No.
I've had a busy week at college, and I tried to turn over the save to someone else. If no-one takes it by the end of the week, I'll keep playing this weekend.
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No.
I've had a busy week at college, and I tried to turn over the save to someone else. If no-one takes it by the end of the week, I'll keep playing this weekend.
Nothing right now. We need a new overseer to take a turn. I am still learning and definitely not ready to play at Emu's level.
Don't let the man's rep intimidate you, lads. 
I'm sure BE will help explain his machinations. Or you can just hold off the FUN! long enough to pass it back with the fort still intact...
I'm sure BE will help explain his machinations. Or you can just hold off the FUN! long enough to pass it back with the fort still intact...
I've been really busy with college, but we had a huge snowfall last night and CLASSES ARE CANCELLED!
So I'll be posting an update soon. I'll start with some general info, and then a run-down on how our military is shaping up... because that affects both our survival chances and our expansion plans. I'd still like to take over that pool of water we found in the caverns.
So I'll be posting an update soon. I'll start with some general info, and then a run-down on how our military is shaping up... because that affects both our survival chances and our expansion plans. I'd still like to take over that pool of water we found in the caverns.
After the baby-splosion... we have twenty-nine children of various ages... our population has reached eighty-three. That enables sieges (they start at POP: 80). So we can look forward to a bit more action, including perhaps some undead led by necromancers.
Our military is shaping up well in some respects, less so in others. Noco has been drilling his squad in both Axedwarf and Fighter skills, and all of the squad members except the most-recent-wave recruits are up to "Competent" in both skills. They are lagging far behind in other skills such as Armor and Dodging, though. All ten of our Axedwarves have been issued with Adamantine Battle-Axes and Helmets.
Similarly, Tonkatoy has been successfully training his squad in Archery and Dodging skills... but for some reason nobody has used the firing ranges yet, to improve their Marksdwarf skill. I'm investigating. All ten Marksdwarves have been issued with Adamantine helmets.
Our traps are holding well against the small enemy probes that we've faced, but it's becoming obvious that we need some way to flood the bottom of the Dodge-Em Trap with Magma and then pump it out again. We are just beginning to have issues with the occasional enemy actually surviving the 20-level fall onto a stone floor... there are currently two live Bow-goblins stuck at the bottom of our pit... so perhaps we should arrange a warm reception for anyone who survives the fall.
Our military is shaping up well in some respects, less so in others. Noco has been drilling his squad in both Axedwarf and Fighter skills, and all of the squad members except the most-recent-wave recruits are up to "Competent" in both skills. They are lagging far behind in other skills such as Armor and Dodging, though. All ten of our Axedwarves have been issued with Adamantine Battle-Axes and Helmets.
Similarly, Tonkatoy has been successfully training his squad in Archery and Dodging skills... but for some reason nobody has used the firing ranges yet, to improve their Marksdwarf skill. I'm investigating. All ten Marksdwarves have been issued with Adamantine helmets.
Our traps are holding well against the small enemy probes that we've faced, but it's becoming obvious that we need some way to flood the bottom of the Dodge-Em Trap with Magma and then pump it out again. We are just beginning to have issues with the occasional enemy actually surviving the 20-level fall onto a stone floor... there are currently two live Bow-goblins stuck at the bottom of our pit... so perhaps we should arrange a warm reception for anyone who survives the fall.
A visit from a necromancer would catch us at an awkward time, since there are corpses of Elves, Goblins and pack beasts strewn all around the map for him to re-animate. Plus, the merchant's trade-goods took a bit of damage. The Elves will be pissed about this...
Let's also not forget that if they just keep coming, at some point the trap will simply overflow with goblins, at which point it loses its efficiency...
Can't we just open a magma path to the trap and incinerate the bodies? Probably something to consider with a necromancer in the area.
20 zlevels should take a bit of time to overflow though
They can jam the weapon traps, I think.
That's the basic plan that I'm working on, yes. I've laid out the channels for it already. But we also need control circuitry, floodgates, pumps, etc; to prevent the magma from filling more than the bottom-most level of the trap, and to empty it again for periodic recovery of magma-safe loot such as Iron weapons and armor. I'm setting up the control circuits now.
:rofl:
I've send blue emu a PM asking him if there is a newer save available. I want to have a look at it and see if I can post some screenies.
Alright. Let's see what state the fortress of BloodCarnage is in, shall we?
It's been a while since I read this thread. I've started rereading, and I think it's a good place to start just to give you folks an idea of the scale involved here.
First of all:
Quite.
I've started a series of screenshots made of the fortress with StoneSense to give you guys an idea of what BloodCarnage looks like. No time to actually elaborate on them - will talk a bit more about it tomorrow, though, and actually post the screenies.
A preliminary album can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qjvy7ya7pdmk3m0/AAAOKSwff8lVXrfJ6H9E4C3Ra
It's been a while since I read this thread. I've started rereading, and I think it's a good place to start just to give you folks an idea of the scale involved here.
First of all:
Quite.
I've started a series of screenshots made of the fortress with StoneSense to give you guys an idea of what BloodCarnage looks like. No time to actually elaborate on them - will talk a bit more about it tomorrow, though, and actually post the screenies.
A preliminary album can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qjvy7ya7pdmk3m0/AAAOKSwff8lVXrfJ6H9E4C3Ra
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Welcome to BloodCarnage.
Here is what I will refer to as "ground level". You can see the fortified entrance Blue Emu built, the plains surrounding it, and the vulcano backing our embark.
The red stuff in the far left, is, of course, the Magma pipe.
Let's have a look at that vulcano, shall we?
Looking up ..
.. and up ..
.. and up ..
.. until we reach the top.
I don't know about you guys, but it seems to me that whoever chose this location was a tad insane. That vulcano isn't just some dormant hunk of rock; It's a real live firebreathing magma spewing monstrosity that is probably going to kill us all.
This is going to be Fun!
edit: Ok, dropbox isn't working for this one. Let's see how imgur does ..
edit2: Better. Though I guess I should get a real paid account for this somewhere at some point.
Here is what I will refer to as "ground level". You can see the fortified entrance Blue Emu built, the plains surrounding it, and the vulcano backing our embark.
The red stuff in the far left, is, of course, the Magma pipe.
Let's have a look at that vulcano, shall we?
Looking up ..
.. and up ..
.. and up ..
.. until we reach the top.
I don't know about you guys, but it seems to me that whoever chose this location was a tad insane. That vulcano isn't just some dormant hunk of rock; It's a real live firebreathing magma spewing monstrosity that is probably going to kill us all.
This is going to be Fun!
edit: Ok, dropbox isn't working for this one. Let's see how imgur does ..
edit2: Better. Though I guess I should get a real paid account for this somewhere at some point.
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