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[Cotes]

Don't most modern computers and even the programming languages themselves have some failsafes against things like forkbombs though? I'd imagine it takes some knowledge to work around them, although obviously it's easier to break a waterproof system than it is to make one.

The idea that an ASCII-based game can bring most computers to a grinding halt like this is pretty awesome.

Seriously. Toady used the least CPU straining option for graphics, the game isn't even out of alpha, and it still produced somthing we cannot overcome with modern computers.

It's quite easy to create something that modern computers can't handle. Forkbombs for one.

Well, yeah, I've done that a few times when I fucked up on programming competitions. But to have a project so epic that, even when programmed *well*, it still overruns modern computers... that's something.

That depends on how you define "well". Well-written forkbomb? Although it is rather difficult to screw up a forkbomb if you're purposely trying to make one.

Not really. Unoptimized alpha versions do that pretty often from what I've gathered, plus you don't really need graphics to overwork CPU, just a huge number of entities it needs to track.

[Shrugging Khan]

My programming skills end at html, so enlighten me: What's a forkbomb?

[Christes]

wikipedia is always nice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb

[MetalSlimeHunt]

If I understand it right, you create a process that exists only to create two copies of itself, and this goes on untill the computer can no longer keep up?

[ECrownofFire]

My programming skills end at html, so enlighten me: What's a forkbomb?

It is an infinite loop that starts other infinite loops that start more infinite loops... There's even a way to make them fill up hard drives, by copying files or something similar.
Here's a quick example batch file, if it was named fork.bat. I think this would work anyway.

Code: [Select]

:a
start fork
goto a

[Vertigon]

We need to drop the spire clear into hell, and finish what Armok started.

[Toast024]

Someone should make a DFhack utility that turns blocks into empty space. Would be the most useful thing ever.

[denito]

Let the mass dwarven sacrifice begin!

Begin? When did it end?

When we were distracted by the giant fucking pillar of adamantine.

Unrelated: I wonder if anyone has enough processing power to survive cutting out a bottom layer of The Spire?

I cut out a bottom layer of the spire.  I have a pretty fast computer, and I left it running for over 24 hours waiting for the game to unpause after the epic cave-in - but it never finished.

[denito]

Wait, so have we gotten this working yet? I don't have time right now to dig through all 32 pages but from what it sounds like we haven't.

It's working for me.  You just have to survive enough seasons, wait it out until you get enough migrants for your population to unlock the underground features.  I can mine now but I still can't cut trees, but I requested logs from the liaison.

[Dante]

Anyone got it working on MSWindows yet?

[Christes]

What do you mean by "working"?

[Toast024]

Wait, so have we gotten this working yet? I don't have time right now to dig through all 32 pages but from what it sounds like we haven't.

It's working for me.  You just have to survive enough seasons, wait it out until you get enough migrants for your population to unlock the underground features.  I can mine now but I still can't cut trees, but I requested logs from the liaison.

YOU CAN MINE?! Upload your save.

[FreakyCheeseMan]

Have we even established that this thing is finite yet? Not just generating extra layers whenever we look even higher?

[Toast024]

I just found something just like this. EXCEPT I found it in adventure mode, and it caved in on me as soon as I saw it. Gonna see if its still there.
EDIT
Yes it is, but instead of being adamantium, the entire first cavern level is in mid air.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2820
SAVE FILE

EDIT 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
Embarking crashed DF

EDIT 3: SNAKE EATER
500TH REPLY! OH YEA THIS IS HAPPENIN!

[numerobis]

YOU CAN MINE?! Upload your save.

Look up a couple pages.