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[njero]

Wow, that embark is great! Mind posting your gen and location?

[Itnetlolor]

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=50596.msg1070013#msg1070013

Check the bottom of the OP. I have all the info and location right there. And it shoud also provide some awesome names. May require the Carippo Mod (included in post) in order to get it though.

Feel free to contribute your experiences with these beasts on the page.

[Itnetlolor]

When's the next release? I have an awesome embark location, but I can't see it in Visfort due to incompatibilities.

Note: Using d18

1. Get 40d16
2. Copy your save to 40d16 save folder
3. Run DF 40d16
4. Run Visual Fortress
5. ? ? ?
6. Profit!

Thanks alot.

Here we go:

Spoiler: Full Map (click to show/hide)

North-South Waterfall View

Spoiler: Lab Design (so far) (click to show/hide)

Trade Depot

Bridges that link to labs across the falls.

Spoiler: And it does look like a dragon-carp vomiting (click to show/hide)

[Draco18s]

"Projectile vomit" takes on whole new meanings in Dwarf Fortress.

[Retro]

"Projectile vomit" takes on whole new meanings in Dwarf Fortress.

And lo, from above the Carp Dragon did pierce the clouds,
Floating above the great seas,
And battling the Great Indigestion our Lord the Carp Dragon didst hurl
Spewing the Land forth from his innards.

And the Lord spoke,
"What the.. when did I eat that?"

And so it was good.

That circular rise that's formed by the river's curve is pretty awesome. Great-looking site for a fort.

[SkyRender]

Gearholes: because nothing says Dwarven security like increasingly decisive trap corridors.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The outer wall covers a lot more now, the second tower is done (tower #3 will soon begin), and it occurred to me that my two entrance bottlenecks (from the west and south) could be made even more demoralizing for invaders.  Now that middle road section that's been removed is being replaced by about 50 cage traps, and the southern end will have its own 50 cage traps as well.  Any siege that gets past that has officially earned the right to face certain doom from the weapon traps and my champion Hammerdwarf squad.


Here we have the relatively new obsidian farm, fed by an underground channel of water being siphoned off the distant brook and fed by murky pools.  I had to increase the number of murky pools to get proper coverage (as evidenced by the trailing bit of still-magma down in the far edge of the pit).  Next run of the process should work far better.

[Retro]

Looking for a bit of help here. I'm about ten minutes away from being completely done with Undergrotto forever - I just need to take some VF screenshots. And I still can't get VF working.

I don't really know what's wrong. No matter how much time I give it, I can't get past the 'creating blocks' or whatever line. I know it's not my save, my copy of DF, or my copy of VF, because I tried genning a new world in a brand-new copy of DF and rendering it in a brand-new copy of VF and got stuck trying to load a 2x2 perfectly flat embark. I'm currently running Windows 7 Home Premium, but I had the exact same issues on a friend's computer with Windows Vista (I think premium as well). I haven't changed any settings or anything, and attempting 'compatibility mode' didn't help either. Yet my old computer, a 6-year-old laptop running some version of XP, was able to load a 288x288x98 map in a minute or so. Is there something obvious I'm doing wrong here? I just want to take my screenshots and put this four-and-a-half-month-old fort away forever.

Kaelem suggested that Oracle Sun Virtual Box program a while back, but it seemed really really complicated and I don't even know if it addresses whatever my problem is. If someone else thinks it's worth another try, though, I'll have another go at it.

[Draco18s]

Windows 7 Home Premium

I think this might be the issue.  I remember seeing something about VF not liking the "Home Premium" versions of Vista and Windows 7.

[SkyRender]

There's always the option of sending the Undergrotto save to someone who can get Visual Fortress to work and have them take screenshots as per your specifications.  Hardly the ideal solution, but it's better than being left with no options at all.

[Retro]

Windows 7 Home Premium

I think this might be the issue.  I remember seeing something about VF not liking the "Home Premium" versions of Vista and Windows 7.

That would make sense. Okay, I'll try again on a different friend's computer. Thanks! :D

There's always the option of sending the Undergrotto save to someone who can get Visual Fortress to work and have them take screenshots as per your specifications.  Hardly the ideal solution, but it's better than being left with no options at all.

True. I really hope it doesn't come to that, though; there's a lot of very specific shots I want as I'm doing a big write-up (yeah, I'm gonna be one of those my-fortress-demands-a-thread types :P) and I want to follow the tour I've written. I'm ready to post and upload everything as soon as I've go those last screenies, so with luck that Home Premium business is the issue.

[Jay]

Windows 7 Home Premium

I think this might be the issue.  I remember seeing something about VF not liking the "Home Premium" versions of Vista and Windows 7.

No problems with it on my copy of W7 Home Premium (64-bit, no less).

[Kaelem Gaen]

Yeah it works fine on my Vista Home Premium (64-bit also.)

One thing you should never try to do though, Gen a town in Adventure mode (Unless you turn on show hidden) it crashes cause so much is hidden thanks to trees and the interiors of houses.

[Retro]

Despite you guys having Home Premium versions working, I wasn't able to get anything going until I tried my friend's W7 Professional. But regardless it worked and I have screenies! I won't be posting them here, but I'll come back with a link when I'm done. (edit: I did! Link in sig)

Aside from that, anyone have any new screenies? The last interesting thing we had in here was Gearholes, but that was a little while back.

One thing you should never try to do though, Gen a town in Adventure mode (Unless you turn on show hidden) it crashes cause so much is hidden thanks to trees and the interiors of houses.

I didn't even think of using VF in Adventure mode :O but I don't use it that much in general, so shows what I know.

[tea_mug]

Aside from that, anyone have any new screenies?

Well, I hadn't planned on posting until I had a big megaproject ready to show off, but I've lurked long enough and there has been a dearth of images...

So, I present a lesser megaproject: Ragplunges, the desert oasis fort.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ragplunges features a waterfall-fed pond and shield walls to block the hot desert winds.
Ragplunges exists primarily to give caravans and other travelers a place to rest and restock food and water.



A gif, to try and show the waterfall in action:

Huh.  There seems to be a small earthquake occurring.  Next time I'll have to remember to turn off the 'add noise' checkbox in VF when I want to do an animation.

What I learned from this fort:
When you fill a surface pond with water, turtles will appear, even if you're in a desert and miles away from any other body of water. I've since learned that vermin (including turtles) will spontaneously generate whenever a suitable habitat appears, but for a while I thought my fort was causing turtles to come into existence because it was just that awesome.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Since turtles can appear anywhere there is water, even if there is no way for them to arrive, it seems that they reproduce via spores, which can lay dormant for years in harsh conditions and only mature once exposed to water.  Additionally, since I paved the entirety of my pond before I began filling it, I am forced to conclude that these turtle spores are airborn.

[Retro]

Ragplunges features a waterfall-fed pond and shield walls to block the hot desert winds. Ragplunges exists primarily to give caravans and other travelers a place to rest and restock food and water.

Cool! I really like that you designed it with dwarves in mind to block wind and provide rest and so on. Looks quite nice too. And yeah, turtles are basically magic. No wonder dwarves named their currency after them.