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[Starhero]

After weeks of creeping on the forums I am finally saying hello to the community.

I heard about DF on and off for quite sometime, saw the ASCII and ran...Then I found LNP and Iron-hands texture pack....and became addicted.

Currently on my 3rd..4th? fort with EVERYTHING on BUT raiding as it seems to generate TOO much !!FUN!! for me still...

I will be turning that on later.

While you are here, could you answer something for me...What purpose does temperature have in the game besides freezing my brook? Reason I as is that I am sitting on a quad core CPU that seems to NOT like it being on as I drop to average 24 - 30 FPS with about 150 dwarfs...and really would like my CPU back

I can DEFINITELY see that added challenge it adds as I am finally adding the finishing touches on my pump stack for the water deep in the ground just for the winter and for saving dwarf lives.

Again hello all....and....DON'T EAT ME just cuz I am a tasty n00b.

(PS Toady! Email me back plox)

[jaxy15]

Temperature is what makes dwarves explode from frostbite.
Temperature is what makes magma hot.
Temperature is what makes dwarves drown and be encased in ice.

[Starhero]

Ah so i take it magma forges won't work with out it? if so...screw turning it off...my entire quest is to find magma!

[jaxy15]

Magma forges will work without temperature.

[Trapezohedron]

Ah so i take it magma forges won't work with out it? if so...screw turning it off...my entire quest is to find magma!

Nah, you can still use magma to produce stuff. But don't get surprised when you discover that your dwarves are leisurely swimming in molten rock without getting any burns.

And, welcome to the forums. Soon enough, you will learn to hate cats, plot the death of your nobles, perform insane feats of construction and kill the tree-hugging elves.

[Starhero]

Nah, you can still use magma to produce stuff. But don't get surprised when you discover that your dwarves are leisurely swimming in molten rock without getting any burns.

And, welcome to the forums. Soon enough, you will learn to hate cats, plot the death of your nobles, perform insane feats of construction and kill the tree-hugging elves.
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Oh yeah I slaughter all animals, I figure when I need them, I'll buy them.

Elves seem to either honor the raiding option being off, or are bugged...I know I know, I am ruining my !!FUN!! with raiding off, but had to learn somehow with out dieing with in the first year or 2.

Ideas have been thought of on what I want to make, but no where close to making it (castle made out of PURE GOLD!

Right now i am just working on my water system, then i think i am gonna give my dwarfs sewage and in house plumping!

[Trapezohedron]

Nah, you can still use magma to produce stuff. But don't get surprised when you discover that your dwarves are leisurely swimming in molten rock without getting any burns.

And, welcome to the forums. Soon enough, you will learn to hate cats, plot the death of your nobles, perform insane feats of construction and kill the tree-hugging elves.

Oh yeah I slaughter all animals, I figure when I need them, I'll buy them.

Elves seem to either honor the raiding option being off, or are bugged...I know I know, I am ruining my !!FUN!! with raiding off, but had to learn somehow with out dieing with in the first year or 2.

Ideas have been thought of on what I want to make, but no where close to making it (castle made out of PURE GOLD!

Right now i am just working on my water system, then i think i am gonna give my dwarfs sewage and in house plumping!

It's actually better to keep a breeding pair of animals, just in case a dwarf might get moods and ask for leather, bone and whatever. Saltwater crocodiles are really nice pets to have, as they are non grazers, they lay incredibly large egg clutches, and they can usually handle themselves in a fight, usually mangling a foe before the crocodile dies. They are also large creatures, which means more bones, meat and a piece of leather per butcher.

And a crafty person can use pets as part of drawbridge traps, allowing you to kill large amounts of enemies in the most efficient way, when it comes to resources.

If you're still learning DF, I'd recommend you turn the raids on when you get comfortable handling the fortress management job. Spending about a year trying to flood a farm is a bad thing when next year, you've got ambushes and sieges waiting for you.

[Teneb]

30FPS with 150 dorfs is not a bad thing, actually. DF only uses one core, however.

Besides, temperature and invasions are Fun.


Welcome to the forums, by the way.

[King DZA]

Greetings from the King.

I didn't do it personally, but i don't see much problem with having sieges off while you get a handle on things. Just don't forget to learn about that sprawling mass of text that is the military screen.

[Kilroy the Grand]

I find that vanilla doesn't use temp all that much, but some mods use it extensivly.

Like arrows that explode inside goblins, or molten iron blood.

[Deimos56]

Ah so i take it magma forges won't work with out it? if so...screw turning it off...my entire quest is to find magma!

Nah, you can still use magma to produce stuff. But don't get surprised when you discover that your dwarves are leisurely swimming in molten rock without getting any burns.

Mind you, if they do that and don't clean off afterwards, fun will start occurring if you turn the temperature back on...

[Ironhand]

Also, "swimming" is a pretty generous term for most dwarves.

Welcome to the forum!