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Mandaril

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Maximum depth?
« on: December 11, 2008, 05:41:58 am »

Hello,

I've have a fairly good fort going for now. Food stocks just keep increasing, I've fended off couple of sieges with minimal losses and got Baron/Count just now (end he's "estatic" for the moment).

Thanks to very high elevation differences, I started building my fort around lvl -10 (according to meter on right side), right around where the river was. I explored new mining grounds lately, because only metal I'm able to make weapons from, that I've found, is copper. Gold, nickel and tetrasomething is available but I can't make decent weapons from them.

I mined downwards and then I hit "wall" around -25 (according to meter). Is this the maximum depth I'm able to go? With depth meter, there is in lower right corner another number that decreases when I go down and increases when I go up. I always thought it showed "levels left", but apparently not.

Is there a way to access those "130 levels left"?
If I misunderstuud the number completely, what DOES it mean?

I haven't strip-mined yet all resources on current levels, but would be nice to know if this is the limit or something I just need to figure out by myself. Yes/No-answer to first question is enough for me.
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Oddom Adagsibrek, war Mandrill (Tame)
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TettyNullus

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Re: Maximum depth?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 05:46:48 am »

If you're referring to the number on top-right that goes red and green, it's just ground level, you have to look at the bottom-right for the real levels number, the range's 15 levels past the lowest surface point ( chasms and underground features don't counts ) and 15 levels above peaks.
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Mandaril

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Re: Maximum depth?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2008, 05:49:34 am »

Allright, river bottom is at -10, lowest surcafe point, so that fits with the -25 number.

Thanks.
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Oddom Adagsibrek, war Mandrill (Tame)
"He is incredibly skinny yet gigantic overall. His hair is brown. His skin is cinnamon. His upper body bears a very short straight scar. His left front leg bears the marks of old wounds, including a tiny straight scar. His right front foot bears a very short straight scar. His throat bears a massive curving scar. His eyes are orange."