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gurra_geban

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kryostasis chamber
« on: February 23, 2008, 06:04:00 am »
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So, I had a pit full of puppies and 5 deep water, to the north was a wall, and behind that wall was magma. So I did the logical thing of getting rid of said wall. Steam comes up, and an unfamiliar alert pops up: Encased in magma!
This didn't actually seem to do anything though, which is the weird thing. I was hoping for something like Han Solo, you know, like a =natural puppy statue=. Anyways, puppies came out perfectly fine, much to my surprise.
I proceeded to carve out the NEW wall, which was one farther north then it was before, and I guess the water was no longer deep enough to solidify it so you know, puppies drowned.  

very special circumbstances, but creation of natural statues would be REALLY cool

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Re: kryostasis chamber
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2008, 10:11:00 pm »
Poor Seymour  :(
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2008, 11:01:00 pm »
The tough black mineral that won't cop out when heat's all about!  It's dolomite, baby!
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Re: kryostasis chamber
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2008, 11:22:00 pm »
Good news, everybody! If you quote a dead TV show long enough, it will come back to life! No, wait, I'm wrong.

That said, I think that a few good ideas can be salvaged from this; In particular, I think that what needs to be done is have statues changed from generalized to being of a specific creature or species, to distinguish them from engravings, which can describe more general events and concepts but are immobile.

Then, whenever a unit gets "encased in magma" it will burn up if it is flammable and make a basic quality shell-like statue. Similarly, a unit "encased in ice" will drown if possible and then create an ice statue that, if it melts, will re-expose the corpse. So, your glacier fortress can sell elves "glass statues" to take home... imagine their surprise when they get past snow line.

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Re: kryostasis chamber
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2008, 12:27:00 am »
Oo oo!  And if it solidifies fast enough the creature can be put into suspended animation and revived!!!  :D
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2008, 04:58:00 am »
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Originally posted by Ioric Kittencuddler:
<STRONG>Oo oo!  And if it solidifies fast enough the creature can be put into suspended animation and revived!!!   :D</STRONG>

In dwarf fortress EVERYTHING solidifies instantly.

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