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Zeebie

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Running out of dwarfs?
« on: November 28, 2011, 11:17:25 am »

If I'm reading the Legends XML right, my new world only has a couple hundred dwarfs still alive.  Do migrants get drawn from that number (or do they come from "off map")?  If so, would I stop getting migrants after enough of my dwarfs die in... accidents?
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Re: Running out of dwarfs?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2011, 11:28:51 am »

As far as I know, only the first two migrant waves are hardcoded.
So, if you get a world without any dwarfs, you will not get other than the first migrants.
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Sphalerite

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Re: Running out of dwarfs?
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2011, 11:40:04 am »

In the current version, migrants are created from scratch when they enter the map and aren't drawn from the existing world population.  So long as you have a viable dwarven civilization in your world, you don't need to worry about running out of immigrants.

This may change in the next version, where dwarves created in world history can show up as immigrants.  I don't know if the game will still make immigrants from scratch as needed, or if you'll actually be able to depopulate the world of dwarves by killing enough immigrants.
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Re: Running out of dwarfs?
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2011, 09:52:59 pm »

[...]you'll actually be able to depopulate the world of dwarves by killing enough immigrants.
I sense a new mega-project idea coming on!
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Is there any way (after killing them) to wear my enemies' skin, hands or even heads as a trophy or just for fun?

zubb2

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Re: Running out of dwarfs?
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2011, 10:01:30 pm »

Volcanoe sacrifice.

NO! wait ridding the world of elves.
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