Author Topic: Dwarf Fortress Megathread! - Necro'd enough to count as a vampire (Read 137844 times)

Jacob/Lee · August 17, 2011, 01:22:18 PM

I dodged off a cliff, fell 5 z-levels into a river and drowned because I had no swimming skill.

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Doomonkey · August 17, 2011, 01:27:48 PM

Quote from: Jacob/Lee on August 17, 2011, 01:22:18 PM

I dodged off a cliff, fell 5 z-levels into a river and drowned because I had no swimming skill.

Don't fight on a cliff.

Jacob/Lee · August 17, 2011, 01:36:08 PM

Quote from: Doomonkey on August 17, 2011, 01:27:48 PM

Don't fight on a cliff.

Yeah. It's not a good idea to fight near a murky pool, either.

Bad things happen.

Littledude · August 17, 2011, 01:44:55 PM

Whay aren't my dwarves cleaning up the corpses?
I have a refuse pile set up. I don't want Miasma to form.

what can I do about all this stone building up?

I don't have much room for stockpiling at my elevation level and don't like sending my dwarfs off screen where I can't see them whilst monitoring other things.

Jacob/Lee · August 17, 2011, 02:00:46 PM

Corpses go in a "corpse" stockpile.

Build a bridge, raise it, set a garbage dump zone over it then order stone to be dumped. Lower the bridge to smash them out of existence.

Littledude · August 17, 2011, 02:09:10 PM

To rephrase by corpses I meant the remains of critter that my cats kill. In the tutorial I watched they said that they go into refuse piles.

Jacob/Lee · August 17, 2011, 02:10:16 PM

Vermin remains go to refuse, yeah. They should be hauled out there unless they're outside already.

Littledude · August 17, 2011, 02:11:01 PM

Quote from: Jacob/Lee on August 17, 2011, 02:10:16 PM

Vermin remains go to refuse, yeah. They should be hauled out there unless they're outside already.

oh I see
they are outside, but they looks so messy.

NotKreation · August 17, 2011, 02:18:42 PM

Trying to learn this game is overwhelming :C

Littledude · August 17, 2011, 02:21:40 PM

how can I make an underground farm when there aren't any caves with water nearby?

Jacob/Lee · August 17, 2011, 02:25:05 PM

Quote from: Littledude on August 17, 2011, 02:21:40 PM

how can I make an underground farm when there aren't any caves with water nearby?

Underground soil. You only need mud if it's on solid rock.

Also, there's some button you can press to bring up options (try "o") and then "refuse" (r). There should be an option to make dwarves gather outside refuse too.

Kearn · August 17, 2011, 02:27:15 PM

Quote from: Littledude on August 17, 2011, 02:11:01 PM

oh I see
they are outside, but they looks so messy.

press o on the menu and you can give them refuse orders

Littledude · August 17, 2011, 02:42:46 PM

Quote from: Jacob/Lee on August 17, 2011, 02:25:05 PM

Underground soil. You only need mud if it's on solid rock.

and if there's only shale?

I'm scared.It's summer now and I don't have a farm yet, I hope I can make it through the winter

lilboarder32 · August 17, 2011, 03:32:07 PM

Anybody know how to transfer a save from on game file to the next?

Also are save files universal? Like a save file from a pc will work on a mac?

JJA0 · August 17, 2011, 03:54:53 PM

Quote from: Littledude on August 17, 2011, 02:42:46 PM

and if there's only shale?

I'm scared.It's summer now and I don't have a farm yet, I hope I can make it through the winter

Build a mason and a mechanic building. Have the mechanic build a few mechanisms and the mason make a floodgate. Make a tunnel to any water and before you dig through build a floodgate make a staircase going up and over the floodgate so your miners can escape. Then have them dig the last block. Connect the mechanisms to the floodgate and activate. Deactivate when you have water covering your farm area.