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Author Topic: Face Palm moments you had in Dwarf Fortress  (Read 2213353 times)

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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4080 on: March 22, 2011, 06:38:23 pm »

Just realized gobbos with croc mounts still can swim, and went straight down into the murky pool supplying the well in my meeting hall. My militia was on the other side of the fortress, dealing with the land-locked invaders. Much fun ensued.

This'll hopefully teach me to use floor bars.
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« Reply #4081 on: March 22, 2011, 07:23:12 pm »

Accidently hitting the 'u' key...

Any other top-level commands that arn't listed?
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4082 on: March 22, 2011, 08:12:47 pm »

but for some reason there is this single sock sitting there... can't build the trap with that sock the way... nope.
Dwarves will move owned objects in order to build things. As with any object on a building site, it must be unforbidden and able to be moved orthogonally.
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4083 on: March 23, 2011, 10:28:12 am »

specificaly choosing volcanoe for easy magma forge access, then realizing i didnt even check to see if there were any metals in the map, and not having found any.....
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« Reply #4084 on: March 23, 2011, 10:31:32 am »

Spent some time digging a flush trap, using water to knock enemies into a colossus pit. Finally I dug up to the aquifer for the water supply...

... and went all the way to the surface without striking water. Turns out the 2Z thick aquifer that caused me so much trouble on embark only covers half the map!
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« Reply #4085 on: March 23, 2011, 11:51:06 am »

Sent a squad to fight a forgotten beast, and in its wake follow half a dozen children that happily run into the spreading fire to die. At some point it's just not quaint anymore. I need a break.
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« Reply #4086 on: March 24, 2011, 03:56:20 am »

I have two FP's

1. Not realising until now (after playing DF for years) that I could build aboveground crops belowground so long as I channeled out above them. There goes all my frustration at not being able to place nice, regularly shaped gardens aboveground (because of rocks, boulders and trees)

2. My latest version magma pipe discovered and now is draining into the magma sea ~ 50 levels below.. I liked that magma on the surface and its slowly draining away!
« Last Edit: March 24, 2011, 04:18:32 pm by gordy »
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« Reply #4087 on: March 24, 2011, 10:49:58 am »

Build a long narrow corridor of spike traps and forget to add a trigger.
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« Reply #4088 on: March 24, 2011, 12:39:43 pm »

2. My latest version magma pipe discovered and now is draining into the magma sea ~ 50 levels below.. I liked that magma on the service and its slowly draining away!

Does your map have large elevation changes?
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« Reply #4089 on: March 24, 2011, 04:23:20 pm »


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Does your map have large elevation changes?

You could say that. The majority is flat and wet but the volcano extends aboveground about 12 z. The mama was just under the surface when the map started and has been slowly draining away ever since. The volcano is kinda squareish so it might cross a biomedical 


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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4090 on: March 24, 2011, 05:01:15 pm »

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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4091 on: March 24, 2011, 05:54:43 pm »


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Does your map have large elevation changes?

You could say that. The majority is flat and wet but the volcano extends aboveground about 12 z. The mama was just under the surface when the map started and has been slowly draining away ever since. The volcano is kinda squareish so it might cross a biomedical

Actually, your magma sea is quite possibly draining off into some special features due to a glitch with map generation.
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« Reply #4092 on: March 24, 2011, 06:26:41 pm »

Is it normal to have a groom of a night creature as a king? I just got an artifact that told me one of my civ's kings was the groom of a shadow woman...
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« Reply #4093 on: March 24, 2011, 09:56:23 pm »

Is it normal to have a groom of a night creature as a king? I just got an artifact that told me one of my civ's kings was the groom of a shadow woman...
This issue has been discussed previously, and if memory serves, it stems from the fact that after a creature is converted by a night creature, all historical references to them change to reference their new state.
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« Reply #4094 on: March 26, 2011, 12:35:22 am »

Is it normal to have a groom of a night creature as a king? I just got an artifact that told me one of my civ's kings was the groom of a shadow woman...
From what I've seen in Legends Mode, your civ should have "hired" a new king the year after that one became the shadow woman's husband.
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