[QUOTE=coilgunner;42575439]For some reason I've never actually used managers before but I was just thinking about it while playing yesterday. I can definitely see the advantages in having one, but I always forget to actually set it up.[/QUOTE]
I enjoy using the manager a lot, I can queue up a bunch of clothes orders or whatever I need and continue doing my current task without forgetting.
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I feel terrible :(
Crazy bastard just went berserk and butchered 7 dwarves. Ordered 3 nearby dwarves to kill him, but he took 2 of those guys out aswell.
So uhm, I know how to set workshops up, dumps, the hall, and all, but I'm having a problem with this economic stone shit :(. I also can't set an army up. But hey, I learned all the rest in a day D:.
[QUOTE=coilgunner;42575439]For some reason I've never actually used managers before but I was just thinking about it while playing yesterday. I can definitely see the advantages in having one, but I always forget to actually set it up.[/QUOTE]
They are a godsend, you just tell them what to do, (example: create 15 iron chests) they will manage everything, send the tasks to the required workshops and it will pop up with a message: "15 chests task done." and you are ready to place them.
oh wow.
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ok so I had an encounter with an ambush of 5 goblins and 1 dwarf who was definitely abducted from my fort early on by a baby snatcher.
I kind of feel bad but he had to go, he kept shooting my soldiers with arrows.
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[QUOTE=pip12345;42576193]They are a godsend, you just tell them what to do, (example: create 15 iron chests) they will manage everything, send the tasks to the required workshops and it will pop up with a message: "15 chests task done." and you are ready to place them.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that would make stuff really easy, like making 20 stone cabinets 2 or 3 times.
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Wait... is using Tallow in prepared food a bug? I kind of forgot about this happening. I guess I should just produce soap really fast.
[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;42575764]pff they can't die
also there's been no sieges yet and my fortress is 3 years old, odd
goblins did follow a human caravan to my fort so I assume they can reach it[/QUOTE]
nevermind forgotten beast with webs
fuck anything that can shoot webs
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a crossbowman beat it to death with a crossbow, cool
Never thought that this game would really be this fun to learn. Just figured out how to make the dwarfs mine but then somehow the hatch into the underground area disappeared. Well, I make them dig their way out of the tunnel and continue mining again after they have an exit. Only down side in that was that the ground collapsed on them after too much digging :v:
I'm using masterwork with harder farming off, yet plump helmets still never grow
[QUOTE=SHOH;42577001]I'm using masterwork with harder farming off, yet plump helmets still never grow[/QUOTE]
when you [q] over your farm it should show a list of the seeds you have access too which can be grown during the season you are currently in. You need to hit enter on one of the seeds (plump helmet spawn) in order to designate them to grow that season. You'll also want to go ahead and set plump helmets to grow for every season, otherwise the field will go fallow when it's over. When you first build a farm nobody will plant anything until you tell them which seeds to grow.
Tonight, I embark on my first adventure in a year, wish me luck.
[QUOTE=coilgunner;42577120]when you [q] over your farm it should show a list of the seeds you have access too which can be grown during the season you are currently in. You need to hit enter on one of the seeds (plump helmet spawn) in order to designate them to grow that season. You'll also want to go ahead and set plump helmets to grow for every season, otherwise the field will go fallow when it's over. When you first build a farm nobody will plant anything until you tell them which seeds to grow.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's exactly what I do. I can see them plant the seeds, but a whole year has gone by without plump helmets growing... My dorfs hunger.
[QUOTE=pip12345;42575407]Finally got my minimal fort up and self sufficient. I also learned that managers are the best things since plump helmets.[/QUOTE]
You'll actually end up queuing things up individually after a while, and only using managers to fulfill noble orders or for mass producing blocks or something. It gets easier when you've got 3 Mason's workshops but need to fully outfit a noble's rooms, plus some stone pots and extra doors. It's also better for when you've got skill workshops designed for specific skill levels, so you can mass produce cheap shit to level dwarves on one workshop and then have another for well made stuff.
Well, I am going to reembark after I forgot to trap a hallway. Too many goblins and trollols to even do anything with a military of like 15.
This time, I am actually doing a proper military. Perhaps investing in a danger room. Trapping my entrance halls. Making a siege tunnel, to kill them all off. You know, the fun stuff.
Also, I need a layout. I am thinking about making any type of housing to be Layered, as to efficiently use space. Workshops and the like will be on the same Z level. The dining hall and kitchens will also be on the same Z level.
It's interesting to think about.
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This is why I love dwarf fortress. There are so many ways to do the same thing.
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GRANITETICK, STRIKE THE EARTH!
MY BLACKSMITH HAS GONE INSANE AND BERSERK HELP I'LL REPORT BACK IN 5 MINUTES
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What do I do I'm still busy with the Quickstart tutorial...
HE IS KILLING THE CHILDREN
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NOOOO MINKOT STOP KILLING THE CATS
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HOW DO I STOP HIM
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SERIOUSLY
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HE JUST FUCKING PUNCHED A LLAMA TO DEATH WHAT THE FUCK
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WHAT THE FUCK ATIR WHY ARE YOU DRINKING BEER WHEN THERES A GUY RUNNING AROUND KILLING EVERYONE
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rip fort ;~;7
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My first layer. Entrance and farms. Drawbridge over top of channels with ramps removed to allow only one way out, is the plan. lower section of channels will lead to an extremely long and tedious deathtrap riddled hallway for sieges. I may plan to have some siege weaponry there too. And if they get too far into it, I am going to have (eventually) a drowning chamber. Military will hold stationary at the second level security checkpoint.
Got the blacksmith killed...
He was so young... ;_;
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Yet he killed all the animals and children.
[QUOTE=pip12345;42578172]MY BLACKSMITH HAS GONE INSANE AND BERSERK HELP I'LL REPORT BACK IN 5 MINUTES
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
What do I do I'm still busy with the Quickstart tutorial...
HE IS KILLING THE CHILDREN
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NOOOO MINKOT STOP KILLING THE CATS
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HOW DO I STOP HIM
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SERIOUSLY
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HE JUST FUCKING PUNCHED A LLAMA TO DEATH WHAT THE FUCK
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WHAT THE FUCK ATIR WHY ARE YOU DRINKING BEER WHEN THERES A GUY RUNNING AROUND KILLING EVERYONE
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rip fort ;~;7[/QUOTE]
This is when you have an emergency draft of everyone nearby into the army. With their sole purpose being to kill their fellow berserking worker--
[QUOTE=pip12345;42578172]MY BLACKSMITH HAS GONE INSANE AND BERSERK HELP I'LL REPORT BACK IN 5 MINUTES
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
What do I do I'm still busy with the Quickstart tutorial...
HE IS KILLING THE CHILDREN
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NOOOO MINKOT STOP KILLING THE CATS
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
HOW DO I STOP HIM
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SERIOUSLY
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
HE JUST FUCKING PUNCHED A LLAMA TO DEATH WHAT THE FUCK
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
WHAT THE FUCK ATIR WHY ARE YOU DRINKING BEER WHEN THERES A GUY RUNNING AROUND KILLING EVERYONE
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rip fort ;~;7[/QUOTE]
R.I.P Llama.
I completely diverted the entire brook on my map into my fortress' water system and I still need more water to complete the duct system. THIS IS MADNESS!
However I have managed to conserve the waterfall nicely as my power plant drains out into where the waterfall once was.
To better explain this, I didn't even wall off the brook's path, I just dug into it and it literally doesn't have enough volume of flow to keep flowing normally.
[QUOTE=pip12345;42578172]MY BLACKSMITH HAS GONE INSANE AND BERSERK HELP I'LL REPORT BACK IN 5 MINUTES
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
What do I do I'm still busy with the Quickstart tutorial...
HE IS KILLING THE CHILDREN
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
NOOOO MINKOT STOP KILLING THE CATS
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
HOW DO I STOP HIM
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
SERIOUSLY
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
HE JUST FUCKING PUNCHED A LLAMA TO DEATH WHAT THE FUCK
[editline]19th October 2013[/editline]
WHAT THE FUCK ATIR WHY ARE YOU DRINKING BEER WHEN THERES A GUY RUNNING AROUND KILLING EVERYONE
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rip fort ;~;7[/QUOTE]
that's what this game is all about, man
I went through a lot of forts before I could reliably survive for a few years
Does anybody have a guide on how you should layout a fortress?
There isn't really a 'perfect' layout. Because of all of the variables, - including human aesthetic and pilot error - every fortress has a different ideal layout.
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Personally I just 5x5 room grid every area except rooms. Rooms are 1x3 with an extra tile for a door. Nobles get 5x5 areas for each room, all with shared walls and doors for the individual noble.
There are efficiency layouts, FPS layouts, industry based layouts, aesthetic layouts, and it all depends on the embark site, too.
I typically end up with a boring column of box rooms in a 3x3, with stairs positioned frequently. I've been trying to kick the habit.
All my dwarves get 4x3 because fuck efficiency.
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Also fuck FPS, industry, etc.
I seem to be getting some FPS jitteryness. Every five or six seconds, the game 'jitters' (pauses for a few miliseconds, noticeable and annoying) on the graphics side of things, but CPU calculations seem to be fine. I already pretty much killed everything on my computer besides df, chrome (not causing it) and dt and stonesense. It's not a computer problem. I think it may be because my map has something on it. (maybe 6x6 is too large? I'm most certainly not starting over, I love my fort) Any ideas?
[QUOTE=Terminutter;42579544]There are efficiency layouts, FPS layouts, industry based layouts, aesthetic layouts, and it all depends on the embark site, too.
I typically end up with a boring column of box rooms in a 3x3, with stairs positioned frequently. I've been trying to kick the habit.[/QUOTE]
I try to limit the amount of stairwells in my fortress to help contain any invaders that make it in.
[QUOTE=Lijitsu;42579825]I try to limit the amount of stairwells in my fortress to help contain any invaders that make it in.[/QUOTE]
I try to create as many passages with stairwells and secret doors as possible. It really helps with the containing invaders thing, because my fortress can lock out some areas and still reach critical parts. If I were so inclined, I can even stop the flow of water into the duct system and my dorfs can actually move through the water ducts to get from place to place.
[QUOTE=pip12345;42574947]It almost always rains for me, should I collect the water and use it as a anti-siege weapon?[/QUOTE]
You can try to use pressurized water/magma and create landmines, or you can fill minecarts with water/magma and use them as cannonballs.
53 posts in one day? What is wrong with you, DF Thread?
Damn it, why can i never find any soil inside the mountains...
edit: nevermind
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