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Re: DWARF FORTRESS
« Reply #200 on: 18 Sep 2010, 10:17 »



Apparently my farmer decided he wanted to start a Black Ska Metal band.
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« Reply #201 on: 18 Sep 2010, 11:32 »

The brave dwarves of Waywardcrypts have survived the first couple of goblin sieges and the first forgotten beast, who showed up the inadequacy of our subterranean defences, though losses have been severe. The tombs fill with our glorious dead!

As an aside, the forgotten beast was an enormous, square skeletal turtle made of salt called Lenipe Spewsuckers the Spurting Buttocks.



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« Reply #202 on: 18 Sep 2010, 17:09 »

Nullwave sounds like a lost genre from the '80s.
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« Reply #203 on: 18 Sep 2010, 21:10 »

Have started to give this my full attention now and am really enjoying it. Have mostly jumped in without reading up too much so I'm learning as I go, looking up bits and pieces from the Wiki if and when I get stuck.

So far I've had some difficulties when embarking... two out of the three fortresses I've tried ended up being founded on sandy ground and there didn't seem to be a lot I could really do with them... attempting to find any kind of stone generally ended up with me breaching into underground reservoirs. Following the Succession Game I decided to try building into the side of a mountain near a river and it seemed to be going a lot better, until a local sasquatch burst into my fortress and murdered all of my dwarves. I need to look into making traps as something of a priority.

My last attempt was mainly spent learning how to properly set work orders and shifting jobs, my fisherdwarf ended up being referred on to masonry since there didn't seem to be any fish around and I was planning on shifting a few other people around before Bigfoot came and stomped me.

One thing I'm not so sure on is how to make offices? To better sort the workload I designated one of my dwarves as a manager but it said he needed an office. Is that just as simple as designating a room with certain furniture, or am I missing a building type as I go through the menus?
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« Reply #204 on: 18 Sep 2010, 21:42 »

Sounds like you're doing just fine, mate.
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« Reply #205 on: 18 Sep 2010, 21:48 »

Oh, and you can designate offices from a throne (chair) using "q" to set its building task then "r" to set as a study.  Then you have to assign that office to a certain person using "q" again and then "a" to assign.

One thing to note is that if the room is big enough you can combine their bedroom & study together, especially for the lower guys that you don't want to have sprawling sub-fortresses as personal quarters.
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« Reply #206 on: 19 Sep 2010, 04:44 »

(Or you can just press q, r, a)
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Re: DWARF FORTRESS
« Reply #207 on: 17 Jan 2011, 09:00 »

So I'm necroing this thread because it goddamn deserves it. I downloaded the newest release and started another fortress up and I had a Dorf take a fey mood and created a true masterpiece!



Oddly enough since leaving the mood he has been insistent that we call him X-Zibit and constantly says "Yo Dawg." It took a few days for people to realize he was not insulting them.
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« Reply #208 on: 17 Jan 2011, 09:14 »

I just got a fortress up to where I had 70 dwarves, built up a proper farming and metal industry, had a well trained and well equipped military and a bunch of traps and then...

Where do I go from there? Since I can't actually see anything I'm doing without something like Stoneslate, there's no real value in creating superstructures. I guess I could get down to magma and figure out how to pump that up, but once that's done, I'm really back to where I were - the game isn't really that fascinating anymore. I'm a bit at loss with what to do next, beyond just making everything I have bigger and figure out how to make soap or give all the dwarves gold beds.
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« Reply #209 on: 17 Jan 2011, 09:49 »

DIG DEEPER, BUILD HIGHER AND PRAY TO ARMOK. FOR SOON, THE TITANS SHALL LAY LOW YOUR HUBRIS, FOOLISH ONE.
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« Reply #210 on: 18 Jan 2011, 09:28 »

I just got a fortress up to where I had 70 dwarves, built up a proper farming and metal industry, had a well trained and well equipped military and a bunch of traps and then...

Where do I go from there? Since I can't actually see anything I'm doing without something like Stoneslate, there's no real value in creating superstructures. I guess I could get down to magma and figure out how to pump that up, but once that's done, I'm really back to where I were - the game isn't really that fascinating anymore. I'm a bit at loss with what to do next, beyond just making everything I have bigger and figure out how to make soap or give all the dwarves gold beds.

INVADE LOVELY NICE PLACES OF FUN

(seriously, that is a thing that someone did)

EDIT: NOTHING TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG (also I could not find the forum post where that happened, I was rushing out the door)
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Re: DWARF FORTRESS
« Reply #211 on: 18 Jan 2011, 11:46 »

INVADE CLOWN COLLEGE

Proper DF spoiler etiquette plz.
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« Reply #212 on: 18 Jan 2011, 14:23 »

yeah, dude, don't tell people about spoilers
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« Reply #213 on: 18 Jan 2011, 20:09 »

Where do I go from there? Since I can't actually see anything I'm doing without something like Stoneslate, there's no real value in creating superstructures. I guess I could get down to magma and figure out how to pump that up, but once that's done, I'm really back to where I were - the game isn't really that fascinating anymore. I'm a bit at loss with what to do next, beyond just making everything I have bigger and figure out how to make soap or give all the dwarves gold beds.
The obvious thing to do is continue our Let's Play game
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« Reply #214 on: 18 Jan 2011, 22:51 »

I could, but my storywriting isn't the best, and I'd compulsively create a new set-up for everything, since I can't stand inefficient use of space - all my bedrooms look like this, and try to be consistent with storage over workshops over kitchen/dining hall over bedrooms, so all I'd actually do would be to crush the old place and make a new one on the other half of the map.

Maybe that would make for a good story.
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« Reply #215 on: 19 Jan 2011, 07:35 »

You'd do that, someone else would take over, it would be great.

Do it.
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« Reply #216 on: 19 Jan 2011, 11:03 »

If someone wanted to take over my spot on the DF Let's Play, by all means. I stopped playing it when I started work and although I have hell of free time right now I'd have to relearn it quite a bit.
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« Reply #217 on: 20 Jan 2011, 11:05 »

Yeah, I can give it a go. I'll have to rename a dwarf (I don't think anyone remembered to name any of the immigrants after me, not sure), and I'll try to do something interesting and/or funny. Try is the keyword - I haven't really written anything but code or philosophy since last autumn, and it's probably four years since my last go at anything but prose, but hell, why not.

I'll need the latest save, though. Is there a built in screenshot function in DF, or do I need to use something external? Also, I use the May Green graphical tileset, that's what we've been using, right?
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« Reply #218 on: 20 Jan 2011, 14:40 »

Guys, Terrifying lands are aptly named. I can't even begin to count how many times I tried settling a Terrifying mountain before my starting wagon wasn't eaten alive by a Skeletal Giant Eagle in the first 5  minutes.
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« Reply #219 on: 21 Jan 2011, 02:18 »

I'll need the latest save, though. Is there a built in screenshot function in DF, or do I need to use something external? Also, I use the May Green graphical tileset, that's what we've been using, right?

No built in screenshot function, use printscreen or whatever hilarious unergonomic cack-handed combination of wankbuttons it is on the mac. You can use whatever tileset you want, that stuffs not stored in the save and has no effect on it whatsoever.
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« Reply #220 on: 21 Jan 2011, 15:10 »

adamantiiiite! magma seeeea!
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« Reply #221 on: 22 Jan 2011, 15:07 »

No built in screenshot function, use printscreen or whatever hilarious unergonomic cack-handed combination of wankbuttons it is on the mac.

i've owned a mac for five years and still haven't figured out if this is actually even an option on macs
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« Reply #222 on: 22 Jan 2011, 16:15 »

Isn't it something like cmd-shift-3 or a combination equally as confusing as that one?
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« Reply #223 on: 23 Jan 2011, 06:33 »

Windows 7 now has this neat little program that does an auto cut and paste of whatever you highlight on the current screen called Snipping Tool. It's nifty!
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« Reply #224 on: 23 Jan 2011, 07:24 »

Snipping tool has been around since at least vista, actually.
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« Reply #225 on: 23 Jan 2011, 08:18 »

Maybe, Vista didn't get as much messing around from me as 7 has, but I know it wasn't in XP at least.

Either way it's a feature that made me wonder how the fuck no one had thought to integrate it before because it's goddamn awesome in it's simplicity.
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« Reply #226 on: 02 Feb 2013, 01:46 »

I CALL THEE FROM THE DEPTHS, OH ANCIENT AND TERRIBLE THREAD!

So yeah I got around to playing around with this lately. Just Adventure mode so far, version .34.11. It's a good thing I'm okay with Fun, because it's been FUN. Like, ambushed by goblins a few tiles out of town and taking a mortal crossbow bolt to the chest Fun.

Also being torn apart by skeletons while biting off a mummy's toes one by one Fun too.

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« Reply #227 on: 02 Feb 2013, 01:48 »

FRESH BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
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« Reply #228 on: 04 Feb 2013, 16:16 »

This is one seriously artistic DF 'diary' - http://www.bravemule.com/
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« Reply #229 on: 04 Feb 2013, 16:53 »

Is it as good as Boatmurdered?

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« Reply #230 on: 05 Feb 2013, 02:35 »

That's a great find!
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« Reply #231 on: 05 Feb 2013, 03:05 »

Leave it to Dorfs to make tongue piercing a contact sport.

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« Reply #232 on: 05 Feb 2013, 03:25 »

Daaang, that poor kobold got fucked right the hell up.

Also Bravemule was such a surreal read.

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« Reply #233 on: 14 Feb 2013, 09:18 »

Saw this on /r/dwarffortress today.

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« Reply #235 on: 14 Feb 2013, 16:18 »

Is that lava, or has somebody actually found a way to generate that much blood?
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« Reply #236 on: 14 Feb 2013, 16:36 »

Just lava unfortunately. If someone tried to do it with blood, I'm sure it would involve a kitten and puppy grinder of some sort.
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« Reply #237 on: 27 Feb 2013, 14:25 »

Masterwork

Alright, we all love the FUN! that Dwarf Fortress provides us, but I want to recommend this package. Lots of new civs, new workshops, new traps, golems, guns, new beasts, and a hell of a lot more. 90% of it is completely optional, so you can tailor it to your tastes pretty easily. It also includes one of my favorite tilesets, Jolly Bastion, which I think I'm going to get back into.
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« Reply #238 on: 11 Mar 2013, 22:41 »

Oh hey! new fortress and I got my first mood! Let's see what Urist McCarpenter decides to make for us! Oh it's a...



...are you trying to tell me something?
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« Reply #239 on: 11 Mar 2013, 23:46 »

Well that bodes kind of poorly, doesn't it?

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« Reply #240 on: 12 Mar 2013, 04:15 »

Hey, that's great! If your fortress ever gets a King, you don't need to hear him bitch about how Urist McCheesedick has a better tomb.

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« Reply #241 on: 15 Mar 2013, 01:58 »

Oh hey, he made another artifact coffin, out of pig bone this time!
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« Reply #242 on: 15 Mar 2013, 13:31 »

Wonder if he'll go for the 3x combo.

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« Reply #243 on: 04 Apr 2013, 01:58 »

And up it goes!

Anyone still playing? I started again after about 2 years of absence and surprisingly my first fortress hasn't collapsed yet. So far I got 62 dwarfs (after one particulary huge migration wave, which took me from 20 to 50, following panic due to lack of drinks included). Currently searching for metals but I'm only finding copper and zinc ore..
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« Reply #244 on: 04 Apr 2013, 04:01 »

Not lately. Been distracted. It's one of those games where I play it *really hard* for a week and then stop.

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« Reply #245 on: 04 Apr 2013, 04:58 »

I still play pretty regularly, though I'm in a period where Dark Souls is currently taking up most of my gaming time. If I were you, I'd start buying up any and all iron and steel items from caravans and melt them down!
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« Reply #246 on: 04 Apr 2013, 05:25 »

Just to share something I found earlier today.

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« Reply #247 on: 04 Apr 2013, 05:52 »

That looks painful. Though I must admit, I'm one of those pansys who play with a tileset. The original ASCII graphics make my head hurt.
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« Reply #248 on: 04 Apr 2013, 05:57 »

It's a dwarf with grevious injury, trailing it's innards behind it.

I tend to switch between Pheobus and Ironhand myself for tilesets, though Jolly Bastion is a fantastic ASCii based tileset that I loved for the short period I used it.
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« Reply #249 on: 04 Apr 2013, 06:01 »

I'm using Ironhand myself, it's the one I started with and I tend to stick to something once I get comfortable with it.

Yesterday, while digging for metals I found the biggest cave I've encountered so far. First exploration revealed nothing dangerous but after some time a troll appeared out of nowhere and began bugging the miners. The one meager squad of axe- and speardwarves I have so far then chased him through the entire damn cave. It was pretty hard to keep track of that because the caves spreads over a dozen layers so they went up and down repeatedly. In the end they didn't manage to kill the troll but it disappeared to god knows where. Hasn't come back yet, maybe it bled out somewhere.
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