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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    whew... Dug out a straight path to the river..

    "Elite guard" Logan is keeping us in food by slaughtering everything he sees... and butchering it.
    "Dwarf Queen" Aleena Has been digging her way into the mountain.. built a little farm at the river just after it flooded.

    Aleena was ambushed by a tribe of angry monkeys... Logan thinks they just wanted our food. Instead they BECAME our food.

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  • MeetElwoodMeetElwood Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I assigned my hunter a war dog. It died and she witnessed its rotting corpse. At first, her profile said she was used to hardships. Now, "she doesn't really care about anything anymore." Could she stop caring about the difference between a warthog and a dwarf when she hunts, or will this not affect her behavior?

    As a side note, dual wielding crossbows is rediculous and awesome.

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  • gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    KKprofit wrote: »
    whew... Dug out a straight path to the river..

    "Elite guard" Logan is keeping us in food by slaughtering everything he sees... and butchering it.
    "Dwarf Queen" Aleena Has been digging her way into the mountain.. built a little farm at the river just after it flooded.

    Aleena was ambushed by a tribe of angry monkeys... Logan thinks they just wanted our food. Instead they BECAME our food.
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    :?:

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    KiTA wrote: »

    Queued command: filch weapon from guard
    The palace guard makes a kebab of you with his short sword.
    Hp: -820 (1912) Gp: 289 (418) Xp: 130833
    You steal the short sword from the palace guard.
    Someone says: NOT A GOOD DAY TO BE OUT.

    What?

    Discworld MUD. That guy just got creamed like mad after getting spotted stealing from a palace guard. The guy speaking in caps is Death.

    8)

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    MeetElwood wrote: »
    I assigned my hunter a war dog. It died and she witnessed its rotting corpse. At first, her profile said she was used to hardships. Now, "she doesn't really care about anything anymore." Could she stop caring about the difference between a warthog and a dwarf when she hunts, or will this not affect her behavior?

    As a side note, dual wielding crossbows is rediculous and awesome.

    That phrase just means she's seen so much death and hardship that her soul is shattered and further hardship doesn't bother her anymore.










    :cry:

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    will tower caps grow in unnaturally flooded areas?

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  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What the hell? One of my fisherdwarves caught a turtle and brought it to my fishery. When I try to process it, it says need unrotten fish. O_o

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So, will 7x6 rooms collapse?

    Because there are about to be serious problems if they can.

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  • InsanityInsanity Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Ledneh wrote: »

    Discworld MUD. That guy just got creamed like mad after getting spotted stealing from a palace guard. The guy speaking in caps is Death.

    8)

    That was scarily fast. Internets to you good sir!

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sceptre wrote: »
    So, will 7x6 rooms collapse?

    Because there are about to be serious problems if they can.
    No. Not even 100000x6 rooms will collapse. If you can put a 7x7 square down somewhere without it touching any unmined rocks or the river/chasm/magma, then it can collapse.

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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Ok.. a bridge building got suspended... and it wont get unsuspended... its sitting there flashing.. but she just ignores it and does other stuff. wtf?

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    harvest wrote: »
    My guy waited like 6 months but I finally produced the glass he wanted:
    Before
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    After
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    Where did you get that tileset, and can i have it + your init file?

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  • JamsqueJamsque Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I also would like that font and init file. I think my game is somehow broken, changes to the init file don't change the game at all.

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  • krylon666krylon666 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Well Whimmirror is entering its third (maybe 4th) winter. Things have been going relatively well. There were absolutely no attacks for the longest time, which made me paranoid. Then finally frogmen decided to attack my cave river bridge area - 1 second before it flood. I was very concerned, but at least this let me test out my stonefall traps. They worked nicely. I've had elephants outside the entire time I've been here but they never got close to me. They did massacre the first caravan that came to visit, as they were leaving though.

    Then shortly after the frogman visit, 3 fucking elephants rush into my fort! 2 ran into the the area with my nicer bedrooms - so I locked them in. The other one trampled two dwarfs in a row. So I send in my meager military, who don't do shit (didn't know where the hell the Attack Animals setting was - its in View Squad for anyone who cares). Once I set that my marksdwarf went wild on the elephant and killed it. I then setup some traps for the other two that were trapped in the bedrooms. But one of my legendary miners didn't want to wait, so he ran in and spiked the shit out of the one elephant and killed it - not taking a wound. Then I managed to catch the other one, which I will be using as a test subject in my new Jail/Flood room.

    Oh, question: how can I easily up the value of a room for my Noble Beriger? I detailed the room all good, and tried to put nice shit in there. Any sure-fire item that will boost it? Also, how big do you make your nobles rooms?

    http://neardark666.com/images/df/whim_map.jpg

    My status:
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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    D: how is it everyone else has the kickass fonts....

    and i thought *my* tileset was nice.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Hmm... my farmer was taken by a strange mood, but he doesn't have the workshop he needs. His highest skill is Grower, but he's also a novice butcher, tanner and herbalist. I have a butcher's shop and tanner's shop, I don't know what the other two skill might need though.

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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    please build the bridge... please?

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    herbalist needs a farmers workshop

    the quest way to fix your trouble? just make all the workshops.

    bear in mind that the magma forge is *not* the same as a regular forge

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  • krylon666krylon666 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Mighty wrote: »
    D: how is it everyone else has the kickass fonts....

    and i thought *my* tileset was nice.

    turn on Graphics Mode in the init file. Goto the wiki and grab the nice Square version (graphics section, bottom of that page) of the Lucida Console tileset, then goto the Object Tiles and grab Dystopian's set - its fucking awesome. With his set you'll want to rename the appopriate graphics folder and just unzip his in the right location. Sorry some of this is vague, but more details are on the wiki.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I have a farmer's workshop too
    so it must be the grower building? :/
    He's dabbling in wrestling, threshing, cooking and brewing. I have the still and kitchen, so could it be wrestling or threshing?

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So is it feasible to get through winter without farming in place?

    I have 45 stores of meat, and my dwarves have just started to clean fish, but it feels like Im a long ways off from getting farms set up.

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  • krylon666krylon666 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    i hate how ore/gem pockets fuck up my stone detailing flow.

    Sceptre you'll probably be fine, what season are you in?

    ps - an elephant just killed another one of my guys. who was probably asking for it.. swordsdwarf vs elephant :(

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  • XieflowXieflow Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sceptre wrote: »
    So is it feasible to get through winter without farming in place?

    I have 45 stores of meat, and my dwarves have just started to clean fish, but it feels like Im a long ways off from getting farms set up.

    I've done it a few times. You're pretty set with that much stored food unless you get imagrants before winter.

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Im just nearing Winter now, no immigrants in sight.

    Quick question, are turtles prepared at fisheries or at butchers?

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sceptre wrote: »
    Im just nearing Winter now, no immigrants in sight.

    Quick question, are turtles prepared at fisheries or at butchers?
    Note that not all raw fish is actually fish. Other aquatic creatures such as turtles may be caught and processed.

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    turtles are fished, so they are used at the fishery

    ps. the only workshop that plant gathering uses is farmers workshop. sometimes they want something strange and new, like a craftsworking station for a jeweler. just make sure you have all the main workshops.
    common workshops to be taken are
    jewelry
    crafting
    tanning
    clothiers
    metalsmith

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    huh, he wanted a leatherworking shop. go figure.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    haha, a mule leather shield. WELCOME TO THE ARMY BUDDY.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I got my first fey mood. It was a damn jeweler. I had my miners tearing up the place just to find some stupid gems. He just made the other jeweler completely useless. I also go my first death. A stupid trapper bled to death from a fox or something smaller. It isn't much of a loss because he was a recent immigrant and I don't have a tanner or butcher.

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Help! i broke my dwarf fortress trying to activate badass graphics mode!!

    everything is pure black now, and i cant revert back

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  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    krylon666 wrote: »
    Oh, question: how can I easily up the value of a room for my Noble Beriger? I detailed the room all good, and tried to put nice shit in there. Any sure-fire item that will boost it? Also, how big do you make your nobles rooms?

    http://neardark666.com/images/df/whim_map.jpg

    My status:
    whim_status.jpg

    Precious metal statues is the way to go.



    Man, I ran out of coal ages ago and now I am running out of iron. What the hell am I supposed to armor my dwarves in now, bronze? Bah!

    Guess it is time to take the plunge and slay some demons... Hopefully my 30sh plate wearing soldiers will hold them off.

    I just cant get the hang of making good glass, I just lost a second dwarf to madness from lack of glass (I think). Somehow even though I queue up alot of ash, potash and pearlash the stuff always dissappears halfway through the process.

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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Bah! they have opted to suspend a road now... a middle section of my road... how do I get them to continue building it? its been over a year!

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    KKprofit wrote: »
    Bah! they have opted to suspend a road now... a middle section of my road... how do I get them to continue building it? its been over a year!

    I think you just need to select that part of the road with the q button and press the key to restart construction.

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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    KKprofit wrote: »
    Bah! they have opted to suspend a road now... a middle section of my road... how do I get them to continue building it? its been over a year!

    I think you just need to select that part of the road with the q button and press the key to restart construction.

    nope. No longer shows up on the "Q" menu.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    KKprofit wrote: »
    titmouse wrote: »
    KKprofit wrote: »
    Bah! they have opted to suspend a road now... a middle section of my road... how do I get them to continue building it? its been over a year!

    I think you just need to select that part of the road with the q button and press the key to restart construction.

    nope. No longer shows up on the "Q" menu.

    Oh. I am having the same problem with my bridges.

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  • MiglioriMigliori Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    KKprofit wrote: »
    titmouse wrote: »
    KKprofit wrote: »
    Bah! they have opted to suspend a road now... a middle section of my road... how do I get them to continue building it? its been over a year!

    I think you just need to select that part of the road with the q button and press the key to restart construction.

    nope. No longer shows up on the "Q" menu.

    Oh. I am having the same problem with my bridges.

    use the T menu

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    oh shits my first nobles just arrived

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    ... and were brutally ambushed by a herd of musk oxen

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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Migliori wrote: »
    titmouse wrote: »
    KKprofit wrote: »
    titmouse wrote: »
    KKprofit wrote: »
    Bah! they have opted to suspend a road now... a middle section of my road... how do I get them to continue building it? its been over a year!

    I think you just need to select that part of the road with the q button and press the key to restart construction.

    nope. No longer shows up on the "Q" menu.

    Oh. I am having the same problem with my bridges.

    use the T menu


    Fuck yes! Thanks.

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  • IncendiusIncendius Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So my craftsdwarf is being a dick and insisting he has no rock to work with. Calling him a filthy liar isn't helping, anyone know whats going on with him?

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