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Dwarf Fortress Megathread! - Necro'd enough to count as a vampire
nickbond1:
Look on the bright side, at least you didn't pick a spot that had a hole that drained the magma sea into the HFS.
Littledude:
--- Quote from: JJA0 on August 17, 2011, 03:54:53 PM ---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.
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--- 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?
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Jacob/Lee:
--- Quote from: lilboarder32 on 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?
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If you go into the Dwarf Fortress folder, there is a folder called "data." Go there, then there should be "saves" or somesuch, and folders named "region1," "region2" etc.
Those "regionx" folders are savegames, copy which ever one you wish and paste it in another "saves" folder to get access to it.
I'm not sure if saves are compatible, though.
--- Quote from: Littledude on August 17, 2011, 04:02:34 PM ---
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Simply, unless you're willing to dig down to the caverns and pump water/bucket brigade water up/build your farm down there, you don't.
Littledude:
--- Quote from: Jacob/Lee on August 17, 2011, 04:39:17 PM ---If you go into the Dwarf Fortress folder, there is a folder called "data." Go there, then there should be "saves" or somesuch, and folders named "region1," "region2" etc.
Those "regionx" folders are savegames, copy which ever one you wish and paste it in another "saves" folder to get access to it.
I'm not sure if saves are compatible, though.Simply, unless you're willing to dig down to the caverns and pump water/bucket brigade water up/build your farm down there, you don't.
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there's a surface pond nearby, how to bucket brigade
Jacob/Lee:
--- Quote from: Littledude on August 17, 2011, 04:45:02 PM ---there's a surface pond nearby, how to bucket brigade
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You need to set an area with water as a water source, then another area as a pit/pond. I think it needs to be the z-level above the area you want to water to make it work. Then, the pit/pond area should be set as "pond (not full)" or somesuch, then dwarves will grab buckets and move water 1 unit at a time.
See here in case you don't understand what I'm saying.