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Langolier

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Dune Fortress
« on: July 07, 2012, 12:50:25 pm »
Hello errbody. I'm a new player, having a blast so far but one thing about this game is weird. Every time I play it, I'm reminded of the whole Dune universe. I don't know if anybody here is familiar with it but that's the vibe this game gives me and I can't figure out why that is. I don't see how my mind links sci fi with drunken dwarves. Anybody else out there had this feeling? Or am I going looney?
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Triaxx2

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2012, 01:10:15 pm »
Not just you. Annoyingly frustrating nobility, insane characters, people being mostly effective when on drugs/drunk.
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Felius

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2012, 01:12:03 pm »
And now I want to see a dune mod for DF.
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"Why? We're the Good Guys, aren't we?"
"Yes, but that rather hinges on doing certain things and not doing others." - Paraphrased from Discworld.

weenog

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2012, 01:40:57 pm »
I don't get much of a Dune vibe out of it, but now I wonder if introducing langoliers to the game could help with FPS problems in mature fortresses.
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Listen up: making a thing a ‼thing‼ doesn't make it more awesome or extreme.  It simply indicates the thing is on fire.  Get it right or look like a silly poser.

It's useful to keep a ‼torch‼ handy.

Mr S

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2012, 02:11:02 pm »
In Dune mode, Dorfs will wear thier own Stills!!!  Brilliant!!!
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flieroflight

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2012, 02:17:02 pm »
The booze must flow.

Also, sandworms as megabeasts.
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krenshala

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2012, 03:07:43 pm »
Quote from: Mr S on July 07, 2012, 02:11:02 pm
In Dune mode, Dorfs will wear thier own Stills!!!  Brilliant!!!

Heh, true "still"-suits. :D

And I can totally see adding sandworms to the game.  Getting their life-cycle right may be a bit of a challenge, however.
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Zepave Dawnhogs the Butterfly of Vales the Marsh Titan ... was taken out by a single novice axedwarf and his pet war kitten. Long Live Domas Etasastesh Adilloram, slayer of the snow butterfly!
Doesn't quite have the ring of heroics to it...
Mother: "...and after the evil snow butterfly was defeated, Domas and his kitten lived happily ever after!"
Kids: "Yaaaay!"

thegoatgod_pan

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2012, 04:30:04 am »
Dwarves are kinda like fremen, vicious weird bastards who need drugs to function, are fiercely independent and brutal in a fight. Wouldn't be too hard to mod in harvesting water from the dead either...
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EggFibre

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Re: Dune Fortress
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2012, 04:44:14 am »
The is/was a Dune Mod IIRC. Don't know if it was any good though.
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