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[Grimlocke]

Reason I ususaly generate past the year 1000 is that some megabeasts (dragons for instance) take that long to fully mature. Meaning, the closer to the year 1000 you get the more kickass your dragons will be. Plus I like a good variance of historic events.

I also tend to generate more densely populated worlds so that history doesnt stagnate too easily.

Not that that history does me much good when I make a remote fortress. Agh so many engravings of one stupid human getting killing by a yeti...

[vassock]

What are engravings and how do they work in DF?

[RexMundi]

Agh so many engravings of one stupid human getting killing by a yeti...

Why does this make me think of Starwars when Luke is captured be the Wampa or whatever it is called.

On topic though, engravings are carvings in the wall that decorate your fort and add to the value.
Edit: they can also be carved on floors.
Edit2:only natural walls and floors. also, dwarves need the stone detailing labor.

[Kregoth]

What are engravings and how do they work in DF?

Engravings are just like they sound. they are engraving the depict the history of the world gen and events that happen in your fort. They can be anything from puppies to forgotten beasts.

[Laurin]

What are engravings and how do they work in DF?

You can look at them with the k command. While engraving you may get a message that one of your engravers has made a masterpiece. This usually refers to an engraving which depicts scenes from the past of your current fortress i. e. the founding of the fortress or the election of the mayor or the construction of an artifact or especially masterful craft or killings of your military heroes.

[vassock]

What are engravings and how do they work in DF?

You can look at them with the k command. While engraving you may get a message that one of your engravers has made a masterpiece. This usually refers to an engraving which depicts scenes from the past of your current fortress i. e. the founding of the fortress or the election of the mayor or the construction of an artifact or especially masterful craft or killings of your military heroes.

But what's the point of it? Why engrave at all?

[Fayceless]

For one, it increases the value of the room, so you can keep your nobles happy.  Also I think it's cool to have scenes of your dwarfs chopping up goblins all around your dining hall.

[FleshForge]

It's a sandbox game, there is no "point" to doing any particular thing other than if it interests you.  Having full adamantine armor and weapons with 200 combat dwarves all with legendary skills is no more a "winning" approach than making collecting a million groundhog fat or building a maze made out of soap bars.

[Drawde]

I believe the dwarves can also get happy thoughts from engravings.

[jerank]

Has anyone ever tried embarking in the year 10000? I have. Every civ was extinct, adventure mode was bugged (the game crashed if you tried to make one), and fortress mode was pretty awesome. There was something about being the absolute final bastion of sentient society anywhere on the planet that was immensely satisfying.

[Vercingetorix]

Has anyone ever tried embarking in the year 10000? I have. Every civ was extinct, adventure mode was bugged (the game crashed if you tried to make one), and fortress mode was pretty awesome. There was something about being the absolute final bastion of sentient society anywhere on the planet that was immensely satisfying.

I only got to 8,087 before losing interest in waiting another two millenia.  Out of curiosity, was your world a region or an island map?

[FleshForge]

No civs means no sieges eh?

[Aramco]

Has anyone ever tried embarking in the year 10000? I have. Every civ was extinct, adventure mode was bugged (the game crashed if you tried to make one), and fortress mode was pretty awesome. There was something about being the absolute final bastion of sentient society anywhere on the planet that was immensely satisfying.

My computer takes longer than I care to wait to get to year 50. I am not waiting another 9950 years just to get to get one happy thought from being the last civilization.