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[Koji]

I just started at a volcano. It planted my dwarves about halfway up the mountain with no clear way down. I realized I could just build ramps and stairs, so I did that, then drained out the pool my fisherman was using from below, which was really cool.

I can see into the chasm because there's an opening to it somewhere. It's neat looking at all the antmen clustered together in groups on the little ledges, with batmen and giant bats flitting around between them.

[Joker]

quote:Originally posted by Deto:
<STRONG>Or if I ran out of beds, I can always put dwarves to sleep in human beds... Infact, I just noticed I can just designate human beds as dwarven barracks   Or better yet! I can just remove them from their rooms and put them in my fortress! Free defence! Free stuff! Dwarven heaven!   </STRONG>

LMAO... Dwarf Gypsy invasion.

[elipsis]

is there a way to reset your 'gate' spot? the place you go when you hit G?

i made a fort in the suggested area, but decided to move way away from where the wagon started. now my dogs want to hang out over there and won't come into the 'real' fort. is there a way to change the lounging spot?

[THLawrence]

Open up the hotkeys menu, i , Then go to where you want to place the new location and press the corresponding Fx button where x is a number. Then after you leave the menu whenever you press that button it will jump to that location, very useful for big forts.

[Eagleon]

I started a fortress on a tiny heavily forested volcano island next to the beach. Dug down through clay to reach massive amounts of obsidian and... Aluminum! A small deposit of it. I wa shocked. In addition, I just found a vein of gold and iron. I'm about to drain a pocket of water from the surface down into a chamber dug beneath my dining room. Wheeeeee  

[Earthquake Damage]

Woot!  I've got a river flowing next to a volcano!    

O.M.F.G.  I just noticed it's also Terrifying!
The gods have given us a sign!  Strike the earth!

[ October 30, 2007: Message edited by: Earthquake Damage ]

[Markham]

I attempted a haunted wilderness.  Zombie fish crawled out of the rivers and slaughtered everyone in minutes.  There were 7 screens of undead fish in the U menu.

[ October 30, 2007: Message edited by: Markham ]

[anonymousphrase]

I gave settling under a human town a go.  The dwarves and the humans got along fine until one day....

And then...

Now, I view the area not as a town, but as a wood mine.

[Arkan15]

I'm on a plateau-type thing. It's pretty cool- there's a river off to the west of the map, and everything west of the river is a desert, but my side is lush and green. Nice contrast.

On a side note, there's a gem called "bloodstone" which I don't recognize about halfway up a sheer cliff. That name bodes if you ask me.

[Deto]

anonymousphrase: LOL! Well done! Haha   That's brilliant  

[Earthquake Damage]

Hmm.  That building collapse brings up a good question:  What are the new cave-in rules?

[Arkan15]

quote:Originally posted by Earthquake Damage:
<STRONG>Hmm.  That building collapse brings up a good question:  What are the new cave-in rules?</STRONG>

Things only collapse if they're completely disconnected (no floating masses of rock). Other than that, anything's good.

[Xotes]

There's a new version? Why am I always the last to know... (DIES)

[Earthquake Damage]

quote:Things only collapse if they're completely disconnected (no floating masses of rock). Other than that, anything's good.

Are you sure?  In that case either I'm incompetent or diagonals don't count as connected for cave-in purposes.  I had a small yet tall chunk of cliff across the brook from me that I decided to strip mine for material.  I lost one miner when white sand collapsed on his head (was going to leave a pillar then remove the floor it's supporting later) and another is now severely wounded after a 4-5 story fall when the top floor (which he was removing) fell out from beneath him.

[Skyrage]

ROFL, that is simply hilarious! Uber sabotage.