Awesome. Have him churn out masterpiece crossbows for your army!
Yeah, I had him head over to the magma forge right away to take over for the nub crossbow maker who was feebly squeaking out shoddy steel crossbows at a rate that makes glaciers seem fast.
I've never quite figured out how to chasm things other than the automatic refuse chasming in the refuse orders submenu. How do I get rid of other crap like worn out clothes?
How do I place this clear glass window I built? This stupid noble is threatening legal action if I don't get it installed soon. It doesn't show up under windows in the build menu.
Man, these ratmen sure hate me chucking the bodies of their dead comrades back into their chasm-home. I wonder if I should continue doing it? Obviously magma is the answer.
Through VMWARE, an old copy of WinXP, and some dark rituals, I managed to get DF up and running on my macbook.
I am going to have nightmares of misplacing 'X's and flooding my apartment.
Three tries thus far: I get some workshops going, some beds, but I keep screwing up the irrigation. My incompetence is doubled by the fact that I don't know how to cancel a Floodgate construction order (when I inevitably put them in the wrong place).
Through VMWARE, an old copy of WinXP, and some dark rituals, I managed to get DF up and running on my macbook.
Jesus H Christ. I am going to have nightmares of misplacing 'X's and flooding my apartment.
Three tries thus far: I get some workshops going, some beds, but I keep screwing up the irrigation. My incompetence is doubled by the fact that I don't know how to cancel a Floodgate construction order (when I inevitably put them in the wrong place).
Use 't' then move the cursor to the floodgate, then hit 'x'.
Ha, didnt I post about it? I lost hope after a quick headcount of my dwarves revealed that all 8 of them were female and three were severely injured in a giant bat attack.
Through VMWARE, an old copy of WinXP, and some dark rituals, I managed to get DF up and running on my macbook.
Jesus H Christ. I am going to have nightmares of misplacing 'X's and flooding my apartment.
Three tries thus far: I get some workshops going, some beds, but I keep screwing up the irrigation. My incompetence is doubled by the fact that I don't know how to cancel a Floodgate construction order (when I inevitably put them in the wrong place).
You can cut away a bit of the river and let the natural floods provide you with the land you need for farmland until you get a bit more used to the system. Fortifications (one smooth + one carve fortifications on a wall with empty space on two sides) also let floodwater through. So one method I use for floodgateless farming is to have rooms near the river which are not immediately open to the river but have fortifications so water gets in. Open rooms on the river work too, but they are less safe due to potential for incoming monsters or drownings.
Also, putting a channels as a firewall between your floodrooms and other rooms (such as those connected to the river) increases safety as they will prevent the flood from spreading out of control. The only problem with that is that you can't remove those channels once placed.
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It's stagnating and I'm running out of metals to work with. On the other hand, I've got two legendary siege operators to fling stone out of the fortress
outside|cliff|******|river|*************|chasm|**main area
targets=========]___[=={>ballistas==]_____[==main area
outside|cliff|******|river|*************|chasm|**main area
*'s are unmined mountain, ='s are a narrow passage. Then put a garrison at some point back in the mountain with a few ballistas pointing down the hall through single fortified walls.
outside|cliff|******|river|*************|chasm|**main area
targets=========]___[=={>ballistas==]_____[==main area
outside|cliff|******|river|*************|chasm|**main area
*'s are unmined mountain, ='s are a narrow passage. Then put a garrison at some point back in the mountain with a few ballistas pointing down the hall through single fortified walls.
Can you please put that thing in a proper
code block
so we can read it all pretty-like? Please?
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3 untrained hammerdwarves armed and armored with bronze just stood against a wave of 20 ratmen. all the ratmen died and there was only one casualty in the squad. time to get some engraving done.
lazy marksdwarf was enjoying a drink while all this was going on. :x
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The more laws and order are made prominent,
The more thieves and robbers there will be.
-Lao-tzu
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edited June 2007
My military will likely just have obsidian shortswords.
see, I have an idea for a game called dwarven baseball. I'm gonna set up a diamond near the chasm, set up an elite hammerman at home base, then release a ratman right in front of him through a series of levers hooked to cages. if he hits it into the chasm he scores a home run.
can't do that with obsidian shortswords
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The more laws and order are made prominent,
The more thieves and robbers there will be.
-Lao-tzu
I finally got the whole floodgate irrigation working, joy!
*Looks at clock that was hidden by DF window*
Wow... I take it this game will devour my free time, sanity, and eventually my soul?
It won't stop there
I actually sometimes play this game until I have a hard time looking at my LCD screen. And forget to eat. Man, Toady should put a warning in the ini. "May cause weight loss and blindness."
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I finally got the whole floodgate irrigation working, joy!
*Looks at clock that was hidden by DF window*
Wow... I take it this game will devour my free time, sanity, and eventually my soul?
It won't stop there
I actually sometimes play this game until I have a hard time looking at my LCD screen. And forget to eat. Man, Toady should put a warning in the ini. "May cause weight loss and blindness."
May also addict you to collecting Dwarf Warhammer fantasy models, Dwarf LotR models and just destroy your credit rating altogether
He(/She) has no eyes! It's doubtful the dwarf will ever recover with a head injury like that.
I'd save it, but I don't purposely kill any dwarf in my fortress. One more mouth to feed and a few Give Food and Give Water jobs once in a while, hardly affects the performance of the whole.
SO can anyone exaplin to me why the miltary dwarfs are so damn stupid. I mean I can tell a squad to station smewher elike 25 times and they just sit there and wack thier puds for 20 minutes before moving a muscle
1. The dwarves will only patrol/go to stations if On Duty, not Standing Down.
2. On Duty dwarves will stick by their squad leader so if the leader is asleep, then wakes up to eat and drink, it could take a while before they get to their destination.
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Does bowyer skill effect bolt making as well?
I've never quite figured out how to chasm things other than the automatic refuse chasming in the refuse orders submenu. How do I get rid of other crap like worn out clothes?
Oh, you need a bookkeeper, I see.
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Gawd, just drown the damn noble.
It could be in the middle of being hauled.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
I am going to have nightmares of misplacing 'X's and flooding my apartment.
Three tries thus far: I get some workshops going, some beds, but I keep screwing up the irrigation. My incompetence is doubled by the fact that I don't know how to cancel a Floodgate construction order (when I inevitably put them in the wrong place).
T is used to inspect structures like floodgates, roads, cabinets, etc. You can use that to destroy the floodgates.
Use 't' then move the cursor to the floodgate, then hit 'x'.
Lame, SO, lame.
You can cut away a bit of the river and let the natural floods provide you with the land you need for farmland until you get a bit more used to the system. Fortifications (one smooth + one carve fortifications on a wall with empty space on two sides) also let floodwater through. So one method I use for floodgateless farming is to have rooms near the river which are not immediately open to the river but have fortifications so water gets in. Open rooms on the river work too, but they are less safe due to potential for incoming monsters or drownings.
Also, putting a channels as a firewall between your floodrooms and other rooms (such as those connected to the river) increases safety as they will prevent the flood from spreading out of control. The only problem with that is that you can't remove those channels once placed.
So no trade = no immigrants?
Hoowee...
http://members.iinet.com.au/~tiki/temp/df/df-knightcrypt.gif
It's grown quite a bit since then.
http://members.iinet.com.au/~tiki/temp/df/df-knightcrypt1090.png
It's stagnating and I'm running out of metals to work with. On the other hand, I've got two legendary siege operators to fling stone out of the fortress
I think immigrants will tag along with nobles.
You've mined adamantium.
Stupid dorf. "...too greedily and too deep."
I'll have to rethink where to put the catapults.
targets=========]___[=={>ballistas==]_____[==main area
outside|cliff|******|river|*************|chasm|**main area
*'s are unmined mountain, ='s are a narrow passage. Then put a garrison at some point back in the mountain with a few ballistas pointing down the hall through single fortified walls.
*Looks at clock that was hidden by DF window*
Wow... I take it this game will devour my free time, sanity, and eventually my soul?
Can you please put that thing in a proper
so we can read it all pretty-like? Please?
It won't stop there
lazy marksdwarf was enjoying a drink while all this was going on. :x
The more thieves and robbers there will be.
-Lao-tzu
Just don't let them spar...
can't do that with obsidian shortswords
The more thieves and robbers there will be.
-Lao-tzu
Those goblins didnt finish the job.
I actually sometimes play this game until I have a hard time looking at my LCD screen. And forget to eat. Man, Toady should put a warning in the ini. "May cause weight loss and blindness."
May also addict you to collecting Dwarf Warhammer fantasy models, Dwarf LotR models and just destroy your credit rating altogether
@Synth: Dude, try and pull him through.
@Behemoth: So far i have been pretty lucky, one broken shin.
2. On Duty dwarves will stick by their squad leader so if the leader is asleep, then wakes up to eat and drink, it could take a while before they get to their destination.
Yeah.
I didn't know that was possible either, but the look on her face must have been priceless.
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