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Heredetary research done by Slink in another thread (bad at posting links) indicates that very few attributes are inherited, besides that which is carried by the civilization as a whole.

By that I mean her findings indicated that height, facial features, size, material preferences and mood stats were basically "rolled from scratch" for every baby.  What she did find was that if everybody (or almost everybody) from your home civ has, say, white hair, then new arrivals in booze soaked diapers would have white hair as well.  It would be good, however, to do independent research to either confirm or contest these findings.

Don't worry. Toady will fix this so that physical attributes are rolled from a small number of weighted means of the dwarf's parents. The little useless thing may be a little heavier or lighter, but would likely land somewhere closer to one of the parents. Maybe. Who knows? Maybe he'll just go and simulate DNA. Talk about fun raw editing.

Quote from: Loud Whispers on October 05, 2012, 03:53:08 pm

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ZOMBIE HEAD FIND D6
ZOMBIE HAND ROLL 1
1 ARE WORST OUTCOME
YOU DIE AND BECOME ZOMBIE

UH UH UH I roll to consume the flesh of the zombies..?

As fishbulb once said, screw efficiency.

Exactly. In DF, there is no "efficency", only Dwarf.

Quote from: crazysheep on October 05, 2012, 12:22:31 am

Quote from: Pufferfish on October 05, 2012, 12:05:54 am

So should the board be made of wood? I'm thinking yes, with grains of obsidian. If I do a checkerboard pattern I've gotta do it right and do marble and obsidian. And put chess pieces on them.

Marble and obsidian sounds good already. If you do chess pieces you gotta do exactly the same - black obsidian pieces and white marble pieces. Bonus points awarded based on the following:

1 point for every generic dwarf pawn statue
3 points for any horse statue representing knights
3 points for any religious figure statues representing bishops
5 points for any statue of the mountainhomes or your fort representing rooks
9 points for any statue of your civ's queen
9001 points for any statue of your civ's king
9002 points for any statue of the leader of a civ opposing your civ

Mega-bonus for Dwarfen Logic playing chess.

Hmm... it could probably be done with creative Take-From and Give-To stockpiles, accessible/pathable only when the move would be legal and requested by the logic engine.

Actually, it would make for an interesting multiplayer/succession game.  A break from the usual DF game of Global Thermonulear War.

--Joe

Hm. You're right. DF-Chess, and not HFS-chess either. Could be... Interesting. But with one move taking a few minutes, the upload/download wouldn't be easy. Unless each move used my constructed-wall pieces. Then they'd have to tear them down and build them over the right spot. Muahaha.

Quote from: Pufferfish on October 05, 2012, 12:32:08 am

DOUBLE EDIT: Wait shit the boards are 16x16.

I'm playing chess on an 8x8 board...

Whoo, tired-math is the best. 8x8 eh? Awesome.

My checker board is going to be 5x5 squares, at least. So I'll be doing generic pieces made through walls. I want to make it as big as possible, but I can't make that calculation without knowing how wide embarks usually are. I was hoping to find the info on the wiki, but it's not there. Guess I have to do it by hand. Sighh.

EDIT: That was easy. I just need to fit the largest board possible into a 190x190 area. 180x180 for a proper wood trim if I so desire. Which leaves plenty of room for each square to be 12x12. Up to 22x22 if I so wanted. I don't. Now I just need to find the center 2x2

DOUBLE EDIT: Wait shit the boards are 16x16. I can still do 12X12 and that puts me at 144x144. More than enough room for a six-tile wooden trim because FUCK ELVES. and because 150x150 is nice and pretty. Also should the "floor" of the board be an actual floor or should I take the extra time and make it walls?

All right, I've genned a new world and started a new fort, and what does the RNG give me for a fort name? Overboards. I can't pass up the opportunity to make a megaproject dedicated to the fortress title.

So, how can I go overboard? Anyone got any good ideas?

I have indeed gone over-board. I'll be updating this thread after my first season, which should be later tonight.

IDEA: Giant, playable chess board. It won't be easy to play (They're going to be 10x10xat least 10 and constructed), but the pieces will be there.