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adamantine spires.
« on: April 10, 2013, 03:29:52 pm »

So yeah, I've ran into what I like to call an adamantine spire,(I don't know what the actual name for this event is) around 4-6 times, basically, it's a vein of adamantine that goes all the way to cavern level 1, or even cavern level 2, or... in one case... http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=61507.0

So yeah, is this a bug? Finding veins that don't stop at the end of the lava sea? And what are these things called? Have you experienced this in the past?
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Re: adamantine spires.
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2013, 03:49:14 pm »

These are Armoks, the God of blood, beard hairs that have fallen from the sky.
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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2013, 03:49:40 pm »

Well, the whole "extending into space" part is a bug, but reaching into the caverns is not too uncommon, and intentional. Try digging through one, there are nice things at the bottom!
Spoilers here.
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« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2013, 03:53:28 pm »

Well, the whole "extending into space" part is a bug, but reaching into the caverns is not too uncommon, and intentional. Try digging through one, there are nice things at the bottom!
Spoilers here.

Oh, is there a circus at the bottom?
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“Ok, Neo ChosenUrist, before you is two levers. Pull the Kimberlite lever -- you wakeup in a random bed and have whatever thoughts you want to think. You pull the Bauxite lever -- you stay in the caverns and I show you how deep the adamantine hole goes.” - psalms

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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2013, 04:11:48 pm »

Yeah, you have a chance to find a door to the circus tent on any level of an adamantine spire except the very top one. Even on very tall spires.
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2013, 07:02:02 pm »

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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2013, 07:23:02 pm »

I dont want to screen cap, it's annoying to do between downloading it on the web and stuff
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“Ok, Neo ChosenUrist, before you is two levers. Pull the Kimberlite lever -- you wakeup in a random bed and have whatever thoughts you want to think. You pull the Bauxite lever -- you stay in the caverns and I show you how deep the adamantine hole goes.” - psalms

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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2013, 05:14:22 am »

Well, can we just get the save then?

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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2013, 09:52:29 am »

sure, but i don't know a place to share files with... =/ does any1 have a link to a place I can do that at?
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“Ok, Neo ChosenUrist, before you is two levers. Pull the Kimberlite lever -- you wakeup in a random bed and have whatever thoughts you want to think. You pull the Bauxite lever -- you stay in the caverns and I show you how deep the adamantine hole goes.” - psalms

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Re: adamantine spires.
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2013, 10:44:28 am »

sure, but i don't know a place to share files with... =/ does any1 have a link to a place I can do that at?

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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2013, 06:01:24 pm »

*cough*

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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2013, 06:09:08 pm »

Well, in his defense, all four times I've tried to upload a save game to DFFD, with the appropriate folder saved in .zip format, DFFD has said "fuck you, I'm never moving past ???% of file uploaded, ever" every single time without fail. So, yeah. :o
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2013, 07:05:27 pm »

Try looking in the bottom left. It's uploading, just not telling you.

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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2013, 11:05:59 pm »

So yeah, I've ran into what I like to call an adamantine spire,(I don't know what the actual name for this event is) around 4-6 times, basically, it's a vein of adamantine that goes all the way to cavern level 1, or even cavern level 2, or... in one case... http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=61507.0

So yeah, is this a bug? Finding veins that don't stop at the end of the lava sea? And what are these things called? Have you experienced this in the past?
In my experience, adamantine spires in 34.11 routinely break through/into the bottom/lowest of three caverns.

I haven't ever seen a 34.11 vanilla worldgen/embark with a spire grown into the topmost or middle cavern, so if that's what this is, I would love to see it.

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« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2013, 11:13:22 pm »

So yeah, I've ran into what I like to call an adamantine spire,(I don't know what the actual name for this event is) around 4-6 times, basically, it's a vein of adamantine that goes all the way to cavern level 1, or even cavern level 2, or... in one case... http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=61507.0

So yeah, is this a bug? Finding veins that don't stop at the end of the lava sea? And what are these things called? Have you experienced this in the past?
In my experience, adamantine spires in 34.11 routinely break through/into the bottom/lowest of three caverns.

I haven't ever seen a 34.11 vanilla worldgen/embark with a spire grown into the topmost or middle cavern, so if that's what this is, I would love to see it.

In my current fortress, I encountered the top three levels of the spire in the bottom three levels of the third cavern.

So I agree with you.
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