Excellent! I remember there was a dwarf that used his teeth on the zombie, but wasn't aware he wasn't taken.
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A great honor it is to be among the militia's founding fathers. May the fortress stand strong forever more!
The overhead magma holding tank is entirely finished except for the roof and the power connections. That last bit is going to be a real headache.
I've finally figured out an efficient way to get power to the overhead holding tank. It only adds 67 more power requirement to the 120 already used by the pumps immersed in the holding tank, and it allows the holding tank pumps to be turned off while the pump stack continues to run. Best of all, it will be completely enclosed, with no parts exposed to hostile flying building destroyers.
It required coming up with a way to pass Magma through a tile in one direction while power is flowing through the SAME tile at 90 degrees to that.
My head hurts.
In other news, our pump stack has reached level 101, and has only 60 more levels to go!
It required coming up with a way to pass Magma through a tile in one direction while power is flowing through the SAME tile at 90 degrees to that.
My head hurts.
In other news, our pump stack has reached level 101, and has only 60 more levels to go!
Huzzah!
We should also make a Cavern-scouring magma cannon, now that we got the holding tank planned and ready.
Forlorn Zombies are not (normally) agents of a necromancer. They are Dwarves (in this case) that were caught by Zombifying weather in a Haunted biome. They retain their intelligence and personality, and are not necessarily evil.
AFAIK Forlorn Zombie visitors are typically harmless.
The overhead holding tank is finished! Here are the power connections:
Looks like a crazy mess, but I expect it to work. I've already tested for end-to-end power continuity, and it passed.
AFAIK Forlorn Zombie visitors are typically harmless.
The overhead holding tank is finished! Here are the power connections:
Looks like a crazy mess, but I expect it to work. I've already tested for end-to-end power continuity, and it passed.
Every single one of those levers does something important enough that I felt the need to run a control circuit down here to our control room.
They raise and lower drawbridges, open and close floodgates and floor hatches, turn power feeds on and off, route flowing lava in different directions...
They raise and lower drawbridges, open and close floodgates and floor hatches, turn power feeds on and off, route flowing lava in different directions...
Some of the evil areas have weather that causes syndromes. One of the possible syndromes is Zombification.
DF2014:Weather - Dwarf Fortress Wiki
"Undead created by evil weather gain immediate strength bonuses and acquire a status of Opposed to Life. They will tirelessly seek out living things to kill until they are struck down, which can take considerable effort."Some of the evil areas have weather that causes syndromes. One of the possible syndromes is Zombification.
DF2014:Weather - Dwarf Fortress Wiki
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Reading up on this atm.
Probably won't be up to speed until sometime tomrorow.
As I was getting lots of questions I thoguht I'd ask now, though.
Note that I'm very much a novice at DF. So expect me to know absolutely nothing.
I'd also like to be dwarfed, if that's possible. Give me whatever you think suits me.
Probably won't be up to speed until sometime tomrorow.
As I was getting lots of questions I thoguht I'd ask now, though.
Note that I'm very much a novice at DF. So expect me to know absolutely nothing.
I'd also like to be dwarfed, if that's possible. Give me whatever you think suits me.
Can you later melt down iron equipment to reuse the iron?
Isn't continuing that stairwell bad, sinc then you can't mine out the iron you discovered?
Why do you need pumps? Can't you just dig ditches and link them up with the river?
Why not making the bedroom corridors way way longer?Meanwhile, with our two new Miners (now four in total including Hyme) we are expanding our bedrooms in preparation for the next wave of migrants.
Wasn't there also an entrance to the farm from above ground? And hence can't the fort be attacked that way?
Can't you just wall up parts of it and then have no worries?
Sounds like you were lucky to not have your dwarves eaten.
Can underground plants do damage?
Why not use the same type of rock for the walls? Would look better, I'd imagine.The Outer Walls:
Why not just setting it up at teh shore of the magma sea in the cave?
Why does it need to be that deep?
Why not make them even taller yet?
Why do you need fortifications for climbers? Won't the overhang be enough to stop them?
Why are the offices above your one tile less deep?
Currently in my office, having a snack.
1) I'll dwarf you, sure.
2) Could do, could do. Recycling only returns about 30%-to-60% of the original Iron, though. With some exceptions... chain leggings actually returns 150%. More than you started with. We have THOUSAND of tiles of Iron ore, anyway.
3) Digging ditches doesn't irrigate. You need to spread mud on the surface of the ground. That's done by pumping water onto the surface, and then letting it run off or evaporate.
4) I'd like to minimize walking time. It takes the same amount of time to walk one tile down the corridor as it takes to descend one level down the staircase. So spreading out horizontally is inefficient. A bedroom that is thirty tiles away from the stairs is just as far away as one that is thirty levels below! So I spread my bedrooms across multiple levels instead.
5) No. There's a well on the surface, but I've walled and roofed it in completely, and it can only be accessed from underground, not directly from the surface.
1) My wall would need to be as high as the cavern, which would require building scaffolding. Dwarves will not build a wall (or floor, etc) unless there is a solid place to stand orthogonal (directly N S E or W, not diagonally) to the spot being constructed. My dwarves would be exposed to attack for much too long.
2) Somewhat, yes. But dwarves are a renewable resource.
3) No.
4) It would take far too long to mine out and smooth thousands of blocks of a single type of rock.
5) Horrible creatures live in the magma. I need to be completely sealed off from the magma, but with direct access to it for the forges.
6) Even a twenty level fall only kills about a third of the hostiles. I've improved the lethality by plating the floor of the pit with Platinum plating. Hard and dense.
7) It would have taken longer. Three levels plus an overhang will stop everyone except Legendary Climbers (who wouldn't be stopped by added height anyway).
8) The fortifications are for our archers, to shoot from the wall top. I only do that if I have no safer choice, though.
9) Bedrooms take more types of furniture, and are used more often (so the happiness bonus of owning a large room is applied more often). Offices are fine with only a chair and table, unless it's a critical role like Manager or CMO (Chief Medical Officer).
Typically, if we run short of metal we just confiscate it from Invaders. It is colloquially referred-to as "Goblinite".
Wagonlitz Stircanyons is a Legendary Weaponsmith, as well as being highly skilled at Armorsmith and Glassmaking. He is currently assisting with the construction of the 150-level-high Magma Pump Stack, which requires all glass components (glass is magma-safe).
