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MinethatCrackers

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Getting a bit bored with the lack of gobbos...
« on: December 24, 2014, 11:46:15 am »
Does anyone know if DFHack still includes that "invasion-now" command?
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Re: Getting a bit bored with the lack of gobbos...
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2014, 12:09:02 pm »
The DFHack thread might be a better place to ask.
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Re: Getting a bit bored with the lack of gobbos...
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2014, 03:34:39 pm »
The "camp forever" bug that was fixed for 40.23 might lead to some more invasions. Here's hoping it fixes the siege scarcity.
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Re: Getting a bit bored with the lack of gobbos...
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2014, 11:25:33 pm »
It doesn't appear to be. I'm fairly certain that the strategy for forcing invasions in v0.34 no longer works, since invasions are much more complicated in v0.40 (for one thing, armies are tracked - it's harder to create an army and its history from scratch than to tell DF to make an invasion occur at a specific time in the future).
("It" referring to the script, not the bug.)
« Last Edit: December 27, 2014, 11:30:26 pm by lethosor »
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Quote from: Toady One on September 02, 2008, 06:12:34 pm
There was a typo in the siegers' campfire code. When the fires went out, so did the game.

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Re: Getting a bit bored with the lack of gobbos...
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2014, 01:15:29 am »
It won't increase the frequency of invasions, but there is significant evidence to suggest that taking goblin prisoners compels their homeland to expend exceptional effort to recover them. If you're looking for a fight, try... accommodating your guests, instead of murderizing them.

If gobbos just don't show up at all, the same trick works on the humans (and elves too, but they're more difficult to provoke.) Just attack the caravan, then immediately order a retreat (by taking the squad off-duty, stuff it with cowards to ensure heroics don't spoil the plan) down a cage-trapped hallway. Be sure nobody gets away if you do that though, or they'll report the locations of the traps.
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Re: Getting a bit bored with the lack of gobbos...
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2014, 05:43:07 am »
Beware of this bug, though.
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