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ChairmanPoo

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Firecycle map?
« on: August 02, 2009, 07:49:30 pm »
Would it be possible to make a map that when you arrive is habitable, but you have to dig a refuge as fast as possible, because at some season the temperature will rise to the point of causing spontaneous combustion of booze, dwarves and animals?
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Re: Firecycle map?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2009, 07:50:18 pm »
There are some deserts that are scorching that do that.
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Re: Firecycle map?
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2009, 05:45:01 am »
Anyone have a seed for that? I'd play it, but I haven't managed to gen something like that.
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Re: Firecycle map?
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2009, 05:57:38 am »
Your best bet would probably be an area that's JUST on the border of being habitable, so that it's fine in winter/spring/fall but deadly during summer. Good luck.
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Re: Firecycle map?
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2009, 11:29:29 am »
Get a flat grasslands map with a magma pipe.  Every so often, some critter will get too close and inspire firey retaliation.  When this happens, you get a wave of fire burning everything, which is totally awesome.  Note:  You can create this effect later on by capturing imps, placing them on ground-level pedestals surrounded by grass and blast walls, and occasionally lowering stationing sacrifices near them while lowering the walls.  Contrary to popular wisdom, I have found that imps are willing to shoot fireballs at something they can't path to, but don't do it frequently.  (Something I was very sad to learn when I made them pet-trainable and stationed them on said islands over a magma-moat)

Good luck with your firey deaths!
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Re: Firecycle map?
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2009, 01:00:02 pm »
you can change min/max temperature in world gen. normally its 25/75. just changed it to 999/1000 which is the max it can go. reporting back when its genned.

EDIT:well the whole is warm and above. embarked in a scorching area and waiting for summer. lots of pools to boil as well.
« Last Edit: August 03, 2009, 01:55:50 pm by IHateOutside »
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Re: Firecycle map?
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2009, 03:03:46 pm »
I changed site and the effects of the temperature were apparent. THE WORLD WAS ON FIRE! even the river dissapeared in seconds. Nothing survived.
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