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[CobaltKobold]

I'm pretty sure the former isn't in the game at all, and the latter gives the same type of silk as "small" cave spiders. Of course, I'm talking about vanilla here.

Same value, but not same type.

[Taco Dan]

I'm pretty sure the former isn't in the game at all

Cave spider
Giant cave spider

[assimilateur]

I'm pretty sure the former isn't in the game at all

Cave spider
Giant cave spider

By "former" I meant giant wolf spiders, which I don't remember ever encountering or even reading about.

[TheDJ17]

Giant Wolf Spiders are modded in, the only giant spider in Vanilla is the Giant Cave Spider.

[Cody1750]

That's odd, I didn't know there were any modded animals in Mike Mayday tileset.

Edit:
I found out where there from.   The orc mod had some animals that weren't in Vanilla.  Thought it just included orcs.

[assimilateur]

That's odd, I didn't know there were any modded animals in Mike Mayday tileset.

I play Mayday's DF as well, and I've never heard of those giant wolf spiders you mention.

[Sphalerite]

Today's facepalm:

When you have a single lever set to both raise a drawbridge and open some doors, the doors will open before the drawbridge raises.  This can cause massive flooding if you're using the lever to fill and drain water into a room attached to the bottom of your cistern.

[Graven]

I'm just going to leave this here...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Yey, finally a terrifying biome with a magma pit, a river and no aquifer! Man, am I a lucky guy, or what, eh? I'll just pause right after the embark and look around a bit, but I think I won't bother looking at the starting location, I just need to find a nice spot to dig the entrance to my future... "

*Everyone you've ever known in this world has died, hurrrrrrr!*

Turns out skeletal carp are quite an inquisitive and friendly species, running out to greet their new neighbours at the first sign of arrival.


edit : grammer iz gud

Re-edit : VVV "Those are no fish bones... those are battlestations!"

Sorry... had to say it.

[Doomshifter]

"Catten, why are those fish bones moving?"
"I think we should leave."

[Loyal]

I've got one.

I was carving out a small 'forward base' of sorts down near an underground river, so that when I opened it up my soldiers patrolling the area wouldn't have to walk hundreds of tiles every time they got hungry or thirsty (or switched shifts). I was carving out a passage for a well, and just after I dug out the tile to let the water INTO the passage, I noticed that the miner in question had been trapped by the water and was running down to the end of the passage (as opposed to walking up the stairs I had put there for just that purpose).

I think, annoying, but no big problem, I'll just have him dig his way out, then seal it up. And... well.

[NRN_R_Sumo1]

drinking while performing dorfy engineering.

The leafy landscapes were a tad.. warmer.. after that

I still have never managed to get a fully functional magma gate.

[Kyronea]

I've got one.

I was carving out a small 'forward base' of sorts down near an underground river, so that when I opened it up my soldiers patrolling the area wouldn't have to walk hundreds of tiles every time they got hungry or thirsty (or switched shifts). I was carving out a passage for a well, and just after I dug out the tile to let the water INTO the passage, I noticed that the miner in question had been trapped by the water and was running down to the end of the passage (as opposed to walking up the stairs I had put there for just that purpose).

I think, annoying, but no big problem, I'll just have him dig his way out, then seal it up. And... well.

Is said dwarf easily discouraged? If so, it makes sense. "Bah, screw trying to dig stairs while under many gallons of rushing water. I'll just succumb to mah fate."

[CobaltKobold]

their political-text content differs. ANYWAY.

Digging into frozen magmacap losing dwarf to the pipe going "Hey, free space! *bubble*"

[synthmon]

Maybe not so much a moment such as an entire facepalming session, but w/e.

Thinking, "Oh, there's barrels and barrels of food left, screw digging out somewhere to farm", I sat around and fiddled with beds and cisterns and what have you until all the beer ran out.
Since the map was absolutely devoid of water, I rushed off the nearest idle dwarf to build a still and told some other blokes to get plants for it. Not quite quickly enough however; two of the dwarves succumbed to thirst long before the farms bore fruit. I managed to get quite desperate and set the brewing to constant repeat, making my previously idle dwarf the busiest one in the fort. Unfortunately, it also turned out he was the expedition leader - so when my star miner got pissed about friendly deaths, he kept following the busiest dwarf in the fort around without the least chance to have a meeting.
So much so that Mr Miner got into a hissing fit and knocked the brewer into the wall, crushing his left arm. As the expedition leader lay in his bed with Mr Miner constantly by his side, I was left with three dwarves to keep up with farming, brewing, and caring for the wounded. Which was difficult, given that there was no water.

Here's to forethought!

[NRN_R_Sumo1]

I just found out that you can build wells above water, as in, with space inbetween.
I thought it had to float on top of it.. I've been spending all this time making massive pumping systems to bring water to differant layers..