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Awessum Possum

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Awesome Volcano
« on: January 04, 2012, 05:48:57 pm »
So after some adventuring on a large world I generated recently, I decided to settle down and found a Fortress for the glory of Armok. I embarked on a volcano out in the hills that I had seen while adventuring.

I embark only to find that my dwarves are almost at the top of the map, and we don't have a cart. I decide to found my fort near the volcano (Magma forges FTW!) so I scroll over and then start heading down. Turns out that the volcano wall as created a huge obsidian cliff face of epic proportions! :o

32 z-levels of sheer obsidian not a ramp in sight, by the time you get to the top virtually the entirety of the volcano is free of the mountain side. It's almost like the rock in Minas-Tirith except with MAGMA!

Err... How do I attach a save file?

« Last Edit: January 04, 2012, 05:51:22 pm by Awessum Possum »
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Mitchewawa

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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 06:47:37 pm »
http://dffd.wimbli.com/

It also might be worth the time to upload screenshots/3D map renders. The volcano sounds interesting  :P
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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 06:53:44 pm »
Welcome to Helms Deep.
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Awessum Possum

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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2012, 10:14:45 pm »
Quote from: Mitchewawa on January 04, 2012, 06:47:37 pm
http://dffd.wimbli.com/

It also might be worth the time to upload screenshots/3D map renders. The volcano sounds interesting  :P

I tried DFFD but it kept telling me it couldn't upload a file with the .sav extension.

What programs can I use to get a 3D render?
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Quote from: Plutocrat on December 04, 2011, 04:26:48 pm
because everyone here is OCD and ADHD, and then complain when their dwarfs act similarly in game.
Quote from: Elf Lover on January 04, 2012, 03:32:55 pm
@I used to be an axelord like you, until I took a (+bronze bolt+) to the upper leg, chipping the bone through the *copper leggings*!@

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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 02:15:24 am »
Overseer, and
you have to zip the game up first before upload.
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Sarganto

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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2012, 09:04:04 am »
GIVE ME THIS SAVE.

It shall be my precioussssss...... O_O
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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2012, 11:13:18 am »
Quote from: Mapleguy555 on January 05, 2012, 02:15:24 am
Overseer, and
you have to zip the game up first before upload.
Thanks.

Behold the Severe Fire! http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5325

Edit: Hmm Overseer would appear to be a .exe... This will take a while while I move the necessary files to windows...
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Quote from: Plutocrat on December 04, 2011, 04:26:48 pm
because everyone here is OCD and ADHD, and then complain when their dwarfs act similarly in game.
Quote from: Elf Lover on January 04, 2012, 03:32:55 pm
@I used to be an axelord like you, until I took a (+bronze bolt+) to the upper leg, chipping the bone through the *copper leggings*!@

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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2012, 01:49:46 pm »
This is a masterfully-engraved cliff dwelling in obsidian by Urist McAnasazi. It is encircled with bands of lava and menaces with spikes of green glass. On the item is an image of kittens. On the item is an image of Bomrek McKokopelli. BomrekMcKokopelli is surrounded by the kittens.

(In other words: Thank you, I've wanted a nice, sheer cliff face site for some time so I could try and make a cliff-dwelling style fort.)
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Sarganto

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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2012, 05:22:47 am »
Anyone up to post some screens with Stonesense?
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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2012, 05:30:31 am »
For a 32 z-level cliff face, I don't think Stonesense would cut it. Doesn't it still crash when you try to dump the whole map to an image?

Edit: yes, Stonesense still gives funky results, then crashes on a full-map, all-Z screenshot.
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This is the best I could do with limited-z. Maybe somebody with a higher-res monitor can do it justice.
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Sarganto

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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2012, 07:39:04 pm »
It is a really lovely embark.

But you really have to love galena, giving that it will be the only ore you will find...
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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2012, 08:03:47 pm »
Quote from: Sarganto on January 06, 2012, 07:39:04 pm
It is a really lovely embark.

But you really have to love galena, giving that it will be the only ore you will find...

Silver warhammer traps are a fantastic alternative to iron/steel traps.
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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2012, 08:34:14 pm »
Quote from: Sarganto on January 06, 2012, 07:39:04 pm
It is a really lovely embark.

But you really have to love galena, giving that it will be the only ore you will find...

That happens a lot, but it's not exclusive. If there's a good swath of forest biome, you might have sedimentary layers underneath it. I've got plenty of iron ores and other goodies underneath Torchfancied.
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Re: Awesome Volcano
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2012, 06:32:05 pm »
I've had an embark like that before. I think it's just a generation bug or something. Or it possibly could be like a gas pump for the massive godly cars that run on magma and burned kittens.
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