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[tomtherat]

Sadly, I'm abandoning this one.  No matter what I do, the caravans won't come back and I can't get a king to move in.  This thing will just never feel *complete* without one.

Before killing it I thought I'd share.

From the top to the bottom:

The apiary and spire - http://imgur.com/a/xLUji
Upper craft levels - http://imgur.com/a/shraA
Entrance + Military wing - http://imgur.com/a/ZDlls
Outer walls - http://imgur.com/a/KJFI0
Lower craft levels + living - http://imgur.com/a/LOoWk
The Deeps- http://imgur.com/a/8e2UO

34 levels of fortress, my double-central staircase design for maximum efficiency.  Gold and marble staircases running up and down.

Looking forward to DF2013!

[Urist McMontros]

God damn, I'd be happy just to get a fortress half as good as that...

All I've ever dreamed of is to have a proper set up...

[Ubiq]

No matter what I do, the caravans won't come back and I can't get a king to move in.

What does your civilization screen say for that fort?

[tomtherat]

No matter what I do, the caravans won't come back and I can't get a king to move in.

What does your civilization screen say for that fort?

Got a dwarf, elf and human civilization in there.  Becoming the capitol says I'm missing 5k in offerings, despite having offered over 100k to prior caravans.

[Ubiq]

What about the leaders?

Also, you did specifically designate the goods to be offered to your monarch with 'o', right?

[RabidAnubis]

 

Great job man!  I see that you use the Z axis to your advantage very well!

[tomtherat]

What about the leaders?

Also, you did specifically designate the goods to be offered to your monarch with 'o', right?

The dwarf civ has a Queen, indicates that I have an active trade agreement (last update 4 years prior) and shows that we have traded quite a bit of goods.  Oh, 147k of offerings listed in the civ screen.  :/

[tomtherat]

Great job man!  I see that you use the Z axis to your advantage very well!

The goal was that most if not all finished good stockpiles are less than 20 squares from the trade depots.  Having the "finished" goods stockpiles between the two staircases on every level means moving things to and from the original location of the trade depots -really- fast.  Plus having dwarves walk by dozens of gold statues no matter where they want to go never hurts.

[thegoatgod_pan]

Wait!

I think I see your problem!

It is not the gifts, it is the lack of roads. Royalty require a road of a certain value (e.g either rather big, or small but made of gold bars). Maybe I was looking in the wrong place (I only looked at the images) but I saw no roads, build some and the queen will come . I think...

[tomtherat]

It is not the gifts, it is the lack of roads. Royalty require a road of a certain value (e.g either rather big, or small but made of gold bars). Maybe I was looking in the wrong place (I only looked at the images) but I saw no roads, build some and the queen will come . I think...

Naw, I got the road leading from the inner moat to the outer wall.  In the "becoming the capitol" screen the road requirement is satisfied. 

[Nasikabatrachus]

It is not the gifts, it is the lack of roads. Royalty require a road of a certain value (e.g either rather big, or small but made of gold bars). Maybe I was looking in the wrong place (I only looked at the images) but I saw no roads, build some and the queen will come . I think...

Naw, I got the road leading from the inner moat to the outer wall.  In the "becoming the capitol" screen the road requirement is satisfied. 

What version are you all using? I got my vampire king without building a single road, and there's no road requirement on the "becoming the capital" screen for me.

Also, have you set your population cap below 120 140? There's a population requirement as well.

The fort has to be a metropolis:

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Metropolis

Apparently there are even labor requirements, which I did not realize.

[tomtherat]

It is not the gifts, it is the lack of roads. Royalty require a road of a certain value (e.g either rather big, or small but made of gold bars). Maybe I was looking in the wrong place (I only looked at the images) but I saw no roads, build some and the queen will come . I think...

Naw, I got the road leading from the inner moat to the outer wall.  In the "becoming the capitol" screen the road requirement is satisfied. 

What version are you all using? I got my vampire king without building a single road, and there's no road requirement on the "becoming the capital" screen for me.

Also, have you set your population cap below 120 140? There's a population requirement as well.

The fort has to be a metropolis:

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Metropolis

Apparently there are even labor requirements, which I did not realize.

It is a metropolis, and before atom smashing 75 dwarves for framerate issues I was at 220.  I'm sure that the offerings is the issue, it shows in the becoming the capitol screen as 0/5000 offerings.  With no caravans coming I'm just stuck.

[Nasikabatrachus]

That stinks. Any idea why the caravans stopped coming? I'm guessing a diplomat got killed, but I don't know what effect that would actually have.

[Thormgrim]

I hate to say it, but if you say the name out loud, it does fit what happened to you...

[DanteThanatos]

I bow to your Fort, my fellow dwarf.
It seems the queen is ashamed of walking those corridors after spending her time in the rough stone that was her prior house.