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Captain Willy

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I have never found a cave of something.
« on: September 05, 2012, 09:27:03 pm »
I have experienced most of dwarf fortress at least once, except for lairs of something. I even have a bad habit of making new worlds when I'm bored so all the more opportunity. Are they just really rare or am I unlucky. Do they show up on map stream, like when it says there is a river or town in that square?

I think something else living on the map would be cool, a little competition, at least int he start.
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2012, 09:54:19 pm »
In the init.txt files, there is a way to make lairs show up on the embark screen. Use the wiki to find it and utilize it. My last fortress was (accidentally) on a Night Troll Lair.
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2012, 10:34:27 pm »
I turn on caves always visible and I've never found one either.  It would be useful to hear any anecdotes about how to find such a thing for myself as well.  Is there any specific indication on the world map or anything?
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2012, 12:33:32 am »
Quote from: ledgekindred on September 05, 2012, 10:34:27 pm
I turn on caves always visible and I've never found one either.  It would be useful to hear any anecdotes about how to find such a thing for myself as well.  Is there any specific indication on the world map or anything?
It will show up on the region map looking like a boulder. The local map will then have a square of boulder icons denoting exactly where the cave is.
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2012, 12:42:30 am »
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2012, 08:38:13 am »
I have accidentally embarked on a "lair".  In my case, it was a bit of hillside covered in about two dozen bits of elf-gear and craft goods.  Apparently, not all lairs are in caves.
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2012, 08:43:51 am »
On my map lairs/caves looked like the square icon (like trees views from one level up). But this may be the fault of a bad tileset.
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2012, 10:06:41 am »
Embarking on them often sets a new level of difficulty.  How long can you go without your next door neighbor the bronze collosus realizing you're next door (as soon as I realized he wasn't going to automatically attack, I became complacent and FUN ensued.)
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Re: I have never found a cave of something.
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2012, 10:30:59 am »
Next strange mood, keep fingers crossed for artifact hatch cover.
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