EPThttp://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Burrows
You might also want to read through their miltary guides, the site in general is fantastic
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ChinaWhite
United Kingdom239 Posts
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Burrows You might also want to read through their miltary guides, the site in general is fantastic | ||
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Vain
Netherlands1115 Posts
On June 18 2011 00:34 ChinaWhite wrote: ^^ This had me stumped too. The best advice i can give is to read through this, it's a pretty complicated thing to explain http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Burrows You might also want to read through their miltary guides, the site in general is fantastic Jeah, i read that already  I just forgot to set the alarm rightXD sucks i was too lazy to set up a good militairy. Went from 72 to 30 dwarfes from one forgotten beast  | ||
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ChinaWhite
United Kingdom239 Posts
on a lighter note, does anyone here use soundsense? I just watched a trailer for it and it seems quite funny, if ridiculously macabre.... | ||
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
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Serpico
4285 Posts
On June 18 2011 06:45 Scipaeus121212 wrote: I am starting to hate this game so much. My first legendary marksdwarf enters strange mood, demands a few things I can't get and he goes crazy. That is half my military right there, he has been hunting since the beggining of the game to level his crossbow skills up and now this... ugh. Losing to huge invasions and stupid legendary monsters is fun, losing your best warrior to a strange mood isn't. I usually wall them in and let them die if I can't get them the materials. Besides that you just hope to survive without them. I remember I had a dwarf go on a kitty killing rampage then everyone was upset their cats died and they killed each other . Seeing little kids beating cats and other people to death was horrific. | ||
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fishjie
United States1519 Posts
I'll just stick to reading stuff like awesome stories like the Boatmurdered succession campaign. Someday I'll learn how to play... | ||
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ChinaWhite
United Kingdom239 Posts
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
I don't get it, o.o | ||
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MisterD
Germany1338 Posts
also, use a manager, that's way easier than having to manage all tasks yourself. you just go u->m->q->type in "wood barr" -> enter -> 30 -> enter, and the rest is done by itself. the manager even takes care of renewing the command if your carpenters cancel them because you run out of logs in between. | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
On June 18 2011 08:58 MisterD wrote: making barrels is carpenting i believe. also, use a manager, that's way easier than having to manage all tasks yourself. you just go u->m->q->type in "wood barr" -> enter -> 30 -> enter, and the rest is done by itself. the manager even takes care of renewing the command if your carpenters cancel them because you run out of logs in between. Hahaha, durrrr carpentry. oops, lol But you are a hero with that manager advice. I never put those to use! lol | ||
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tjg92
United States100 Posts
On June 18 2011 06:59 fishjie wrote: It's not as hard to get into now. Firstly, there's the lazy newb pack. Also there are like a billion tutorials and videos that teach you how to play. I recommend giving it a go. There's a feature length video by Captain Duck that is quite good. If you just copy what he does you'll be off to a good start :D It's two and a half hours haha.I've been intrigued by this game for years and even tried it a few times but have been intimidated by its steep learning curve. I'll just stick to reading stuff like awesome stories like the Boatmurdered succession campaign. Someday I'll learn how to play... | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On June 18 2011 06:55 Serpico wrote: I usually wall them in and let them die if I can't get them the materials. Besides that you just hope to survive without them. I remember I had a dwarf go on a kitty killing rampage then everyone was upset their cats died and they killed each other . Seeing little kids beating cats and other people to death was horrific.Also keep around some spare stuff of various materials. Trade for a few pieces of glass, some clay (dunno if this is used in moods), keep some bones/shells/etc. un-transformed. That will generally cover you for most of the strange moods. On another note, Fortress Defense is fun, but it can be tricky/borderline unfair. Embarked on a sight and forgot to bring wood which is really hurting me, but beyond that I only have copper/silver and only had 1 caravan before my first siege which claimed 2 of my dwarves. Also the egg industry is insane. I started with 3 hens + 1 rooster and by the following spring I had like 20-30 chickens and have harvested 30-45 eggs. | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
There's a cave crocodile in my fortress right now, right in the main lobby. My military has it completely surrounded and unconscious, and they've been beating it 24/7 for almost a week now. Almost 200 pages of combat logs, but we can't seem to finish it off... LOL ugh this is horrible. It interrupts every single action my dorfs try to do. I can't get anything done T_T | ||
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Vain
Netherlands1115 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:54 Haemonculus wrote: Or fail to ever strike a metal ore, and have all your dorfs using bought/stolen weapons. There's a cave crocodile in my fortress right now, right in the main lobby. My military has it completely surrounded and unconscious, and they've been beating it 24/7 for almost a week now. Almost 200 pages of combat logs, but we can't seem to finish it off... LOL ugh this is horrible. It interrupts every single action my dorfs try to do. I can't get anything done T_T Jeah sucks. I had something like that too with a forgotten beast. Then the goblins came, killed the beast and left again, LOL | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On June 18 2011 22:54 Haemonculus wrote: Or fail to ever strike a metal ore, and have all your dorfs using bought/stolen weapons. There's a cave crocodile in my fortress right now, right in the main lobby. My military has it completely surrounded and unconscious, and they've been beating it 24/7 for almost a week now. Almost 200 pages of combat logs, but we can't seem to finish it off... LOL ugh this is horrible. It interrupts every single action my dorfs try to do. I can't get anything done T_T Do you not have any slashing weapons (axes, swords, etc.) Always have at least a few slashing, and probably at least a few crushing, weapons at all times otherwise some enemies you can't beat =/. I'm currently in a fortress where I have 0 trees (all traded for, I haven't been able/had time to find the first cavern) and my only metals are galena (silver 50% lead 100%) and copper.... and I have the Fortress Defense mod. So I have my big military all in leather + copper weapons + a few silver hammers and am pretty much entirely reliant on my drawbridge pit at the front of my fort to drop my enemies down and wound them so my military can actually fight them. Fun times! Hopefully I can import some iron/steel soon and get a real military effort going. | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
The only metal I have is 3 silver bars I got from some human traders. That was the *only* metal they brought. So I now have 3 silver swords, and the rest of the army is equipped with wooden training weapons... T_T Mining efforts are going nuts trying to hit a metal ore somewhere... but it might not happen. Asked the next dorf caravan to bring us as much metal as possible, but I'm not getting my hopes up. On the plus side, it's pretty badass that my militia beats troglodytes to death with their fists. edit: We finally just struck malachite, so at least we can get some copper... but ewww far from ideal as far as metals go. At least we'll have real weapons T_T | ||
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tjg92
United States100 Posts
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MisterD
Germany1338 Posts
 needs a miner to dig out the ore, a few logs (trade or chop trees), a wood furnace plus wood burner and a metalsmiths forge (which requires an anvil you either have to bring on embark or trade later on) with a metalsmith, and that's about it./edit: wood burner, not carpenter obviously >.> sry | ||
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On June 18 2011 04:28 ChinaWhite wrote: Yeah i tend to be a bit lax on military setup too, always pay for it in blood! on a lighter note, does anyone here use soundsense? I just watched a trailer for it and it seems quite funny, if ridiculously macabre.... Soundsense is amazing, one of my favorite addons :D The worldgen music is awesome, I constantly have it stuck in my head haha. | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
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