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Snikers

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Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« on: August 07, 2008, 10:12:20 pm »
I'm thinking of starting a fortress in a tundra or glacier environment (maybe even a hermit game, just because I'm a masochist). What do I need to know?
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2008, 10:51:09 pm »
Bring wood for beds. And don't expect a water supply.
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2008, 11:21:13 pm »
unless theres lava. the good thing about hermit is because you dont have to bring much you can bring booze. loys of booze. lime 1000+booze
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2008, 01:27:30 am »
Really? Magma melts it now? Last I heard, it didn't effect walls.
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2008, 02:28:48 am »
Magma will melt ice walls, but leave rock walls and all constructed walls alone, even wood walls.

Constructed ice walls are also heat-proof.
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2008, 03:28:04 am »
I once dug out a wide channel directly underneath a frozen brook on a tundra map, then filled it with magma from a nearby pipe. The result was a  lake in the shape of a brook; turns out you can't melt the map-edge tiles so it never ends up flowing. Still made a perfectly fine water source, though.
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2008, 06:03:18 am »
Quote from: RavingManiac on August 08, 2008, 02:28:48 am
Constructed ice walls are also heat-proof.

Thats a relief. I was afraid my ice fort on a glacier would melt upon contact with a dragon. Now i just have to worry about the ice foundations melting...
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2008, 06:15:27 am »
Quote from: RavingManiac on August 08, 2008, 02:28:48 am
Constructed ice walls are also heat-proof.

Hm, that's actually a bit disappointing, imo. :)
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2008, 06:50:15 am »
Quote from: RavingManiac on August 08, 2008, 02:28:48 am
Constructed ice walls are also heat-proof.

Yet ...  ;)
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2008, 11:33:46 am »
If constructed ice walls melted, wouldn't they just be replaced with obsidian. ???
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Re: Living in the cold; what do I need to know?
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2008, 08:33:45 pm »
You have to keep in mind that this is game is not done yet. Check back in a few years if you want melting ice walls and such.
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