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Author Topic: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games  (Read 2815647 times)

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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10380 on: May 07, 2012, 10:17:36 am »
New class of anti-planet weapon: the Fuck The World missile.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10381 on: May 07, 2012, 02:16:56 pm »
I couldn't find a easilly extracted list of names from the DF language files... :(
Maybe someone smarter can though. :p
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10382 on: May 07, 2012, 02:49:40 pm »
Quote from: Sirus on May 07, 2012, 10:17:36 am
New class of anti-planet weapon: the Fuck The World missile.

Size 100
COMPONENTS:
-Size 100 warhead

That is 500 tons by the way. The Tsar Bomba was about 30.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10383 on: May 07, 2012, 04:42:34 pm »
Quote from: Flying Dice on May 07, 2012, 07:48:31 am
Quote from: RedKing on May 07, 2012, 07:43:20 am
Maybe dwarven starships are just really, REALLY big siege engines)
Cannot unthink. Now I'm envisioning spacefaring dwarves as Da Orky Boyz.



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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10384 on: May 07, 2012, 05:35:50 pm »
Redking has the right idea about the direction this should go. I think dwarven first names are just nouns, I guess I'll look into extracting some from the language files.

EDIT: 100 Dwarf names, from Ad to Zuglar. Hopefully you recognize some of them from the game.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10385 on: May 07, 2012, 06:59:15 pm »
Hey, you could take creature names from the raws for the ship names.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10386 on: May 07, 2012, 10:02:20 pm »
The random names given to forgotten beasts might work well for alien races.

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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10387 on: May 08, 2012, 06:57:20 pm »
There is also "naming themes" for ships in an individual class (such as weapon names, aggressive names, names beginning with Z, etc.).  You can make a suggestion along those lines as well.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10388 on: May 09, 2012, 12:55:08 pm »
Kobold for the blood god names for scout ship!
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10389 on: May 09, 2012, 01:50:19 pm »
Actually, you'd submit the Kobold ship names, and the player would be able to select "Kobold" as the naming theme for any type of ship they choose.  Because hey, Kobolds make good warriors!
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10390 on: May 09, 2012, 05:14:39 pm »
I already make my Salvage ships Kobold-class in every game I play. :V
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10391 on: May 20, 2012, 01:36:33 pm »
Is it normal to spend the first few years with no ships and just researching constantly?
It's just because my mineral situation has never been too great with this save, wondering if I should have started shipping mines and colonists up by now.
If I were to build ships capable of moving heavy equipment, it would go at speeds so slow I didn't even remember them.

Also is there a way to stop all of my best scientists and (name of current governor of earth) from getting (far too frequently terminal) illnesses?
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10392 on: May 20, 2012, 01:41:19 pm »
Quote from: Graknorke on May 20, 2012, 01:36:33 pm
Is it normal to spend the first few years with no ships and just researching constantly?
Yes. Your tech in the starting game is pitiful at best. You can try to build ships that early, but it won't give much return before you've got better tech.

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Also is there a way to stop all of my best scientists and (name of current governor of earth) from getting (far too frequently terminal) illnesses?
I don't believe so.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10393 on: May 22, 2012, 10:19:52 am »
He uploaded himself into your research computers to assist in all future research projects.
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Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« Reply #10394 on: May 22, 2012, 10:51:42 am »
I started with the jump gates on all jump points option enabled, and my ship can't transit through either method.
Here's the ship.

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Does it just need to be bigger, or what?
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