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[ac31]

CURSE YOU ALL

the constant stories of pumping magma, the z-axis, the new skills HAS GROUND DOWN MY RESOLVE

I AM STARTING A GAME IN THE LATEST VERSION AS WE SPEAK

ARG!!!!!!!!!!!

when i download one of the 3d tools ill show what my planned layout will be, ive got 2 individual mountains, a magma pipe and "other features", so its gonna be fun

[Lemnx]

May I suggest putting Weapon traps at the bottom of your Dorf's favorite suicide tower?  Suicide is the only reason for the Z-axis.

[Grimlocke]

Have 'fun'

Also, to fully demonstrate the usefullness of z-levels to yourself, you must construct a sacrificial cat dumping tower whos base lies in the oh so amusing 'other features'. Armoks bids it.

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

Remember, when dealing with water it is vitally important that you never ......never......um..... oh forget it, it's not like your not-knowing whatever it was is going to cause your dwarfs a horrible death by drowning. Right?

[ac31]

a quick reveal has shown 3 things

1: i have TWO magma pipes, an aboveground river, an underground river, a chasm, a bottomless pit and adamantium that is only 3 levels below ground level 

2:  i have literal FUCKTONS of native silver

3. i have a lot of planning to do in relation to what the finished fortress will be

i made a backup save in which i havent revealed from which i will play, but i have a nasty feeling that in this version of the save the tile data has not been defined at all

 

[ousire]

prepair for Fun. lots of it.

[ArkDelgato]

1: i have TWO magma pipes, an aboveground river, an underground river, a chasm, a bottomless pit and adamantium that is only 3 levels below ground level 

World gen info, Stat!

[ac31]

standard worldgen, used the search tool set for flux stone, magma pipe and other features and selected an xbox huge area

i can give you the region map if you want, but i think there is a lot of randomness in deciding map features even whilst on it if ive read the reveal tool readme correctly

edit: also, i havent played the map for a while (im feeling a bit under the weather) but i distinctly remember a lack of iron

[ac31]

ok, i am finally starting this fortress

i bet i will fail so hard 

ive got a small mountain and a large one, the small one ill probably start carving out, ive made a 6 tile wide aboveground passage that runs between the mini mountain and the macro mountain, which ill probably make a roof over later on, so as to make a secure connection with both the outside world and the two mountains, the mini mountain will probably become a military fortress, so my mining is keeping this in mind, although ill have to do a LOT of manufacturing of new walls (too much sand). im also tossing up whether to keep the natural stone structure of the mountain or just mine it into oblivion and make a new tower out of obsidian or something, the lack of being able to engrave will be mitigated by the sheer awesomeness of a massive fortress tower, covered in fortifications and menacing with spikes of dead goblin  (i actually dont have any contact with a goblin civilization, so replace that with human bone, maybe)

the main (read, civilian) part of the fortress ill make later on, ill carve it into the big mountain, that i am pretty sure will be crammed with silver, and maybe some iron if im exceptionally lucky. the guaranteed magma pipe, river and fortress will come in handy later on

i have plenty of booze but the river is on the other side of the big mountain, far away from my base camp, so ill be carving a channel to bring the water to my dwarves, maybe even make a moat, if i ever want to get rid of it i can just build a floor over it

i plan to make what i think is the best kind of anti-siege defense, a covered pit that sends enemies straight to the heart of my industry , once i get an industry going...

edit: uploaded my map so that people cant get an idea for whats going on: http://www.mkv25.net/dfma/map-6271-theabbeyofiron

EDIT OF EDIT: i managed to kill a miner in a cave-in

on top of a mountain

anyone who laughs dies

SAVESCUM AHOY

[SanDiego]

anyone who laughs dies

Crap.

[ac31]

i am severely disheartened

i have had to savescum 4 times, due to the same bloody miner dying by cave-in

once a stair fell, and rather than knock him one or two z levels down, as usually was the case, he went rolling down the central staircase, hit the bottom and exploded

the other 3 times i was mining out the top 5 levels of the mountain to create a smaller tower on top of the larger base but he SOMEHOW managed to channel himself onto an island, in the exact same location every time, and fell through all 5 level, leaving a neat hole complete with a neat bloodsplatter where he hit some decidedly more solid rock

but yeah, the mini mountain is being mined out as a temporary home, and for its stocks of granite, the base will be 5 levels high and made of pure granite blocks, with a 5 level high tower on top of that made of orthoclase, the base area being 50X50 and 30X30 respectively

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

[...]a lack of iron

No matter.
The Goblins are already the most profiting source of Iron(TM)!

[ac31]

[...]a lack of iron

No matter.
The Goblins are already the most profiting source of Iron(TM)!

i lack goblins as well   

but i have plenty of silver, i can just trade for iron ore hopefully, or maybe find some magnetite clusters

the fortress of granite and orthoclase is coming toghether, and by that i mean my miner hasnt died yet

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

the fortress of granite and orthoclase is coming toghether, and by that i mean my miner hasnt died yet

Aww, don't worry. It'll happen eventually.

[ac31]

the fortress is pretty funky, ive started on a stone atomiser/trash compactor to get rid of the stone i wont be using, and have started on the superstructure for the sub-fort. at the moment its prettymuch just a fence, but its pretty wierd, i am literally building a cage for a mountain

 i got some immigrants (3) including an animal trainer, hauler and another carpenter, hauler and carpenter will immediately go to masonry but im keeping the trainer, i need to replace my losses of dogs, oh yeah, plenty of goddamn kobolds around.

EDIT: oh, sorry, i forgot to count some off-screen immigrants

i am now the proud manager of THREE peasants, a LYE MAKER, A CHEESE MAKER, A HERBALIST AND A FUCKING FISHERY WORKER

FUCK YOU GAME