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VerdantSF

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Desert Oasis
« on: July 27, 2012, 01:05:07 pm »
My current fort, Heatrazor, is in a sandy desert bordered by a barren mountain.  With the complete lack of grass on the map, I put my usual livestock industry on hold, pending cavern breaching and moss growth.  Then, to my surprise, I noticed tons of green tiles just under the surface.  Everywhere I had channeled away was overrun with grass!  I quickly channeled out a large square and soon enough, grass began to grow.  I thought the desert biome tag would prevent this, but I guess the biome applies only to the initial surface layer?  I think I'm going to channel the entire map and make an oasis! 

Edit: Just noticed the following on the wiki for rocky wastelands: "For pasture, the top layer of dirt can simply be channeled through, grass will grow in the resulting pit."

I skipped right over that while reading about sand deserts.  Adding this tidbit to that subsection now.  It certainly makes deserts a lot more viable for the big alpaca farm I have planned :)!
« Last Edit: July 27, 2012, 01:13:16 pm by VerdantSF »
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Re: Desert Oasis
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2012, 01:41:15 pm »
Niiiice.
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Re: Desert Oasis
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2012, 05:08:09 pm »
Coolness ARMOK BE PRAISER!!!
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Re: Desert Oasis
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2012, 07:37:19 pm »
That could be an interesting theme/challenge fort- embark in a desert with an aquifer, channel once for grass, and then channel a lake in the middle of the grass.  Defend your claim from the scavengers.
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Re: Desert Oasis
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 04:07:29 am »
The treasure of Shai Hulud! Water gift!

Yeah rename them to water seekers and leader to stilgar. Then make the ...


Hey anyone got a full conversion to dune for this game?
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Re: Desert Oasis
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 05:57:47 am »
Last I checked you could do this in the tundra too. Basically anywhere with soil.
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