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ArcticVanguard
United States450 Posts
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VPCursed
1044 Posts
oh ye.. and to anyone starting.. i suggest the "Lazy Newb Pack" | ||
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
On May 15 2011 06:55 ArcticVanguard wrote: -.- I was doing so well too... Ran into an annoying bug. For some reason, my dwarves won't leave their rooms even when given orders to do other things, such as mine, make stuff, store in stockpiles, etc. Sounds like you gave them burrows. Don't do that - burrows are specified zones that restricts your dwarves' movement, not designations of their homes. =p | ||
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ArcticVanguard
United States450 Posts
On May 15 2011 07:12 plated.rawr wrote: Sounds like you gave them burrows. Don't do that - burrows are specified zones that restricts your dwarves' movement, not designations of their homes. =p ...well now I feel silly. | ||
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VynsticusSC2
Netherlands10 Posts
It's a great game that has alot of fun to offer but most people tend to avoid it because of either the graphics or the user interface. If you're watching a tutorial video where the person is properly explaining what to do and which buttons do what, you do fine. Staying alive however in things such as Scorching biomes where the skin of your dwarves melts off by boiling rain can be hard. Yes. Boiling rain. REALLY. | ||
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ArcticVanguard
United States450 Posts
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:02 ArcticVanguard wrote: Just got my first migrants. I really wasn't prepared - my population pretty much doubled in one fell swoop. Had to build two or three additional carptenter's workshops just to get bed production going. Still working on my underground farm, but it's coming along. I've got an above ground farm to last until I can get the underground one up and running. It really helps to name all your dwarfs, even if it's nonsensical. That way when your immigrants arrive, their names really stand out and you can give them jobs and all that. Otherwise you can have newcomers with skills that aren't being used well. | ||
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
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ArcticVanguard
United States450 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:20 plated.rawr wrote: You might want to consider getting Dwarf Therapist. It helps so much on assigning labour, as the default UI is very clunky in that regard. Yeah I got the Lazy Newb pack, and I'm making good use of Dwarf Therapist. Everything's ok now, it's just hard to keep everyone working. | ||
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WarChimp
Australia943 Posts
Wouldn't it be cool if they started to develop a multiplayer edition of dwarf fortess? | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:47 ArcticVanguard wrote: Yeah I got the Lazy Newb pack, and I'm making good use of Dwarf Therapist. Everything's ok now, it's just hard to keep everyone working. Just wait until you get an immigration wave of like 20 soap makers*. After a certain point it becomes really hard to keep everyone busy unless you build a giant army or something completely ridiculous. Both of which are great options for fun. *Soap makers are useful now I think actually? They used to be the joke profession because soap was only used for trading. | ||
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Zavior
Finland753 Posts
There is nothing wrong about building palaces out of unicorn soap! | ||
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Bobbias
Canada1373 Posts
The best way to keep everyone working if you relly can't find any infrastructure jobs is just to come up with some massive project, and get everyone else working on that (digging out a massive underground fortress, building a massive tower, manning pumps, etc.) | ||
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=54969.0 http://www.timdenee.com/oilfurnace/ and here is an AAR in spanish http://www.puntadelanza.net/Foro/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=8992 | ||
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ArcticVanguard
United States450 Posts
EDIT: YES! I made it through the winter! | ||
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N3rV[Green]
United States1935 Posts
Right now, I've got a wonderful little group going, about 40 strong. I have 100% forgot about military needs, as in I have no weapons and only leather armor (bought some sick leather, like rino and leopard, and other crazy animals O.o yay for human traders!) And at the moment, I have it saved at the moment a goblin ambush has been started. I have no gate/bridge/walls, and I have debated my next course of action over the day. I'm going to watch and laugh as my dwarfs all die a silly death, or be amazed as the only dude with an axe, and my hunter 2 man a full squad of goblin troops. It will be bloody. It will be...."FUN" | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On May 15 2011 11:58 N3rV[Green] wrote: Oh more people need to come in here with "Live Reports" of their fortress xD Right now, I've got a wonderful little group going, about 40 strong. I have 100% forgot about military needs, as in I have no weapons and only leather armor (bought some sick leather, like rino and leopard, and other crazy animals O.o yay for human traders!) And at the moment, I have it saved at the moment a goblin ambush has been started. I have no gate/bridge/walls, and I have debated my next course of action over the day. I'm going to watch and laugh as my dwarfs all die a silly death, or be amazed as the only dude with an axe, and my hunter 2 man a full squad of goblin troops. It will be bloody. It will be...."FUN" yeah I want more live reports! I got nothing good to share, but here is the last Fort I did that burned me out: http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-7184-logo-muckgrotto | ||
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Bobbias
Canada1373 Posts
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fishbowl
United States1575 Posts
On May 15 2011 12:32 Bobbias wrote: Yes, dwarfs often do amazing feats of carnage when you least expect it... Of course, the inverse also happens more often than you'd expect where something you feel should be harmless mauls you info oblivion (Carp, Elephants, and Badgers come to mind...) Oh god, 40d Carp... | ||
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