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bmxbumpkin

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Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« on: November 16, 2015, 09:46:22 pm »

I just noticed one of my dwarves going to "attend meeting" outside my base.  caught my attention as he is "unhappy" and I was wondering where the hell he was going.  I then noticed he is walking towards some "uphill"(second story dwarf apartments above my main entrance and proceeds to "attend meeting" (I think he was screaming at my mayor or some such other about seeing a dead troglodyte.) THROUGH A DIRT WALL....

Just thought it was weird, should that really happen?
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Re: Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2015, 09:49:36 pm »

Presumably since Dirt walls aren't that strong (or as strong as, say, wood) He burst through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man.


To be serious, it's probably a bug that needs to be patched or something. I haven't seen that in game, so I find it peculiar.
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Re: Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2015, 09:59:59 pm »

On that note also is their a screenshot hotkey?  I was dying for it when it happened I thought it was so odd and hope to catch it again!
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Re: Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2015, 03:40:04 am »

I seem to remember a bug where the mayor could conduct meetings with diplomats through one tile of wall. Maybe that still applies and also to other types of meetings.
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Re: Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2015, 01:37:33 pm »

Yeah, this is an old bug that dates back to at least .31.25 and probably much earlier.  I guess the game only checks if they're in range and not whether they have line of sight.

I don't know of any screenshot key for DF specifically, but I always just use the print screen key on Windows to take screenshots.  Hit that, then go to MS Paint or any other image editor and paste.
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Re: Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2015, 04:57:53 pm »

I just use greenshot. Works great after a little fiddling with keybinds and output formats.
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Re: Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2015, 09:18:59 pm »

please elaborate miauw62, i have not heard of greenshot
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Re: Telepathic dwarf?, or just depth sounding
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2015, 09:06:00 am »

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Quote from: NW_Kohaku
they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.