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[Demonic Spoon]

I always limit my forts to 50 dwarves.

[nahkh]

Go ahead and do whatever it takes to bring the framerate down. (Even, or especially if that involves identifying friendless dwarves and giving them magma baths, slaughtering all livestock and quantum stockpiling.)

The problem is that dwarf limits are defined elsewhere in the game folder (data/init unless memory fails.). So... maybe start uploading the whole df folder? (minus any unrelated saves?)

[Demonic Spoon]

I shall make it my solemn duty to speed up the game, through whatever means neccessary.

[nil]

Since when is 16 FPS that bad?

I don't start to say uncle 'til the single digits...

One really painless method that could give us some speed, tho, would be putting traffic restrictions on the outdoors and especially on the unused mining shafts (if you do that second one might want to nuke the stone stockpile too).  If the dwarves skip over areas they never use when pathfinding for food, drink, sleep and jobs it gives you more speed.

[crash2455]

I'll keep that in mind.  For the moment, I'm switching to my tower and turning off temp.  I'll try and add traffic restrictions on all exploratory tunnels.

Also, I think we're down to something like 7 animals at this point. I'll start looking for dwarves who can have. . . unfortunate accidents.

[Skid]

Might be time to start atom smashing extra stone?

[crash2455]

I'm trying to set that up (along with a few catapults), but I'm presently trying to manage a tantrum spiral.

[crash2455]

Wow, I don't think I can recover from this one.  Population is currently 86.  I'll try and play it through because at this rate, it's inevitable anyway.

Edit:  I'm pretty sure we're not recovering from this:  Population is 58.

[nahkh]

If worse comes to worst, reclaim. Or savescum, whichever.

[crash2455]

Well, it appears that the tantrum spiral is coming to a close.  Total population is 48.  I just want to pull out of this so that I can see the engravings of people burning and starving to death.

[crash2455]

I'm uploading the tantrum spiral save and the other save.  Of the remaining 48 dwarves, I think there's still something like 5 tantruming dwarves in the spiral, so take it as you will.  Also keep in mind that if you take the pre-siege save, the dwarves are on a hair trigger to tantruming.  Do everything in your power to make them happy.  There's also a lot of construction differences between pre and post-spiral forts.

Pre Spiral

Post-Spiral

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Managerial Notes of Crash Stuntman, On-Site Foreman.

Start construction of pumps

Order all animals to be butchered and the rest to die in. . . unfortunate accidents.

Ordered adamantium plate to be built.  Also started mining further adamantium.

Seemed redundant to have moat and wall.  Decided to floor over moat and build a second wall filled with lava.

Ordered all unusable iron to be melted down and made into chain for our new fortress guard.

Oh my god I hate kobold thieves. Stop annoying me!

Begin to assemble small gnome army outside the demon pits.  The last line of defense in the event of an attack.

Upgraded all soldiers to wear full plate.  All guards now wear chain.

Child gets possessed.  Grabs raw adamantine, a few logs, iron bars, a lot of bones, some turtle shell, and a gem.  This should be cool.

Ordered doors to be placed in the new crypt, and that the walls be smoothed.

Yay!  We struck galena!  Lead cages for all!

Apparently the last leader decided to build a backdoor to the demon pits.  I'm not quite sure why, but at least he didn't assign digging directly into it.  From the looks of it, he plans to drain the cave river directly on our foes.

The child has finished, creating Dabbledleaves, the craziest earring I've ever seen.  I only wish he had made two.

With plans to start pumping magma in place, I seal off all magma needed to power the forges and smelters.

Found a legendary peasant and drafted him to join the deathbringers.  It's not really in my job description, but the kid looked really strong and really bored.  The addition of this new recruit called for smoothing and engraving of the entire deathbringer quarters.

Due to some major idiocy, it appears my order for adamantium plate is going to be on hold until my smelters get their heads out of their asses and look at how much adamantium we have.

What the hell?  Tigers?!  Nobody told me we had tigers.  Must find way to harness tiger power.

Finished planning the great wall of magma.  Our defenses shall be impregnable.

Too many workers have been bothering me about pointless things.  I designated an office be made for me.

Tragedy struck today, when a woodcutter removed a piece of construction that was vital to holding up a wall.  As the structure gave out under him, he fell 16 floors to his gruesome death.  The only solace is that he died next to the crypts.

Ordered the construction of 3 catapults to dispose of waste stone.

SIEGE!  Approx 35 Goblins, nothing our champions can't handle. 

I stand corrected.  24 casualties, including nil, leader of the deathbringers.  He will be missed.

Oh my GOD!  Everyone is rioting!  The sheriff can't issue out any jail sentences either because he himself has been imprisoned.

A jeweler begins to stalk and brood. . .  Apparently he's waiting for dwarf bones.

A peasant has fallen into melancholy.  A child is melancholic.

A diplomat has left unhappy.

WHO KEEPS DROWNING ALL THESE BABIES?!  STOP DROWNING BABIES AND START BURYING DWARVES!

STOP GOING CRAZY!  STOP BREAKING MY STUFF!  SHUT THE FUCK UP ASSHOLES! DAMN BABIES KEEP DROWNING!  STOP DROWNING ALL THE BABIES AND GET BACK TO WORK!

More workers are going insane and throwing themselves into the magma pool.

Oh shit!  CRAZY FISHERMAN!  RUN AWAY! 

Oh, what the hell?  Somebody destroyed a farm?  How do you even do that?  It's just soil!

OH SHIT CRAZY MILLER AND STONECRAFTER!  RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

The cannibalistic jeweler has gone insane.

While I wasn't watching, a worker destroyed the mist generator.

Dyer taken by fell mood.  Murders a child, which for some reason is more important than the other 9 million murders that have happened here.  Creates Sickmirror, a dwarf leather backpack.

With nobody stepping up to be captain of the guard, I decide to volunteer.  It gives me more reason to convert my office into a panic room.  In the case that the tantrum spiral gets out of control, my family and I can always just seal off the doors and be safe.

[nahkh]

Ok... Demonic Spoon, take your pick of the two saves offered. If crash's save is unplayable, load the older one. Your call.

Also, a brief announcement, I'll be away for the weekend. You can manage without me, yes?

[crash2455]

Map and PoIs are up for both pre-spiral and post-spiral forts.

[nil]

On the one hand, sucks that my dude died.  On the other hand, sweet, fell mood.  Don't see those very often.  And you sure solved the lag problem... 

I'd like to take another round if it lasts to the end of the list (the 14th is no good for me)

[Demonic Spoon]

I shall try to rebuild from the ashes of the tantrum spiral. Go me! Also, remains don't make miasma outside btw Crash.