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Author Topic: I really want to go to the Circus  (Read 666 times)

Reelyanoob

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I really want to go to the Circus
« on: April 07, 2011, 03:04:57 am »

You know, the one with the BIG TENT?

Are there any worldgen / embark / mods / utilities which will make this more likely.

Other than running reveal on 100's of embarks.

How many circus's are in town? Is this per region or per world?
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Psieye

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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 03:07:18 am »

There is one per 16x16 embark tile region. Thus you could absolutely guarantee one by embarking on a 16x16 region, run reveal, note exactly where the tent is, savescum and then embark normally on that specific area.
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Reelyanoob

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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 03:11:25 am »

There is one per 16x16 embark tile region. Thus you could absolutely guarantee one by embarking on a 16x16 region, run reveal, note exactly where the tent is, savescum and then embark normally on that specific area.
Thanks, that answers a lot of questions I had.

Now, it a matter of coaxing my laptop to actually embark on a 16x16 (I gave this up a couple of times due to the excessive lag - it never seemed to load).

Maybe it can cope with embarking 4 times at 8x8, I might get lucky and hit it on the first try (1/4 chance)
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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 03:28:04 am »

You could have just used
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
unless... well, you really meant a big tent.
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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2011, 03:32:08 am »

I was really trying to find a circus in one of my worlds, I embarked in so many different places. :/
Good to know how to find 'em!
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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2011, 06:17:42 am »

Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't the circus underpin the entire world more or less uniformly now?
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Reelyanoob

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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2011, 06:20:26 am »

Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't the circus underpin the entire world more or less uniformly now?
One per embark region, apparently, though i've searched all 4 8x8 quadrants of a 16x16 region and not found anything, I blame my quirky worldgen parameters (reducing z-levels deep down).

And anyway, if there's 1 per 16x16 embark region you have to be pretty lucky to find it on a 2x2 or 3x3 embark
« Last Edit: April 07, 2011, 06:22:09 am by Reelyanoob »
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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2011, 06:23:09 am »

Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't the circus underpin the entire world more or less uniformly now?

Spoiler: The circus (click to show/hide)
does. The
Spoiler: big top (click to show/hide)
is something different - kind of like a
Spoiler: clown car (click to show/hide)
on steroids.
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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2011, 08:53:07 am »

I thought the concession stand just had a stick of cotton candy in it and a glowing floor imprisoning the (finite?) clowns. You can just floor over them. Not really on steroids.
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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2011, 09:01:08 am »

Are those pretty swords still visible in stocks -> weapons menu?
I haven't seen one for a long time.
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Sarda

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Re: I really want to go to the Circus
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2011, 09:01:50 am »

Yes, if you have one.
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