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Author Topic: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!  (Read 1610 times)

Kestrel

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FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« on: May 06, 2011, 05:46:40 pm »

Setting up my new fortress.  Everything going swimmingly.  Defense laid out.  Bedrooms built, assigned.  Dining room engraved.  The wheels of industry are turning.  With one exception.

"Oh, I'm missing a glass furnace" said I.  Of course, my map has no sand, but I'll import some.  Then I thought, "I just know some dwarf is gonna get in a mood for glass and that'll be the end of it.  Oh well.  What are the odds, eh?"

Built the furnace.

Immediately.

IMMEDIATELY.

"Urist McGlassdorf has entered a bullshit mood"

He claims the furnace.  I'm thinkin, "Well, big loss.  I don't need a glassmaker at this point in the game anyway."

Then I look at his skills.  He's my top weaponsmith.  *Sigh* I guess I better get his grave ready.
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2011, 05:55:17 pm »

Build another furnace and hope for a speedy caravan.  And check your neighboring areas.  If you've embarked on multiple biomes, you may have sand in the corner of the screen or something.

Kestrel

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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2011, 06:01:45 pm »

No sand anywhere, not expecting a caravan for a bit.  Also a goblin ambush is mucking about outside, although most of them are hanging out in cage traps.
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Kestrel

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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2011, 06:06:11 pm »

Ha!  I got him locked in the SECOND he went insane. 
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2011, 06:52:41 pm »

AKA: embark with sand bags. Very unexpensive, and comes with a very cheap bag.

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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2011, 07:38:33 pm »

Yeah, always embark with 5 or so sand bags, half a dozen fuel, a few stones, and a few bars of metal.
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2011, 10:13:14 pm »

Thanks!  I'll keep that in mind. 
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2011, 10:35:03 pm »

Thanks!  I'll keep that in mind.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure a bag of sand costs less than an empty bag.
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lanceleoghauni

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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2011, 10:49:03 pm »

a LOT less.
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2011, 10:54:45 pm »

Thanks!  I'll keep that in mind.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure a bag of sand costs less than an empty bag.
a LOT less.
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2011, 10:56:40 pm »

It's like, 20 a bag, and only 5 for sand? or is it as low as 2?  I forget exactly.
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2011, 11:09:40 pm »

I thought it was 1, that's what I remember it being in .21
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2011, 11:09:56 pm »

It's Murphy's Law.  The chance of a dwarf having a mood related to stuff you don't have and won't have for a while is almost 100 percent.
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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2011, 01:17:12 am »

It's Murphy's Law.  The chance of a dwarf having a mood related to stuff you don't have and won't have for a while is almost 100 percent.

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Re: FFFFFUUUU I knew it!
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2011, 03:55:37 am »

This is why I turned artifacts off.
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