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Micro102

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« on: October 14, 2008, 11:20:38 pm »
would it be possible for someone to have a map, build a fortress (abondon it if he/she has to), then download the map, and let other people build on it? eventually leading to fortresses starting near other fortresses.
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inaluct

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Re: community map
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2008, 11:28:34 pm »
Are you psychic? Because you just guessed what we're planning on doing several weeks ago.

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=25429.0

Anyway, you should sign up. It'll be fun.
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Micro102

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Re: community map
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2008, 11:50:43 pm »
id love to but im not too confident in my code editing abilities. i have a pretty nice fortress going and i dont want to make a mistake and lose it because im changing the rules for another game.

but if you can give me a way to keep this from happening ill try it. really dont know anything about editing though
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Teeto_K

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Re: community map
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2008, 11:59:05 pm »
A completely seperate DF folder where you do your RAW edits. One where none of your saves are. It's the safest way, and it's what I did for my own projects.
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Micro102

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Re: community map
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2008, 01:10:20 am »
is there like a guide to this or something? i really dont want to lose my fortress, 3rd year and ive already got a baron. best fort ive ever made

not a guide about everything about editing. just what ill need to do for this
« Last Edit: October 15, 2008, 01:17:59 am by Micro102 »
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Thuellai

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Re: community map
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2008, 02:41:38 am »
Just copy-paste your DF folder.  Or, alternatively, re-extract it into a new folder.  Bam.  Clean version that won't screw with your existing save.
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Micro102

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Re: community map
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2008, 03:30:43 am »
ok but if my game gets screwed up im holding you repsonsable for it lol.
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