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[Begory]

well like the title says i'm new to this forum and only resonantly started to play dwarf fortress i rather like it and it is quite a fun game so any ways onto the point I have two questions

First: how do i increase the population of my dwarfs?

Second: i download a mod to make the game look better will it affect my game play? such as change it from the original version? (please answer if you know) and so you know what im talking about this is the mod
http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/df.htm ( sorry don't know how to do hyper links the name you'll just have to copy and paste the name of this mod is May Green)

-begory

[Dragooble]

to increase your forts population you have to wait for migrants to show up.
they usually do so in the spring of your second year.(the year you started in being the first.) after that im not sure if there's a schedule for migrants to show up.
a graphics mod will not change your gameplay other than making the game look different, and maybe change some hotkeys and stuff in the .ini
EDIT: oh and it will say what version the mod is compatible with so you dont have to worry since that particular one is compatible with the latest version.
however you will need to create a new folder and new world for it to take effect.

[JoshuaFH]

well like the title says i'm new to this forum and only resonantly started to play dwarf fortress i rather like it and it is quite a fun game so any ways onto the point I have two questions

First: how do i increase the population of my dwarfs?

Second: i download a mod to make the game look better will it affect my game play? such as change it from the original version? (please answer if you know) and so you know what im talking about this is the mod
http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/df.htm ( sorry don't know how to do hyper links the name you'll just have to copy and paste the name of this mod is May Green)

-begory

Hi Begory, welcome to bay12 forums, i hope you like it here! its alot of fun.

i'm not sure what you mean by 'population of my dwarfs' but i'm assuming you mean 'how do i get more dwarves', and that is quite simple. as you play, you will receive migrants that will appear and join you about once or twice a year.

if by chance you mean TOTAL population, i believe you can mod it to be higher than 200 i believe.

[Begory]

Mmmk thanks for all your help you'll properly hear more from about this game im really into it and don't mind the learning curb for any one reading this my questions have been answered

thanks
Begory

[Ivefan]

Welcome.
Migrants arrive from time to time during the whole year and the amount depends on your fortress wealth. The known(to the migrants) wealth depends on the dwarven traders and is updated when they leave the site.
There is also offspring from married couples but it takes 12 years for them to become adults.
For max population/children check the init.ini in the data folder.

Mike maydays graphic pack comes ready to use so just download it and play.
If you've got a save you want to use simply move the save folder to the new DF folder

If you haven't found it yet - http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net
Wery helpfull

[LegoLord]

*que creepy high-pitched voice*
"Oooh, crunchy crunchy Newb!"

resonantly started to play

So how does that work?

[JoshuaFH]

*que creepy high-pitched voice*
"Oooh, crunchy crunchy Newb!"

resonantly started to play

So how does that work?

easy, he plays while vibrating quickly.

[Begory]

Thanks for all your help i have another question mmk so i build some cages in prison thing such as goblins (when i find one) and i was wondering is the icon like a door and you have to build a small room for it. Or is the icon its self the cage thanks again and legodude stop being a troll and go play with your legos

[Karlito]

The tile that shows a cage is in itself the cage and will contain all of the little critters you capture within the cage.  That was your question, right?

[LegoLord]

Thanks for all your help i have another question mmk so i build some cages in prison thing such as goblins (when i find one) and i was wondering is the icon like a door and you have to build a small room for it. Or is the icon its self the cage thanks again and legodude stop being a troll and go play with your legos

Oh, come on, I'm just kidding.  When I make remarks like that, you really shouldn't take them like that.  Everything I could have contributed had already been said, so I thought I'd say something crazy to welcome you to this crazy forum.

[Begory]

Oh i would like to apologize i haven't really got to know you wouldn't have know that it was your own way of saying welcome  so ill try to keep an open mind mmk on to second line of businesses thank you (forgot your name) yes that was what i was asking but i'm curious to what i was thinking about is there a door i can use to make a jail cell not a box if not i might have miss interpreted what the topic was talking about. I'm only gonna ask about things that are not on the wiki tutorial because i know tending to a noobs questions isnt the funnest thing in the wordl

[LegoLord]

It's a lot of people's way of saying welcome on this forum.  Like I said, crazy forum.

So.  Jail cells.  Personally, I use metal chains.  But you have a gobbo in a cage, so that won't work.  I believe that if you designate a room with "r," doors will act as a boundry for the room unless the door is set as internal.  Of course, since it's a cage that isn't used for the justice system, dwarves will treat the room as a zoo and gather in there.

[Begory]

well guess what thats right anooother question just wanted to jaze it up a bit mmmk so i cant really grasp how to make miltiary i now right now i dont need em but how do i make em i got miners from mining so i thought maybe a dwarf becomes a warrior from fighting so i made him a hunter and the deer or something kicked the crap out of him and hast woken up since also i havent encountered any thing other then deer i think. if you wondering what i mean i haven't seen any cobalts goblins humans or what not im thinking my world is new so there isn't many of em. Im sorry for this thread its gotten bigger then expected im just so fascinated by this game and this are questions that are bugging me threw out the day so you'll have to excuse me. now im not getting any stone i know why but i dont know what it is. t the start of my campaign i clicked embark and it sayed this area has aqua (something like that) it might be hard to find stone

hope your enjoying these massive amount of questions
your friendly neighborhood noob (that's right i know where you live) Begory

[Dragooble]

your looking for the word "aquifer"
im pretty sure that means that your stone layers will leak water.
you can find ways to fix this on the dwarf wiki.
as for your problem with getting no non-dwarf visitors it might have to do with
your terrain make a copy of your save of your fortress, abandon and go look back at where you started. hit tab untill it shows your neighbors.(what can access your sight)
and yes, this game can conjur up some REALLY wierd questions.
if i fill the water with magma will i get fish fossils in obsidian?
are catapulting kittens or elves more effective?

EDIT: edited because of possible spoilers.

[Qloos]

Aquifers are underwater sources of water that inhibit you from reaching stone but at the same time they provide an unlimited source of fresh water and fishing (oddly enough.)  Getting past an aquifer is quite difficult for a new player and even experienced players depending on what they have to work with.

To enlist a dwarf into the military press "m" to bring up the military screen and then press "a" on any dwarf you want to activate or deactivate from service.  Alternatively you can press v and select a dwarf on screen hitting p for that dwarfs preferences and then hitting a again.