Dwarf Fortress v13 - Orkel looses a roaring laughter, fell and terrible! - Games

At [b]least[/b] get a square tileset. ASCII or not.

I harass goblins with bone bolts for target practice. ewww[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/2zow7l0.png[/IMG]

I got my friend into Dwarf Fortress during Shop class a week ago. I told him the basics of the game: Digging, stockpiles, building, etc. I went into the shop to help somebody drill something, and when I came back he tells me he put ALL of his starting points into mining, woodcutting, and hauling for all of his dwarves, and I saw he managed to drown all of his dwarves by mining into a river.

Gotta start somewhere. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] My play has been rather uneventful lately. It's kinda sad.

Uh, guys, I've killed an Ettin Semi-megabeast and somehow, my dwarves refuse to butcher that delicious, 14000kg body. Does anyone have any experience with those?

[QUOTE=Seiteki;29343787]At [b]least[/b] get a square tileset. ASCII or not.[/QUOTE] No. What do you care anyway?

It solidifies the fact that each time is perfectly square, unlike how the slim looks.

[QUOTE=Seiteki;29345250]It solidifies the fact that each time is perfectly square, unlike how the slim looks.[/QUOTE] what are you trying to say? [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] I don't know what that means [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] oh wait its tile nvm ok

The tileset you use is not perfectly square. Each tile is taller than it is wide. A square tileset has width and height equal.

Ever sense I stopped save scumming I've enjoyed this game 100x more. Even small ambushes can be deadly if you mess up. My theme for my current fortress is a very compact above ground fortress, all one story. Narrow roads are deadly if the goblins breach them. I'll take a screen shot in a bit, looks p cool. [img]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7116/derptown.png[/img] I was stashing up steel at this time, but then all of a sudden ambush came. Had to just mass recruit my random civs in order to fight it off. It was quite the massacre.

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;29345718]Ever sense I stopped save scumming I've enjoyed this game 100x more. Even small ambushes can be deadly if you mess up. My theme for my current fortress is a very compact above ground fortress, all one story. Narrow roads are deadly if the goblins breach them. I'll take a screen shot in a bit, looks p cool.[/QUOTE] Save scumming ruins the experience, hence why you're having fun now.

[QUOTE=SteelReal;29345761]Save scumming ruins the experience, hence why you're having fun now.[/QUOTE] Yea this is like my second month of no scumming and it is p rad. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] Oh this is pretty sweet. A left gauntlet artifact. Giving it to my captain. Mengthullibash. "The Inconsiderate Axe" neat.

[QUOTE=Adbor;29344195]Uh, guys, I've killed an Ettin Semi-megabeast and somehow, my dwarves refuse to butcher that delicious, 14000kg body. Does anyone have any experience with those?[/QUOTE] Ettin are sentient, and that's a big no-no to butchering.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;29347530]Ettin are sentient, and that's a big no-no to butchering.[/QUOTE] Except if you're a rotten, psychopathic Elf.

'' You look like a mighty warrior indeed.'' '' Am a brewer.'' For some reason i could not stop laughing.

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;29349695]'' You look like a mighty warrior indeed.'' '' Am a brewer.'' For some reason i could not stop laughing.[/QUOTE] I prefer asking children if they are mighty warriors. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] "You look like a mighty warrior indeed" "I am six"

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;29326437]This game is merciless to newbs. :frown:[/QUOTE] I'm still playing my first ever fortress, that has somehow survived ambushes, raids, tantrum spirals through sheer luck. Literally, had almost an entire population of sixty wiped out, leaving only two dying people, when suddenly migrants.

Tempted to mod in some interesting stuff using bees and eggs. any suggestions? I might do a megabeast goose that lays admanatine eggs.

[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;29347666]Except if you're a rotten, psychopathic Elf.[/QUOTE] Got some of those on the refuse pile as well. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Canuhearme?;29347530]Ettin are sentient, and that's a big no-no to butchering.[/QUOTE] That sucks, wiki claims they're a "food source" in the big table of monsters. Not that I'm short of food, I'm just fond of seeing purple CLT in butcher's workshop.

[QUOTE=Adbor;29352087]Got some of those on the refuse pile as well. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] That sucks, wiki claims they're a "food source" in the big table of monsters. Not that I'm short of food, I'm just fond of seeing purple CLT in butcher's workshop.[/QUOTE] Oh god, don't remind me. There was so much fucking fat. Had to sell it off to the next caravan. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] One of my guys just had fell into a mood like the one in the title of the thread. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] A dwarf bone door. Created from the body of my Gem Setter.

Any tips on having effective squad training? I mean ever sense dwarffortress 2010 its always been a pain training up. Individual drills tend to be more effective than the total uneffective squad training.

[QUOTE=SomeFaggot;29355570] A dwarf bone door. Created from the body of my Gem Setter.[/QUOTE] put it in the door way to his one of his/her friends/relative's bedroom [editline] [/editline] Finally got all the bedrooms finished, and my fortress the capital now! :toot:

[QUOTE=Pokey McFork;29356444]put it in the door way to his one of his/her friends/relative's bedroom[/QUOTE] Carve some engravings into said widower's/friend's/sibling's walls. Make sure that the engraver is the murderer him/herself.

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;29356049]Any tips on having effective squad training? I mean ever sense dwarffortress 2010 its always been a pain training up. Individual drills tend to be more effective than the total uneffective squad training.[/QUOTE] Danger Rooms.

[QUOTE=Zatharon;29363024]Danger Rooms.[/QUOTE] Can't say I've never done this, but getting a legendary soldier in less than a minute is a little cheap, isn't it?

Exploring my world as a demi god.. i had around 30 kills mainly wild animals and goblins i felt untouchable. Until a fell into a river and couldn't get out. From there i punched some fish to death and tried finding my way out before i drown. All of a sudden a army of fish come and tear off my fingers. Then my toes. Then my eyes. Then my teeth. I was ripped apart slowly i was alive for a good 3 minutes before bleeding out. That was one fucked up death.

In adventure mode, how do you get into a dwarf civilization? Whenever I've been in one, it was just an open field near a mountain with some rough walls here in there in the mountain. I also found it odd that my world completely lacks iron weapons. I've only ever found one iron spear, everything else is either copper, bronze, or the rare silver

[QUOTE=Kiwi Bird;29364548]In adventure mode, how do you get into a dwarf civilization? Whenever I've been in one, it was just an open field near a mountain with some rough walls here in there in the mountain. I also found it odd that my world completely lacks iron weapons. I've only ever found one iron spear, everything else is either copper, bronze, or the rare silver[/QUOTE] There's a very hidden single door into the fortress proper somewhere on a hillside.

[QUOTE=Zatharon;29363024]Danger Rooms.[/QUOTE] Without cheating.

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;29365871]Without cheating.[/QUOTE] Dump them in full armor into the caverns. I find that Troglodyte swarms are the best kind of training.