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VPCursed
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
1044 Posts
May 18 2011 05:23 GMT
#101
i have a question, i have a wood furnace and i addded charcoals to the task.. I have woodstockpiled and i have furnace operating on 1 of my dwarves checked in my dwarf therapist.. why aren't they going to work? i even tryed checking another but nothing happens
SpectralFremen
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia386 Posts
May 18 2011 05:42 GMT
#102
Make sure that "wood burning" is enabled. Its in 'farming' jobs.

I know its in a weird place but this is dwarf fortress
"And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere"
VPCursed
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
1044 Posts
May 18 2011 05:44 GMT
#103
On May 18 2011 14:42 SpectralFremen wrote:
Make sure that "wood burning" is enabled. Its in 'farming' jobs.

I know its in a weird place but this is dwarf fortress

thanks! :D
SpectralFremen
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia386 Posts
May 18 2011 05:59 GMT
#104
Just a warning, if you are going to rely on trees/charcoal to power your metal industry you are going to munch through a LOT of trees lol
"And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere"
ArcticVanguard
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States450 Posts
May 18 2011 06:43 GMT
#105
On May 18 2011 14:59 SpectralFremen wrote:
Just a warning, if you are going to rely on trees/charcoal to power your metal industry you are going to munch through a LOT of trees lol

I dunno, if you have one or two dwarves constantly cutting trees, it's not so bad. The trees always grow back relatively quick too.

I always use a lot of wood products, less metal and stone.
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis
protoge
Profile Joined January 2011
United States55 Posts
May 18 2011 23:10 GMT
#106
Make sure you set your butchershop to extra/butcher the dead animals if they get put there, or else miasma will flood your entire fort while your not watching T.T

NEW MAP, woot woot
It is estimated feeding the world's hungry would require 30 billion dollars per year. Quite the sum of money. It's actually the same amount of money that the world spends on it's military every 8 days.
forthwith
Profile Joined August 2009
United States23 Posts
May 18 2011 23:39 GMT
#107
On May 18 2011 14:59 SpectralFremen wrote:
Just a warning, if you are going to rely on trees/charcoal to power your metal industry you are going to munch through a LOT of trees lol


I was playing this game nonstop for awhile, and this was actually the reason I quit. I dug down soooo many floors, but I was never able to find any magma. How many floors can you expect to have to dig until you hit magma pools? And is it a whole layer, or is it only in spots of the layer?
SpectralFremen
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia386 Posts
May 19 2011 00:35 GMT
#108
Magma sea is a whole layer but it's REALLY deep. Like 150-200 deep.
"And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere"
plated.rawr
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-19 00:43:14
May 19 2011 00:43 GMT
#109
On May 19 2011 08:39 forthwith wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2011 14:59 SpectralFremen wrote:
Just a warning, if you are going to rely on trees/charcoal to power your metal industry you are going to munch through a LOT of trees lol


I was playing this game nonstop for awhile, and this was actually the reason I quit. I dug down soooo many floors, but I was never able to find any magma. How many floors can you expect to have to dig until you hit magma pools? And is it a whole layer, or is it only in spots of the layer?

Unless you're at a volcano, or you get a lucky site with lava founts in cave 1 or 2, you'll most usually have to dig down to below cave 3 to hit the magma sea. Based on your world generation options, this can easilly be 60-80 z-levels downwoards. And of course, once you find the magma, you have to either split your fort into your old close-to-surface part and new close-to-magma-forges-part, unless you want to recreate your entire old fort further down, which is a pain in itself. Or you could of course figure out pumpstacking and get the magma higher up.

And then there's the lag from having discovered 100 z-worth of levels plus magma stack liquid physics having to recalculate all the time. Such joy!

I'm not a fan of lower level magma workshops myself.
Savior broke my heart ;_; || twitch.tv/onnings
Serpico
Profile Joined May 2010
4285 Posts
May 19 2011 00:46 GMT
#110
I absolutely love this game, but a custom tile set was a requirement for me. Too bad I dont have as much time to master everything these days . If only it was a bit more intuitive on its own, the guides are helpful though.
JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1805 Posts
May 19 2011 02:43 GMT
#111
Man this sounds like terrible fun!! Going to try it out for sure.
火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
yoplate
Profile Joined August 2010
United States332 Posts
May 19 2011 02:50 GMT
#112
Wow this game is complicated. I have sunk over 5 hours into a fortress, and I still dont even have the basics down yet. However, its very addicting, and really fun. If you havent played it before, you will need this link to get into the game, otherwise you will not be able to do anything.
ArcticVanguard
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States450 Posts
May 19 2011 03:06 GMT
#113
To add onto what yoplate said, this is an invaluable resource, even when you're a veteran.
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
May 19 2011 03:08 GMT
#114
Reading about this game... it REALLY sounds like Minecraft haha xD

I might try this out though, seems fun o_o
:)
SpectralFremen
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia386 Posts
May 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#115
Comparing this to minecraft is like comparing lego to building a Ferrari.
"And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere"
ArcticVanguard
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States450 Posts
May 19 2011 03:45 GMT
#116
On May 19 2011 12:14 SpectralFremen wrote:
Comparing this to minecraft is like comparing lego to building a Ferrari.

This. Imagine playing minecraft, except by coordinating 7 (at the beginning) dumb humans to do it, all at once.
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
May 19 2011 04:13 GMT
#117
After a few months of putting it off, I've finally began my path into Dwarf Fortress. ASCII games are the shit. Loved Nethack and ZZT and I'm expecting this will be no different. Wish me luck

edit: not to derail but ZZT is an amazing open-ended ASCII game as well. Old as shit but fun.
Chains none
randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
May 19 2011 11:07 GMT
#118
One of my dwarves bugged out (or went nuts?) and claimed like 70 food items without eating them. Is there a way to reassign them or something?
ArcticVanguard
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States450 Posts
May 19 2011 17:31 GMT
#119
On May 19 2011 20:07 randombum wrote:
One of my dwarves bugged out (or went nuts?) and claimed like 70 food items without eating them. Is there a way to reassign them or something?

I believe he was taken by a strange mood. It's usually a good thing, since it only comes during a time in the game where you usually have all (or most) workshops and most necessary materials.
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis
GMarshal
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States22154 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-19 17:42:40
May 19 2011 17:38 GMT
#120
Downloaded the game, started playing. I keep losing, again, and again.

Losing is fun!

seriously though, setting up farms in the frozen wasteland of my starting zone is proving to be more of a challenge than I had anticipated...

EDIT: Anyone up for a succession game? ^_^
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