Thanks glad to know Im finally comming up with some semi feasible ideas
, also yes my bones are not from fish, they are skulls and such , usually from dead people/dwarfs/animals (I think) , so will I need to do something extra from whats been mentioned also Im going to start a new fortress again , I plan much more but this will show the first things I will build:
# = Walls
RS = Refuse Stockpile
FS = Food Stockpile
FRS = Furniture Stockpile
WS = Wood Stockpile
FGS = Finished good Stockpile
AS = Ammo stockpile
GS = Gems Stockpile
CBS = Custom Bones and such stockpiles in this area
F = Farm
B = Brewery
Brk = Barracks
C = Carpenters workshop
CD = CraftDwarfs workshop
M = Masons Workshop
Bwr =Bowyer Workshop
Jwr = Jewlers Workshop
~ = Outside
Btw I havent done entrances so just assume there are entrances
Floor 0 Diagram
~~~RS~~~~~
################## ########################
################## ########################
#Bwr #CBS########## #####Frm#################
################## ########################
#As #Brk############ #####Fs #Bwr #############
################## ########################
Floor -1 Diagram[
################## ########################
################## ########################
#4*C ###4*CD ##3*Jwr# ########################
################## ########################
################## ########################
#FRS ###FGS ###GS ## ########################
################## ########################
################## ########################
################## ########################
################## ########################
###########################################
###########################################
]
The above is what I plan to do straight away, I also plan masons workshop but just away to check which stockpile he uses? Do you thing the above is a good start to get the tower of the ground? My plan is to get this all done asap and that way I can start making more complex things
BTW putting the above in code tags messes up the formatting
I also hope people don't mind me asking so much questuions but I just really enjoy learning about DF.
In regards to finding a starting location, should I always put a river in the search(an above ground one) its just on my last map I had a great hilly location which had flux and also trees but It had liek a brook now a river and I for some time had trouble finding a suitable indoor farming location, also what rocks do people usually want at the start? Also I want to make a furnace later so I can make metal and stuff but that wont be until a bit later, I basically want to be as self sufficiant as possible so best area/things with that in mind?
I am also trying to get a good starting loadout which is differant from the tuts so I took 1 axe away leaving 1 but then only took 2 dogs and 2 cats, I took pig tail seeds (Those grow food right?) What else should I take ? (Just looking for alternate loadouts
Im also away to follow the wiki tutorial to see if that gives me some more ideas so I know differant ways as well as the vid tut, which tuts would you reccomend?
hehe just been reading more I have taken some copper nuggets, charcol and I am going to build a smelter then a forge the first chance I get(I have bitmius coal as well) This will really make things fun, I also want to get a handle on irragation as well but one step at a time
I have read the wiki for both things so hoping I will be okay