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Dr_Pylons

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Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« on: December 25, 2010, 01:58:22 am »

How does this effect history? Do they only stay local? I did this once and went back in adventure mode, left, came back, and the lag was so bad it was about 20 seconds per step, so I said "screw it" and canned that folder.

Has anyone done this and lived to see the light of day?
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2010, 05:05:45 am »

This. This is why I love this community.
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2010, 07:41:32 am »

That's a very interesting question. Bumpan.
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2010, 09:35:05 am »

This. This is why I love this community.

Exactly. Just your every day casual question about fucking the world to hell by flooding it with demons. But anyways, I'm pretty sure that they just stay local, and about affecting history... only about the fort I think. Not 100% percent sure though.
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2010, 09:53:50 am »

Nice spoiler you got there o.O
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2010, 01:06:22 pm »

Nice spoiler you got there o.O

Consider it a Christmas !!present!!  8)
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2010, 01:44:17 pm »

I've visited several demon invested fortresses as an adventurer and they never left the place even after several decades of gameplay.
They don't even count as megabeasts anymore so their impact on world history is minimal.
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2010, 01:53:46 pm »

Nice spoiler you got there o.O
You say that as if anyone ever made any attempt to actually hide spoilers in this game to begin with.
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2010, 02:16:09 pm »

PS THIS GAME ALSO HAS ADAMANTINE HOLY CRAP
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2010, 02:18:30 pm »

AND LLAMAS
ENJOY
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2010, 02:20:58 pm »

AND DEMONS WITH TENTACLE HEADS
ENJOY EVEN MORE
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2010, 04:32:54 pm »

Right now, worldgen history freezes after you make the world. History only proceeds around your perspective - it's your killings that make things happen and if you're not there to watch it, history freezes again. Demons thus, freeze in historic time and they can't travel far while you're watching so you can't see them affect the world. Now if you made a demon civ (it won't be randomly generated but you could design a suitably demonic species in the raws) then you could watch them ruin the world over and over in your worldgens.
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Dr_Pylons

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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2010, 05:05:48 pm »

Right now, worldgen history freezes after you make the world. History only proceeds around your perspective - it's your killings that make things happen and if you're not there to watch it, history freezes again. Demons thus, freeze in historic time and they can't travel far while you're watching so you can't see them affect the world. Now if you made a demon civ (it won't be randomly generated but you could design a suitably demonic species in the raws) then you could watch them ruin the world over and over in your worldgens.

Well, you could still pass a long time without going back to that specific fort where the demons are. !!Science!! is required for more answers. I'm on this one.
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2010, 09:01:52 pm »

Embark next to a densely-populated settlement.
Breach Hell.
Die horribly.
Make an adventurer.
Max out speed and hiding ability.
Find ruins of old fort.
Attract the attention of all the demons.
Run back to the settlement.
Find cover.
Hide.
Wait.
Watch list of "The Brute of Iron gores the planter in the right eyelid, scratching the eyelid, jamming the eyelid into the eye and tearing apart the eye!" announcements.
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Re: Quick question about flooding the world with demons.
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2010, 09:40:41 pm »

Embark next to a densely-populated settlement.
Breach Hell.
Die horribly.
Make an adventurer.
Max out speed and hiding ability.
Find ruins of old fort.
Attract the attention of all the demons.
Run back to the settlement.
Find cover.
Hide.
Wait.
Watch list of "The Brute of Iron gores the planter in the right eyelid, scratching the eyelid, jamming the eyelid into the eye and tearing apart the eye!" announcements.

Urist Dr_Pylons cancels Conduct Science: Interrupted by Christmas

I'll get on it in the next few days and give you guys a full, detailed report :3
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