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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: How to get past the "mediocre" level?
« on: June 08, 2014, 08:32:00 pm »
The Plant Minecart Technique
Turn off barrels on your main plant stockpile 5x5 or larger
Use a minecart Track Stop dumping on a 1x1 plant stockpile, set a route that feed from the main pile, if done correclty every plant will be dumped/stored on the 1x1 plant stockpile for infinite storage.
Never use a plant stockpile with barrels, unless its set with take from links only and it feeds from the main gathering pile.
Other Stupid Plans:
Forest Camp: Embark on a Forest biome with 7 training axe, cut a large wood area at start then build a 7x7 wood camp in center with 4 tables and 10 bed. Choose up to 10 dwarves to be part of the surface guild for adventurous dwarves and assign them a 1x1 bed. Bonus point for a fortified roof and a team of shooters on top. Build the warehouse in a large cave beneath for cheap and fast storage of gathered surface plant and animals. Dont connect it to the rest of the fortress. Try to burrow them to surface only. Try hiring 20 hunters.
Executionners: Choose a few dwarves, give them full iron kits and good rooms and dining. If a soldiers seems unhappy for long, fire him off for unlawful behaviors. Favor stress resistance over strength, killing berzerking peasants is hard for the heart not the arms.
Turn off barrels on your main plant stockpile 5x5 or larger
Use a minecart Track Stop dumping on a 1x1 plant stockpile, set a route that feed from the main pile, if done correclty every plant will be dumped/stored on the 1x1 plant stockpile for infinite storage.
Never use a plant stockpile with barrels, unless its set with take from links only and it feeds from the main gathering pile.
Other Stupid Plans:
Forest Camp: Embark on a Forest biome with 7 training axe, cut a large wood area at start then build a 7x7 wood camp in center with 4 tables and 10 bed. Choose up to 10 dwarves to be part of the surface guild for adventurous dwarves and assign them a 1x1 bed. Bonus point for a fortified roof and a team of shooters on top. Build the warehouse in a large cave beneath for cheap and fast storage of gathered surface plant and animals. Dont connect it to the rest of the fortress. Try to burrow them to surface only. Try hiring 20 hunters.
Executionners: Choose a few dwarves, give them full iron kits and good rooms and dining. If a soldiers seems unhappy for long, fire him off for unlawful behaviors. Favor stress resistance over strength, killing berzerking peasants is hard for the heart not the arms.