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[Keldane]

I have decided, in the interest of maintaining my interest in this fort, to create this thread, and update once every couple of days with how I'm progressing towards my eventual goal of a large castle with proper ramparts, towers, and a little village within the walls. Of course, I have more motivation than that - I also need to comment on the effects of bringing 25000 granite blocks with me on embark.

Namely, I'm swimming in (36) horses.

My FPS is currently at a crawl, but the dwarves are diligently working to cull the horde of herd-beasts. I'm glad I opted to bring some 20 large gold pots with me; as it stands, I've already filled one with fat and two with organs, with a fourth currently being stuffed with prepared meals. I have five dwarves hauling bits of horse around while one brings them one by one into the butcher's shop and the last frantically tries to turn their remnants into roasts. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm going to have to put my slaughtering efforts on hold about halfway through and turn to booze instead, as that's probably about when I'll be running out. Time to make sure I've got spare barrels on reserve.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

Sounds neat. Castles are always cool.

[Girlinhat]

25,000 stone blocks?  That's probably what's killing your FPS more than anything!  Get building already!

[SirAaronIII]

...I also need to comment on the effects of bringing 25000 granite blocks with me on embark.

...bringing 25000 granite blocks with me on embark.

25000

[CinnibarMan]

e_o



That's a lotta blocks.

[Keldane]

25,000 stone blocks?  That's probably what's killing your FPS more than anything!  Get building already!

I don't doubt that they're cutting into my FPS, and given the massive increase I've gained just by bumping off the free horses, I'm not too terribly concerned. That said, I've been playing off and on constantly since I first posted, and I have only just reached summer. Only three more horses to go before construction begins.

[Girlinhat]

You'd be surprised.  I dug out an entire Z level once, and my fps dropped like a brick due to all the stone.

[Keldane]

You'd be surprised.  I dug out an entire Z level once, and my fps dropped like a brick due to all the stone.

As I say, I'm sure that all those blocks are keeping my FPS from being as high as it could be. I was just thinking that all the horses were likely suppressing it, as well, and they were something I could do something about faster (well, without force-quitting and re-embarking with fewer blocks, that is).

[Mister Always]

You can make large pots out of metal?

[MarcAFK]

Just curious, how many embark points did you need for that much stone?

[FearfulJesuit]

75000 embark points.

[Keldane]

75000 embark points.

For the stone, yes, and I brought it already in block form, so 125000.

You can make large pots out of metal?

Indeed you can; they appear under Other Objects in the forge menu.