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[leontas2007]

Can you please upload the save with the elves if you still have it? I really want to see your fortress!

[PatrikLundell]

I just saved and quit, so it's still "active".

http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/3rGvn2u0/file.html

[leontas2007]

I just saved and quit, so it's still "active".

http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/3rGvn2u0/file.html

thanks for share

[nanomage]

Wow this seems like one of those wonderful bugs that occur from time to time in DF? Thanks for the save I think I'll grab it and perhaps start a community/succession fortress tonight since it seems broken in a pretty promising way.

[Rafatio]

Have you checked the craftsman's shop? "Grow wood from seeds" turns a random seed into four logs! The secret of grown elvish wood has been celery seeds all along.

[NJW2000]

REALLY???

Does this need to be wiki'd? Seems like a discovery... hey, we CAN now play with elves!!!! Wow!

[Dunamisdeos]

I'm sad, I thought this was going to be a thread about How to play with, not as, elves.

I usually play with elves and falling masonry together, for instance. It's like oreos and milk.

[Urist McVoyager]

Honestly, I'd rather play as them than torture them. Though these days I'd rather play as dwarves than anything else, since I'm getting tired of slow-start surface life.

[Chevaleresse]

I've actually got an Elf Mode mod written up. The thread should still be around here...


Aha, found it: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=143616.0
Install is pretty simple: drag, drop, and replace as indicated.


Gameplay is a bit different from dwarf mode, you need trade to obtain picks and your fort is gonna revolve around your heartwood shrines, which generate logs. I also can't flag the reaction products as grown, so if you want to trade with your native civ you'll have to go through the dwarves or humans first.

[leontas2007]

I hardly can play as dwarfs. Recently a necromancer came, revived some dead animals and kill most of my dwarfs. I really can't understand how to build good defence besides from bridges to block the path of the enemies. My squards are always killed and so on. So......if I can't play with dwarfs, then I can't play with elves for sure.

I should look for more advanced tutorials.

[PatrikLundell]

There are several strategies to handle attacks. Mine is based on drawbridges and cage traps, with repeating menacing spear traps for trap immune enemies.
Also, when in doubt, run and turtle (i.e. lock yourself in). The enemy will pace outside, but at worst they'll stay for a year (as far as I know, but Titans and (semi)megabeasts might not leave at all [were creatures leave when turning back, but ettins, etc. might stay. They're easily caught in traps, though]).