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blawrg

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« on: November 04, 2011, 08:25:55 pm »

I think they're should be an auto saving feature, perhaps an in-game yearly save. So in the case of a freezing, you revert to the last year.
Also, perhaps being able to expand to other regions, not just staying in your local area. My idea for this is you would have to get everyone ready for a move. Then you return to the original screen, but able to expand the map of your fortress.
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Re: 2 Ideas
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2011, 08:34:41 pm »

The first is already implemented. Check your init file.

The other is planned, or something like that at least.
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Re: 2 Ideas
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 09:48:05 pm »

thanks for telling me that =3
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Re: 2 Ideas
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2011, 12:53:01 am »

I'm hoping this talk about adding other planes by the developer is really other 'regions'.  I'm crossing my fingers, as I don't really want to see Forbidden Aliens, star gating in to fester things up.  There appears to be lots of blubber generated in world generation, just sitting there unused, without letting us interact, aside from launch, it gives it a sorta one sidedness.  If the devs do add other planes, as actual dimensions or rifts of altered reality, and it feels strange to play; I hope they offer a way to disable it. 

That's what I do with Demons. 

I noticed in the Lazy Newb world, that their was a way to disable the demons.  It plays so much more smoothly without some half goblin-demon obliterating the entire fortress singlehandedly.  Those things are gawdawful.  I fought one and my squads starved to death, while it stood there healing every kind of damage 32 soldiers inflicted. 

If you haven't tried a Lazy Newb World generation, try it, its a little bit more tame at the start and throughout.  When I setup my parameters for my world, Discworld and Bad Ass Mountains, I copied a lot of the settings from Lazy.  If only lightning would stab at the mountains like an inefficient assassin.  HEHE!  Although, I'm using a large world, they oddly enough gen very similarly.  I start at year 750ish, so I have some established civies to interact in. 

So far I got a Minotaur, a two headed Ettin, and a Cyclops.

If only the game had witches and wizards, Bad Ass would be complete.  Its easy to pretend the world is a disc supported on the back four elephants on the back of a great world turtle, A'tuin, swimming through space.  Really easy.  Dwarfs made and repaired flying broomsticks in Pratchett's world.  And did a poor job of it, just ask Granny Weatherwax.  LOL!

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Re: 2 Ideas
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2011, 01:03:02 am »

Granny Weatherwax.  LOL!

LOL!  She had to kick start her broomstick, by running along side it.  It iced up on her midway, as she tried to spin ahead time in the realm by flying the regions perimeter to put an exile prince back on his throne.  Dwarf repairmen, fixed the broom, so she could retry.  Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

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Re: 2 Ideas
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2011, 01:22:16 am »

Lazy Newb Pack has feature for yearly/seasonaly autosave.
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Re: 2 Ideas
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2011, 06:09:26 am »

Never mind i read it wrong
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