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Author Topic: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats  (Read 1071 times)

Huw_Dawson

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Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« on: April 02, 2010, 06:48:21 pm »
I am currently drooling over my exceedingly pretty map of my large island world I have created. There's a main continent, which is all colonised and stuff, and quite a few islands dotted around and only one has a civ on (a lonely goblin one)

 My question is - we're gonna need a way to cross all that water and explore the numerous wild lands yonder. How? I wonder if it's possible to build an adventurer-usable boat in Fortress Mode... I doubt it though!
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Max White

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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2010, 06:49:50 pm »
Pull yourself together man! YOUR A DWARF! Haven't you seen the newly discovered tunnel system? We can just go UNDER the ocean. Boats are for elves.
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Huw_Dawson

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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2010, 06:56:06 pm »
Bjorn Von SwordPants: Join me on my quest!
Urist McMiner: Sure!

 *Twenty days later*

Bjorn: WHY AIN'T YOU BOYS DIGGIN'!
Urist McTired: Sir, you're asking to dig a tunnel under the ocean...
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Quote from: zmanred01 on April 22, 2010, 02:15:00 pm
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Max White

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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2010, 06:59:01 pm »
AND ANY DWARF WORTH HES WEIGHT IN ALE WOULD GRAB A PICK AND START DIGGING!
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Huw_Dawson

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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2010, 07:01:38 pm »
One wonders. To dig a tunnel under the ocean, how big an embark zone would you need? 1x500?
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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2010, 07:01:52 pm »
Just don't dig too far up.

Urist McDigger cancels Dig: Dug into sea!
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Max White

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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2010, 07:03:17 pm »
Quote from: Huw_Dawson on April 02, 2010, 07:01:38 pm
One wonders. To dig a tunnel under the ocean, how big an embark zone would you need? 1x500?

That remains relative to how close the two land masses are together.

AWESOME IDEA FOR AN EMBARK SITE!
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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2010, 07:21:49 pm »
Quote from: Huw_Dawson on April 02, 2010, 06:56:06 pm
Bjorn Von SwordPants: Join me on my quest!
Urist McMiner: Sure!

 *Twenty days later*

Bjorn: WHY AIN'T YOU BOYS DIGGIN'!
Urist McTired: Sir, you're asking to dig a tunnel under the ocean...
"...when there's a perfectly viable cave network there already."

Anyways, I noticed that there was no setting for desired tiles in large good and evil areas on the island world creation setup.  So, I set it to 2424 desired for the large areas (The desired for small and medium were 24 and 244 respectively).  Now every single ocean on the map is evil.  Fun!  ;D
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Since when has practical had anything to do with dwarfy?

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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2010, 07:22:36 pm »
Quote from: Doug52392 on April 02, 2010, 07:01:52 pm
Just don't dig too far up.

Urist McDigger cancels Dig: Dug int-
Urist McDigger has drowned.
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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2010, 07:25:45 pm »
Quote from: Aklyon on April 02, 2010, 07:22:36 pm
Quote from: Doug52392 on April 02, 2010, 07:01:52 pm
Just don't dig too far up.

Urist McDigger cancels Dig: Dug int-
Urist McDigger has drowned.

Iton McMason cancels drink: Laughing too hard.
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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2010, 07:31:31 pm »
your doing it wrong the underground is where its at, use that... Do this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSKIuJWRMaI&feature=related :D
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Hmm whats that smell... Oh hi Urist still taking that nap, its been 5 months I can only manage to sleep 3 days. You might want to get that Axe wound checked out though; you are in the Hospital.

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Re: Island Worlds - Now All We Need Are Boats
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2010, 01:02:14 pm »
I was just looking at the elevation embark maps in the middle of the ocean, and was pretty impressed by everything down there.  There seem to be mountains and trenches going across the oceans, though it does seem to eventually level off when it reaches some maximum depth.
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