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Toady Two

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Awesomeness Overload(spoiler-ish)
« on: April 04, 2010, 10:09:17 am »
So I had my first large visitor from the depths, a horrid monster older than time itself. A gigantic 160 ton beakless Oxpecker(beware of its webs)! Its name was Usasp Drinkkings the Oceanic Lowness and its wrath was great. It charged at my helpless weavers and killed many a dwarf. The military ran hastily to stop the carnage. Many fell in the resulting battle. The Beast sent my Axedwarves flying across the carvern to die colliding with the stalagmites. But one brave dwarf overcame the monsters ferocity and managed to deliver a killing blow. The beast finally fell but not before claiming 5 lives including that of my expedition leader.

The Fortress was saves.

We buried the dead.

What happened later was beauty.

A farmer, who dabbled in butchery claimed the monsters gigantic carcass. Slowly but surely he moved towards the butchers shop. The eyes of the entire fort gazed upon him as the placed it at the table.

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Butchering the forgotten beast gave 422 units of meat and a hide. Calling whatever you want: a bug, a job cooler then many an artifact, but I know one thing.

This is the most awesome thing that ever happened to me in fortress mode.

Thank you Toady One. This version is unbelievable!
« Last Edit: April 04, 2010, 10:28:23 am by Toady Two »
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Re: Awesomeness Overload
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2010, 10:12:10 am »
thats bloody awesome, too bad we can't see how much its meat is worth.
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Re: Awesomeness Overload
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2010, 10:16:06 am »
Yeah well the beast killed my broker :D and I can't assign a new one.
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Re: Awesomeness Overload
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2010, 10:26:19 am »
So kill a monster, feed ten thousand.

Awesome.

By the sounds of things it would be easier to just build a butcher's shop next to the corpse each time.
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Re: Awesomeness Overload
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2010, 10:27:12 am »
You should probably put [Spoiler] in the title somewhere.
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Re: Awesomeness Overload
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2010, 10:28:13 am »
Forgotten Beast Meat.... gives a whole new meaning to lunchroom "mystery meat".  :D
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Re: Awesomeness Overload(spoiler-ish)
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2010, 10:32:45 am »
update: apart from the meat the beast yielded 18 units of prepared brains, 42 units of intestines and 28 units of lungs.
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Re: Awesomeness Overload(spoiler-ish)
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2010, 10:34:13 am »
it had 18 brains and 28 lungs?!
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« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2010, 10:45:40 am »
It could have 18 brains.  :o

However, I think a better explaination is that we measure them in "units", not "brains".
Say that (for example) a normal dwarf brain weighs 1kg (probably too high a number to be honest  :D), that would be one unit of brain. This forgotten beast has only one brain, but that brain weighs 18kg. The dwarf just split it up into 1kg chunks for storage.  ;)
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« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2010, 11:06:59 am »
I think it just has one big brain.

THIS JUST IN: another beast, a dimetrodon, this one was pretty pathetic though. I hope they butcher it too. It did however have "deadly blood" so i hope it doesn't give everyone food posioning.

EDIT: Yep, they're butchering the second one too. Wow this is outstanding!
« Last Edit: April 04, 2010, 11:24:09 am by Toady Two »
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« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2010, 11:47:23 am »
Quote from: Volatar on April 04, 2010, 10:45:40 am
However, I think a better explaination is that we measure them in "units", not "brains".
Say that (for example) a normal dwarf brain weighs 1kg (probably too high a number to be honest  :D), that would be one unit of brain. This forgotten beast has only one brain, but that brain weighs 18kg. The dwarf just split it up into 1kg chunks for storage.  ;)

hehe, look it up in the raws, or mod it in ;D
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« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2010, 01:50:54 pm »
Amount of meat depends on size or tissue layout. I butchered some beasts recently, and they yield ~150 meat units for me.
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« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2010, 02:33:55 pm »
Quote from: SolarShado on April 04, 2010, 11:47:23 am
Quote from: Volatar on April 04, 2010, 10:45:40 am
However, I think a better explaination is that we measure them in "units", not "brains".
Say that (for example) a normal dwarf brain weighs 1kg (probably too high a number to be honest  :D), that would be one unit of brain. This forgotten beast has only one brain, but that brain weighs 18kg. The dwarf just split it up into 1kg chunks for storage.  ;)

hehe, look it up in the raws, or mod it in ;D

Hmm... I have no modding experience, but looking at the raws it seems brains have a [DEFAULT_RELSIZE:200], which (in a simple humanoid) is about twice the size of things like a foot, 2/3rds of a head, and a fifth of things like a lower torso.

Sounds about right actually (size-wise).
According to the internet (Google: human brain weight), an adult human brain weighs ~1.3-1.4kg. Since a Dwarf is smaller than a human, it is conceivable for a Dwarf brain to be about 1 kilogram.

EDIT: Looking further, I found the creature_standard file and see that a Dwarf has a [BODY_SIZE:0:0:3000], and a human [BODY_SIZE:0:0:4000]. Simple math then states that a dwarf is three-quarters of a human. 1.3-1.4kg * .75 = 0.975-1.05kg.

Yay, I was right all along  ;D
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« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2010, 02:42:28 pm »
a dwarf may be smaller, but usually their heads are portrayed as being as big, or even bigger, than humans', in fantasy drawings
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