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Xotano

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how do i fortress? (random questions and answers)
« on: March 04, 2012, 02:26:31 pm »

started this so people can post random questions they would like answered, i have one myself too.

how do i go about draining a pond without just digging the side out or pumping it out?

i've already started digging out a place for the water to go when i do get to draining it.
« Last Edit: March 04, 2012, 07:19:42 pm by Xotano »
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 02:29:50 pm »

Set it as a water source and send in the bucket brigade. But i believe they will stop at 5/7 or 4/7.
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2012, 02:30:42 pm »

You won't drain it completely without draining it. The only way to completely empty a murky pool without actively draining it is to embark in a hot or scorching climate.
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 02:32:24 pm »

ah its not a murky pool, i know those refill, i'm wanting to drain my well cus i accedently filled it without removing the stairs in the middle of it first and its not working as a water source, well least not for the well bit of it, i'll try gzoker's method, thanx for the help guys feel free to post any questions you have yourself.
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2012, 06:40:56 pm »

got another one, how do i butcher a captured animal i can not tame?
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2012, 06:46:17 pm »

got another one, how do i butcher a captured animal i can not tame?

Get it out of it's cage, kill it via military or traps, wait for auto butcher jobs.

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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2012, 07:18:51 pm »

got another one, how do i butcher a captured animal i can not tame?

Get it out of it's cage, kill it via military or traps, wait for auto butcher jobs.

aw too bad, was really hoping i could just kill it in the cage or drag the whole cage to the butcher shop and kill it there, should definitely be added
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2012, 07:33:17 pm »

aw too bad, was really hoping i could just kill it in the cage or drag the whole cage to the butcher shop and kill it there, should definitely be added

You can't kill Schrodinger's cat man.

Unless...

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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2012, 07:36:24 pm »

aw too bad, was really hoping i could just kill it in the cage or drag the whole cage to the butcher shop and kill it there, should definitely be added

You can't kill Schrodinger's cat man.

Unless...

Schrodinger had a cat man? hope he is friendly and isn't a blowgunner.
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2012, 07:40:00 pm »

aw too bad, was really hoping i could just kill it in the cage or drag the whole cage to the butcher shop and kill it there, should definitely be added

You can't kill Schrodinger's cat man.

Unless...

Schrodinger had a cat man? hope he is friendly and isn't a blowgunner.

A Schrodinger's cat man?

Well that would certainly be odd.

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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2012, 07:58:40 pm »

aw too bad, was really hoping i could just kill it in the cage or drag the whole cage to the butcher shop and kill it there, should definitely be added

You can't kill Schrodinger's cat man.

Unless...

Schrodinger had a cat man? hope he is friendly and isn't a blowgunner.

A Schrodinger's cat man?

Well that would certainly be sexy.
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Re: how do i fortress? (random questions and answers)
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2012, 08:03:05 pm »

I have a few questions!

If you run a fortress for over a dwarf's maximum life span (Say 200 years) will all humans and dwarves instantly die of old age when they enter your map (As traders or migrants)? On a similar note, will you be sieged by historical figures if you start a war with humans?

Also, if you become the mountainhome and a monarch migrates to your fortress and dies there, but has an extended family in world gen (grown children that didn't migrate), will kingship pass to the next eligible family member? If it does, will that person show up at some point?
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Re: how do i fortress? (random questions and answers)
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2012, 08:11:46 pm »

On a similar note, will you be sieged by historical figures if you start a war with humans?

According to my unit list, the general of the last human siege was a "Human Wood Burner". So i think that means yes, or at least yes for the squad leaders perhaps.
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Re: how do i fortress? (random questions and answers)
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2012, 08:29:02 pm »

I have a few questions!

If you run a fortress for over a dwarf's maximum life span (Say 200 years) will all humans and dwarves instantly die of old age when they enter your map (As traders or migrants)? On a similar note, will you be sieged by historical figures if you start a war with humans?

Also, if you become the mountainhome and a monarch migrates to your fortress and dies there, but has an extended family in world gen (grown children that didn't migrate), will kingship pass to the next eligible family member? If it does, will that person show up at some point?

no i dont think they will all just die even if you have had your fort that long, more are born just like the dwarfs and they replace the old, least i'm pretty sure they are and do.
not sure about the king/queen passing on to the next eligible family member or not and if it does i'm sure they will arrive in the next or next's next migrant wave.
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Re: how do i... (random fortress question thread)
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2012, 11:13:27 pm »

aw too bad, was really hoping i could just kill it in the cage or drag the whole cage to the butcher shop and kill it there, should definitely be added

You can't kill Schrodinger's cat man.

Unless...

Schrodinger had a cat man? hope he is friendly and isn't a blowgunner.

A Schrodinger's cat man?

Well that would certainly be sexy.
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