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lemonpieman

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Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« on: July 17, 2009, 06:21:18 am »
I can safely say, in adventure mode and beyond, I have never encountered one wild dwarfish plant. I vaguely remember that they actually exist, and if so where can I find them?
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2009, 06:25:10 am »
underground I would think, near underground pools/rivers.
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2009, 06:28:28 am »
I've gotten plenty of underground rivers and such but i've never seen any tower caps' or anything.
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2009, 10:03:59 am »
are the tiles muddy?
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2009, 10:32:10 am »
If the map has an underground river or pool, and underground areas on that map area are also muddy, tower caps and plump helmets will grow naturally.

You can exploit this in a fortress to have an unlimited supply of lumber without ever having to go onto the surface if you are clever with creating tower cap farms.
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2009, 11:09:38 am »
in other words- pwnage
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2009, 02:45:46 pm »
Quote from: Megaman on July 17, 2009, 10:03:59 am
are the tiles muddy?

This.

TC's grow rarely in dry UG soil, but I've never seen shrubs to the same, only on muddied ground, rock or soil.
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2009, 12:03:31 pm »
Quote from: Albedo on July 17, 2009, 02:45:46 pm
TC's grow rarely in dry UG soil, but I've never seen shrubs to the same, only on muddied ground, rock or soil.

Towercaps grow on underground soil that has solid soil layer beneath it. Like this:

z+1 _____________   
z    SSSSSSSSSSSS   (dig this level for TC farm)
z-1 SSSSSSSSSSSS

z+1 _____________
z    SSSSSSSSSSSS  (this is not good as it has rock beneath it)
z-1 RRRRRRRRRRRRR

S = soil
R = rock
Just found a nice big double soil layer on one of my forts, TCs take and awful lot of time to grow though (18 months or something like that?)
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2009, 03:21:51 pm »
Quote from: 46852 on July 23, 2009, 12:03:31 pm
Towercaps grow on underground soil that has solid soil layer beneath it. Like this:

z+1 _____________   
z    SSSSSSSSSSSS   (dig this level for TC farm)
z-1 SSSSSSSSSSSS

z+1 _____________
z    SSSSSSSSSSSS  (this is not good as it has rock beneath it)
z-1 RRRRRRRRRRRRR

I've had TC's mature no problem with your second setup.
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2009, 03:25:24 pm »
Quote from: 46852 on July 23, 2009, 12:03:31 pm
Towercaps grow on underground soil that has solid soil layer beneath it. Like this:

No, this only applies to surface trees. Tower caps can grow on any soil or muddied tile, regardless of what's beneath. It takes forever with the unmuddied soil tile, though.
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Re: Wild tower cap wood and other dwarfish plants
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2009, 01:49:46 pm »
Quote from: Jim Groovester on July 23, 2009, 03:25:24 pm
Quote from: 46852 on July 23, 2009, 12:03:31 pm
Towercaps grow on underground soil that has solid soil layer beneath it. Like this:

No, this only applies to surface trees. Tower caps can grow on any soil or muddied tile, regardless of what's beneath. It takes forever with the unmuddied soil tile, though.

Is there any definitive answer for this? I've noticed that on a soil tile with soil beneath it, TCs grow quite fast, almost as fast as on a muddied tile. On a soil tile with rock beneath it, the growth is really slow. Something to do with moisture or something?
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