March 6, 2024: Dwarf Fortress 50.12 has been released.
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But plurals are a basic part of language!It's funny how much of language you take for granted before you learn a second language. Yes, some real languages have no plurals. Some languages have no gender for words we (English speakers) think of as being inherently gender-specific. Other languages give gender to almost everything.
3. Is it feasible to do metalworking (long term) relying on wood/charcoal, or is some sort of coal an absolute must?Whenever a trade caravan comes, the game checks how much wood you currently have cut (and also cloth and leather?). The caravan will magically carry a certain amount of these materials such that if you buy them all you will have some number of items per dwarf in your population. So if you make sure you've used all your wood before the next caravan, you'll always have an endless supply (in theory). This is certainly enough to keep you going until you can harness the power of magma.
4. If coal is that important, how do you find it? How deep is it likely to be, etc? What do you do if you can't find any?Coal and lignite are not guaranteed to be anywhere on your map. For me (or the types of location I usually settle) these are rarely if ever found.
5. Is there any way to disable the dark blue ASCII color, especially in dwarf names, which is almost impossible to see on a Windows console?You can edit the color values in the raws. Sorry I can't get more specific than that.
You must have aquifers on. I generated without and oh my god a freshwater lake the size of an ocean.Lol! Yes, I never turn off aquifers. I figure one of these years I'll get around to figuring out what to do with those things...
You can also change population cap, but it is not nearly as dwarfy...And also not nearly as precise.
Edit:Why am I even replying to this?I give up. Why?
...why not mix all three?Mainly because I'm not super experienced with mega-projects; that's the main reason I'm doing this. And I'm not sure I have room for all that, but I'll see if I can come up with a workable plan. But thinking about it, I could do a castle where the outer walls are glass filled with water, surrounded by the magma moat. The inner keep can be the hanging gardens with its own water moat. I should be able to fit that on the map without too much trouble.
Step 1) Regen the world with more levels above ground (LOTS!!!).I'd rather not regen and try to find the site again. And the site already has like 30 above-ground levels. So I'll just stick with the embark I already have.
Step 3) [Not sure if this is possible] Design an Obsidian farm in the sky, in such a way that any (or at least most initial) Obsidian formed isn't sufficiently supported to stay there & falls out of the sky.Reminds me of an idea that I had for the inside-out fishbowl: let the water out at the top and filter it down through a series of levels with holes to spread it out over the whole area inside the fort so it's like constant rain. If such a setup used water on one side and magma on the other, maybe it would be possible to combine in air for obsidian rain? Corollary: Instead of static holes filtering the water, use hatch covers that are linked to a bunch of pressure plates throughout the tower to make sure the rain doesn't always fall at the same places.
Hey guys, I love these types of games. Currently playing A Game of Dwarves and Gnomoria, and wanted to know how this game is and how does it compare? I know its not a graphics based game which is fine by me. I just wanted to know once I get past the learning curve is the game addicting and fun? Please let me know. I downloaded the Lazy Newb Pack, I heard that is the way to go. What addons or mods are a must have or is lazy newb all I need? Thanks...
