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[rtg593]

So. Searching for a new site since my terrifying embark contained all of 5 zombies. Woo. Abandoned in year 3.

Found this site, listed major river, thought I remembered something about those being big, figured, eh, why not.

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That sucker is 26 tiles wide, at the narrowest, with 2 waterfalls from 2 separate rivers flowing in. My embark site:

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Nice little cliff. In case you're wondering, that's 13 z-levels of sheer drop to the major river surface. I have multiple cities of all civ's around me, so I expect alot of amushes and sieges... Think I'll build a trap involving getting flushed over that cliff into the river, lol.

This is gunna be fun :-D

EDIT: ... I'm going to lose a lot of dwarves over that cliff, I can feel it now:p

E2: Dear Armok, my FPS dropped from my normal 200 starting point to 79 when I unpaused... This fort might not live long, lol.

[SirAaronIII]

Nice!

I like the idea of you making a trap to knock people into the river. Sounds like FUN. (no ‼)

[rtg593]

Nice!

I like the idea of you making a trap to knock people into the river. Sounds like FUN. (no ‼)

My embark is a z-level below one of the rivers that end with a waterfall, so it will actually be pretty easy:p I chose a cold site, so hopefully a brief freeze, place some flood gates, dig a cistern for freezing time, and bam; trap ready:p

My entry tunnel is along the cliff, so replace the walls with bridges, build the cistern above and against the inner bridge, pull a lever, both drop, and the river is diverted across my entryway over the edge. Simple, elegant, what could possibly go wrong? Should work out well.

[kronith]

if you want to boost your fps a bit dam one of the waterfalls. those suckers eat fps if they are big enough.

[rtg593]

if you want to boost your fps a bit dam one of the waterfalls. those suckers eat fps if they are big enough.

2 waterfalls, 4 tiles wide, one with a 12 z-level drop, the other 14 z-level drop, that big enough? lol.

Side note, about to start digging down, have the surface area prepped and first entry dig complete, moving wagon stuff in now...

Question: Scouting the wall going down the cliff, the next 6 z-levels are listed as "Damp X X Wall."

Does that mean I have a 6 z-level deep aquifer beneath me? :/

EDIT: Oh heck ya, lots of exposed bit-coal and lignite... Along with copper and bronze ores... I'ma gunna be happy here, long as that isn't an aquifer as I suspect... Guess I'll just dig down and find out:p

[Girlinhat]

Upload a save please, that we might extract your delicious world seed.

[Old Greg]

Oof. Very well might be aquifer.

You know what that means? You have to create an awesome cliffside scaffold to get around it. Or, you know, just take the opportunity to create a metropolis entirely out of buildings hewn into the cliffside and bridges and other structures spanning the chasm

[rtg593]

Oof. Very well might be aquifer.

You know what that means? You have to create an awesome cliffside scaffold to get around it. Or, you know, just take the opportunity to create a metropolis entirely out of buildings hewn into the cliffside and bridges and other structures spanning the chasm

That could work... It'll have to be made out of (shudders) wood, however, since the stone layers start halfway into the apparent aquifer.

In other news, FPS: 14 (4). IT BURNS!!!!!

Save, uploaded to the first online file storage website google came up with ;-) http://www.4shared.com/zip/su-Nc6Mo/region3-spr-194.html?refurl=d1url

That save is the initial save, before I actually dug in. It's saved with the phoebus tile set, so I think you'll need to update it to work with whatever your using, but I'm sure you know that.

EDIT: In other news... Lungfish can fly. They're flying all up and down the canyon, 13 z-levels above the major river.

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And they're flying over land:

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Same spot, 1 z-level down:

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And invading my fort:

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[Girlinhat]

http://dffd.wimbli.com/ <- You can upload anything DF-related here rather safely.  I know for a fact that this is where you downloaded Phoebus from.

Also, flying lungfish sounds legit.  They can already occupy land.  Sky?  That's easy!

[rtg593]

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5805

Nu-uh, I got Phoebus from...uh... Ok ya, whatever;-)

34.03, by the way. Not updated yet, but far as I know there's no compatibility break?

[Frogwarrior]

Definitely file a bug report for those flying lungfish. Include a save with the phenomenon in effect, I think.

[Flying Dice]

Yeah, those waterfalls will murder your fps. Incidentally, that river is fairly average as majors go; I've had embarks with rivers 45 tiles wide at the narrowest..

[khearn]

Be careful of waterfalls. The water gets shallow right at the edge, so dwarves will path across it. Then they get in the water and get washed off. I'd build a bridge across that eastern small river ASAP or some hunter or fisher will try to get at something on the far side and a while later you'll get a missing dwarf report.

[Frogwarrior]

Buliding a bridge AND designating the entire riverbed as restricted both on the riverbed level (to prevent swimmers) and the ground level (to prevent prematurely ending iceskating parties) is a good idea.

[miauw62]

Oof. Very well might be aquifer.

You know what that means? You have to create an awesome cliffside scaffold to get around it. Or, you know, just take the opportunity to create a metropolis entirely out of buildings hewn into the cliffside and bridges and other structures spanning the chasm

Markarth is a dwemer (dwarven) city hewn into the cliffs of a valley in skyrim.
I say we try to remake it, df style.