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QuakeIV

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Building with Obsidian
« on: January 31, 2009, 10:27:34 pm »

Hey i was wondering if anyone has a cool mod i can use to build with obsidian. I never liked the idea of having to mine out the layers below my fortress to expand above knowing that i would eventually run out.

Please respond soon, thanks!
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 10:33:46 pm »

Would this work?

It's a question because I've already forgotten what it does exactly, and I don't really feel like reading through that wall of text right now. <.<
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2009, 10:40:28 pm »

I checked that out, i just wanna build, not accidentally make a obsidian bed or obsidian ashes 'cause that would take too much of the chellenge out.
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2009, 10:44:50 pm »

so I am confused. What are you wanting? a way to get free obsidian without mining it?
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2009, 10:45:35 pm »

No i make obsidian with my maga-water mixer, i just wanna make buildings with it.
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2009, 12:52:57 am »

So why can't you just mine out the raw stone and build with that?

Just a thought, you might have obsidian still set to an economic stone, then you just have to go to 'z', stones and disable obsidian as an economic stone.
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2009, 02:38:19 am »

I agree with Roy, that the crafty Toady works in mysterious ways, and recently set obsidian's default setting as economic, thus making it oddly useless...untill changed

However, this revelation pushes this topic right out of the modding category :P
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 07:43:14 pm »

Oh... Well that really does push it out of this category. but thanks anyways lol
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2009, 04:58:20 pm »

Be sure to carve the obsidian into blocks before building with it. It not only adds a lot of value to your fortress, but also trains up your masons.
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Re: Building with Obsidian
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2009, 08:19:03 pm »

Also, obsidian short swords (made at the craftsdwarves' workshop) are as strong as steel.

Don't get too attached to them, though; I sense an obsidian-sword-breaks-easily mechanic in the "near" future.
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