Dwarf Fortress: Very Ambitious Roguelike

Arbit · 2011-08-18T14:02:54.000Z

I accidentally flooded my fort with magma once. I built a moat about 4 or 5 z levels deep with a staircase for the moatdigger to get himself out. I used to make staircases using up/down tiles and never bothered with the up or down specific tiles. Well, this particular staircase just happened to terminate one z level above and directly over my main entrance hallway. Using up/down removes floor tiles… so… 99% of my fortress population was sealed in behind a flaming wall of rapidly spreading lava death.

I use those down and up specific tiles a lot more, now.

Hrnac · 2011-08-18T14:44:31.000Z

sharaleo:

Dude! You know we have spoiler tags now, right?

:)

My bad. I didn’t realize this. :(

-Hrnac

sharaleo · 2011-08-18T23:49:04.000Z

Don’t stress, Hrnac, I was just poking a little fun. :)

karnisov · 2011-08-20T18:30:59.000Z

a horse died in my dining hall. any suggestions on how to get the corpse removed? i have designated a stockpile for corpses. orders are “dwarves collect corpses” but noone seems to be trying to move the horse corpse. i have also marked it D for dump. is weight an issue? it weights 500lbs

MrCoffee · 2011-08-20T19:10:57.000Z

That’s wasted food, butcher it!

karnisov · 2011-08-20T19:12:18.000Z

well its marked “rotting” and spewing a purple cloud. i don’t think it can be used for food at this point, can it?

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2011-08-20T19:14:22.000Z

Horse bodies are considered “refuse.” If there’s an empty space, it should get moved. The main reason corpses don’t get moved is if the area is considered “outside” because there’s no dirt / rock between it and the sky. Dwarf-built roofing doesn’t count. You can allow Dwarfs to gather junk from outside areas (it’s a preference), but that can get time consuming as they collect all sorts of stuff just lying around topside.

MrCoffee · 2011-08-20T19:14:57.000Z

Well if its spewing miasma then that’s one of the reasons your dwarves arent dumping it hah.

Calistas · 2011-08-20T19:27:24.000Z

Vent the room to space!

karnisov · 2011-08-21T08:00:15.000Z

Gus_Smedstad:

Horse bodies are considered “refuse.” If there’s an empty space, it should get moved. The main reason corpses don’t get moved is if the area is considered “outside” because there’s no dirt / rock between it and the sky. Dwarf-built roofing doesn’t count. You can allow Dwarfs to gather junk from outside areas (it’s a preference), but that can get time consuming as they collect all sorts of stuff just lying around topside.

apparently my problem was that the stockpile was set to corpses and not refuse. thanks for the tip.

Calistas · 2011-08-27T02:52:54.000Z

So this is odd - someone to the trouble of remixing my tutorial. They’re using the same file/setup, and broadly the same directions, but written differently. Odd! https://dftutorial.wordpress.com/

Jajusha · 2011-08-27T03:27:21.000Z

Calistas:

Vent the room to space!

I say we take off, and nuke the room from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

chequers · 2011-08-27T03:44:46.000Z

Calistas:

So this is odd - someone to the trouble of remixing my tutorial. They’re using the same file/setup, and broadly the same directions, but written differently. Odd! https://dftutorial.wordpress.com/

Strangely there are not even any ads. Given there’s no credit for your work I guess the writer just wants to be famous. At least he updated it while copying for the latest version. You should copy it back.

EDIT: You’re linked to from the About page, but just in a generic “helped me learn the game” way.

8bittechno · 2011-08-27T03:54:26.000Z

Hey this is the writer. No harm meant I just wanted to write a tutorial :). I can certainly give you more credit if you want.

hong · 2011-08-27T03:56:59.000Z

Busted!

Calistas · 2011-08-27T04:19:31.000Z

8bittechno:

Hey this is the writer. No harm meant I just wanted to write a tutorial :). I can certainly give you more credit if you want.

Hey man, it’s cool - I know you’ve used the same build (which is actually a handy way to start) and written different content - it’s not the same words by any means - so I’m cool with it - carry on - the more the merrier!

8bittechno · 2011-08-27T04:24:51.000Z

Alright cool. I really loved your build by the way, it made writing it pretty fun.

Calistas · 2011-08-27T04:26:53.000Z

Thanks! Got lucky with some of the location stuff - the magma pool etc. I had some help from people here though, IIRC.

8bittechno · 2011-08-27T04:41:52.000Z

Yeah, well I’m open to suggestions :)

jeffd · 2011-09-02T18:03:24.000Z

Alrighty! I’ve got a fortress further than I’ve ever had it before. We’re in year six or seven, production is humming along. I finally figured out how to get a reasonable coal-based metal shop going (chop down EVERY tree, three furnaces making coal to feed two smelters and one blacksmith… ugh). I’ve got a nascent military - three squads. One of four marksdwarves, the other two are melee types.

I have no confidence in defending my fort. I have a drawbridge covering the entrance that’s basically a cheap “I win” for any siege, but I’d really like to be able to actually fight them off. I’ve worked through magmawiki but I still have very little confidence - can anyone give me practical advice on controlling my military? My particular questions:

how do alerts and burrows interact? From what I gather the general idea is I can flag an alert to get a squad to go to a particular burrow, while popping the civilian alert to make them run to another burrow?
What’s the best way to actually defend? Depend on burrows? Give squads move orders? Or…?

Thus far I’ve only faced one goblin ambush a couple of years ago, my cage traps took care of them. The goblins were disarmed and used for a hilarious live fire exercise. I assume that as my fortress grows in value I’ll face more outside pressure?

Architecture wise, I built my guys a great hall that is 4 zlevels tall, with two separate balconies (off of which are located the living quarters). Natural stone pillars support the whole edifice, reaching from top to bottom.