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Dwarf Fortress 0.31.25: probably got flying cars powered by plump helmets and beards
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Got stuck for a while on trying to figure out how to get my Manager to approve work orders (he needs his own chair)
Then couldnt figure out where to place a well that wouldnt run dry.
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On non-haunted maps I have done better; but the new military seems to develop skills a lot more slowly. They are barely competent weapondwarves within a few years; even with training as much as I can get them.
The dwarfwiki says that ammo selection is bugged, so whatever the dwarves train with is what they'll shoot with. So either have a forge dedicated to cranking out decent ammo, or depend on them plinking away with *cat bone bolts* or whatever.
I finally got them to use some of the wooden bolts in combat by crafting an extra dozen stacks and now they're using the rest of them for training. So yeah it's bugged. I might just have a few dozen forbidden stacks to use for combat until I get my forges up.
Edit: I opened the graphic file in paint and doubled the size of it but when it saves it gets rid of the transparency
I couldnt create any farmland either without a water source
dig down, you'll run into water eventually. probably. They made it so there's water and magma on most every map.
I always start by setting up outdoor farms. I tend to get rid of them once I have proper indoor farming going, but they'll keep the fortress going until then.
1) make one of your starting dwarves a herbalist
2) wait until your dwarves have cooked/brewed/eaten some of the stuff he gathers, so that you have seeds. The gathered plants will provide food and drink for the fortress until that point.
3) build outdoor farms, then build walls around them so they're secure and can only be accessed from inside your fortress
4) cover the farms with fortifications so flying creatures can't enter. IIRC you could just use floors for this; apparently even outdoor plants don't actually need light, as long as they're grown "above ground". I've always used fortifications or glass floors though, because it feels right.
edit: obviously you need to embark on a biome with plants to make this work
Maximize the window or just stretch it like any other window.
Yeah, I usually like building myself some sunken gardens. Channel out a 3 by 3 square or four and, remove the ramps, and then hook it up to the food production workshops. Walls keep wildlife and goblins away and invisible so that the farmers aren't interrupted. Sunshine and longland beer for everyone.
spoilered for fun:
My corridor of idiot traps is working brilliantly though. Goddamn injuries last forever though in this game. Is there any known way to remove infection?
Unless it's causing tantrums, in which case massacre the dwarves too... >.>
But apparently I didnt make enough barrels, because when winter rolled around and the stream froze, I could no longer use it as an access point for water.
Unless there is some method that will let me turn ice into water.
The second way is to build a cistern or reservoir. A good place to put it is usually under your dining room or hospital. Just divert a little water from the stream to fill it, but make sure the water intake touches the main body of the cistern by a diagonal to depressurize it. Even though you have this hint, you'll probably still flood your fortress the first time you try. Fun times!
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This game will be so great when Toady finally wakes up one day and decides "You know what? I'm going to polish up the interface today". Half this game is fighting the interface.
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Water_pressure#Diagonal_Flow
Build a tunnel straight down, a chamber under yor dining hall, put a diagonal in along the way to that chamber on that level. Tap into the river up top and you're done, the water will go down to the chamber but won't go back up and flood your fortress.
Use this to put wells in your dining room, hospital, meeting areas and fancy pants nobles houses.
I still don't understand what a lot of the error messages mean, and god help me since Mayday hasn't updated for the latest version yet.
EDIT: Ahh, I see.
http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/df.php
direct link to file: http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/~mayday/upload/dfg_31_18_win.zip
(obviously not MS style but through some app or something)
I accidentally used all of my starting wood logs to make beds, and didnt save enough to make charcoal>steel bars>steel axe.
So I couldnt actually cut down any trees.
Which meant the only resources I had access to were plants, stone, and outdoor farms. With a limited supply of water/barrels etc that I embarked with.
Managed to get to a Fotress of 55 dwarves strong before I decided to abandon it, since I could not for the life of me figure out how to trade with the Caravans that came through to actually acquire some logs.
I think you're doing that the wrong way round.
It just takes time and making sure you dont use the supplies innappropriately before you finish building the axe.
The way I see it, conquering the interface is part of the DF experience.
That and some of the screens, particularly the military screens, are VERY busy and just SO jam packed with information that it's hard to sort it out.
Got my fortress to 91 dwarves, and was invaded by goblins.
My minimal setup of rock falls and spikes did little to deter them, as they slaughtered all but 12 dwarves.
The last 12 dwarves went on a full on tantrum spiral, killing any dwarf who was set as the manager, and destroyed his throne chair.
I have cells available, but my Captain of the Guard is a Proficient Swordsdwarf. If the Axedwarf loses it and starts attacking people, will she just be arrested, or will there be blood?
Ironically I've just breached the caverns to discover.... cave spider silk webs. God dammit. I liked that clothier; he was also my only surgeon. I named him Turk.
I build the kennel, and there are puppies.... but from there I'm not sure.
I can change the Puppies to available, and they will become adopted by some Dwarf, and trying to queue up a War Hound in the Kennel says there are no available animals.
Puppies can't be trained into war animals. You'll need to wait until the puppies grow into Stray Dogs, then start the war animal training.