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MrBernie

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Immigrants and the init file
« on: March 12, 2009, 05:47:32 pm »
I hope this is the right forum for it... as it does involve playing in the init file.

So, because as a total noob the first waves of immigrants totally overwhelm me, I pushed the population cap way down.
Now that my fortress is actually prepared for immigrants, I turned the cap up again (to 45 from 25). A year goes past, nothing happens.

Is that just unfortunate coincidence, or have I unwittingly fubared that game?
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Re: Immigrants and the init file
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 05:51:32 pm »
I dont know... I am betting on fubar, but honestly 25 dwarves is enough for quite a bit of stuff.

Do give it atleast another year and increase the value of your fortress by smoothing and engraving area's that look like they need it.
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MrBernie

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Re: Immigrants and the init file
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 06:12:03 pm »
Hmm, I guess the masons could do with a bit of superior images of circles in their workshops.

And actually 29; apparently, the population cap doesn't influence how many little dwarfes can be made, and two couples produced six of those in three years. I could of course try to build a mighty mighty fortress the all-natural way...
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Shakma

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Re: Immigrants and the init file
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2009, 07:26:42 am »
You need to exit DF and restart the game.  Then the dwarven liason needs to show up and then he'll go back and send immigrants.
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Loki

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Re: Immigrants and the init file
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2009, 12:30:54 pm »
Yeah you haven't fubared anything; I play with my population cap all the time. You just had a bad year I guess.
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Re: Immigrants and the init file
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2009, 02:54:08 pm »
And all is well in Chainheavens; two waves got me from 29 to 49 dwarves.

If it's indeed a visit of the liaison that triggers a new wave, it was less a bad year and more the fact that I set the cap higher right at the start of winter; hence a relatively long wait.
At least in the time for them to arrive, I got my fortress equipped with some more rooms for the newcomers \o/
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Re: Immigrants and the init file
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2009, 10:16:59 am »
Make sure you have beds.
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