarves and will go out of my way to keep them safe.
But that only applies to my dwarves.
But that only applies to my dwarves.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 04:06:41 pm »
Yeah, seen both of those. One is how I built this. But that doens't answer my question, about powering the lowest pumps. Will 1 windmill on the top power all 30 pumps? I doubt it, since I think 1 windmill can only power 4 pumps? Geeze im gonna need alot of windmills.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 03:58:00 pm »
yeah, the pump above it supplies power to the pump below it. but I know power only goes a certain distance.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 03:55:43 pm »
Hm... so I'll have to have a huge undergorund area cavred out to move power from the windmills? damn. And if I connect them all to the top pump, will it power the bottom pumps?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Dammit Jim, I'm a Planter, not an Engineer!
« on: April 20, 2011, 03:40:08 pm »
So I've decided to finally mess with pumps so I can flood Ardentire with magma. After 15 years I'm tired of his fortress and want to move on, but my militarty isn't placing nice and keeps killing everything. I've built [what I assume] is the most simple version of a pump stack to get started.. all 30 floors of it. I've currently got the pumps themselves being built. My problem, however, is power. I don't have 30 spare pump operators, so I wanted them to be self-powered. I know I can do this with windmills. I looked at Windmills though...
From what I gather, a windmill can power 10 pumps. I have 30. I thought about hooking multiple windmills up, but I'm told they generate their power to the square in the center of a 3x3 area. Considering all the pumps are one on top of the other, how would I power the lower 20 pumps without having to dig DEEEEEEEEEP holes to get an outside tile underground?
From what I gather, a windmill can power 10 pumps. I have 30. I thought about hooking multiple windmills up, but I'm told they generate their power to the square in the center of a 3x3 area. Considering all the pumps are one on top of the other, how would I power the lower 20 pumps without having to dig DEEEEEEEEEP holes to get an outside tile underground?
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Danger room seems too good
« on: April 19, 2011, 07:51:04 pm »
A couple, but I don't have to be legendary to kill a goblin or elf. I mena none of my guys started legendary, and most still arent, but they hack fully armed/armored goblins apart like nothing. Danger room is just a way to get to the end result quick, takes away the feeling of accomplishment you get when you have a badass army that you trained yourself.