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Ricky

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[SPOILERS] usually how tall/wide/long is an addy vein?
« on: July 05, 2010, 10:05:27 am »
i would like to know usually how tall/wide/long an adamantine vein is before it hits the HFS..

ive been trying to reach the FHS trhough an addy vein but its gone of for roughly 20 z- levels so far....

note that it extends to the topmoist part of my cavern 3... my cavern 3  is nearly 100 z-levels from top to bottem
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Re: [SPOILERS] usually how tall/wide/long is an addy vein?
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2010, 10:25:56 am »
It varies immensely depending on the terrain.  On a completely flat map, you can expect the Adamantine veins to run only about 20 levels at most before hitting the HFS.  On a highly mountainous map, the veins can run for over a hundred levels.  The real kicker, however, is that the "hole to Hell" can start anywhere in the vein, even 1 level down from the top!  That's part of the Fun, of course.
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Re: [SPOILERS] usually how tall/wide/long is an addy vein?
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2010, 10:40:13 am »
Honestly, I cheat to see where the hole is, because my fps goes from 100 to 20 when I unleash the HFS.
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Re: [SPOILERS] usually how tall/wide/long is an addy vein?
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 10:42:32 am »
Quote from: Snook on July 05, 2010, 10:40:13 am
Honestly, I cheat to see where the hole is, because my fps goes from 100 to 20 when I unleash the HFS.

well mine will probably go from 5 to 4.. so... who cares
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Re: [SPOILERS] usually how tall/wide/long is an addy vein?
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2010, 02:14:37 pm »


well mine will probably go from 5 to 4.. so... who cares
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Re: [SPOILERS] usually how tall/wide/long is an addy vein?
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2010, 03:05:31 pm »
HFS has caused the FPS death of 3 fortresses for me this year.  Game runs to about 25 FPS by the time I find the adamantine, and drops between 5 and 1 once I dig out the demons.  Be prepared for your fort to become FROOOZEN IN TIIIME!  :P
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Re: [SPOILERS] usually how tall/wide/long is an addy vein?
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 06:20:26 pm »
I've only discovered one vein. And it ran about 5 z-levels. Only two of which were accessible because below that they break into the HFS. All the worlds I've genned have had a really small number of z-levels though. Like, 50-60. :\ Probably something to do with always genning a 'small world'.
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