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[iyaerP]

LIGHTNING STRIKES!


We have rain, snow icing of water and other weather effects, where are the lightning strikes and tornados that can be brewed up by such storms?

I am not going to recommend earthquakes, because none of us want our glorious super-projects brought low by an uncontrollable unavoidable catastrophe, but lightning is relatively harmless enough that it would be a cool addition to the game without having the potential to completely destroy a fortress.


I already have a couple of ideas for how a lightning-rod based defence system could work...

Any thoughts on this subject?

[Syrup Roast]

strange that you didn't mention volcanic eruptions(which also cause earthquakes). Twice the !!fun!!

[CapnUrist]

I would love to see flooding come about again. It would wreak havoc on above-ground forts sitting next to rivers. Tornadoes sound like they could have potential. Lightning, if done with any realism, would be too unpredictable and processor-heavy to be worth simulating.

[iyaerP]

strange that you didn't mention volcanic eruptions(which also cause earthquakes). Twice the !!fun!!

O.O

Oh my GOD I didn't even think of that.

Annoncement: THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED! ALL FLEE BEFORE THE MAGMATIC WRATH OF ARMOK!

[iyaerP]

I would love to see flooding come about again. It would wreak havoc on above-ground forts sitting next to rivers. Tornadoes sound like they could have potential. Lightning, if done with any realism, would be too unpredictable and processor-heavy to be worth simulating.

Just have a couple of bolts strike the few highest points on the map during each storm.

Treat it like how whips operate now, but hitting organs instead of bones. You know, superhigh pierce and infinite sharpness that is 60,000 degrees that aims for the top of the body and can't be dodged/parried/blocked.

[Lectorog]

I think that lightning would be way too much work to be worth adding. It would take a while to program and use a lot of computing power for little output. It might cause some Fun every now and then; but I, for one, wouldn't fully appreciate it.

Volcanic eruptions definitely need to be added at some point. I'm sure this has been suggested countless times.

[Vattic]

Annoncement: THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED! ALL FLEE BEFORE THE MAGMATIC WRATH OF ARMOK!

This is one of the reasons I made the mechanical volcano

Results:

[Aramco]

Annoncement: THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED! ALL FLEE BEFORE THE MAGMATIC WRATH OF ARMOK!

This is one of the reasons I made the mechanical volcano

Results:
-Huge picture-

That picture... it is... so beautiful...

[iyaerP]

Annoncement: THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED! ALL FLEE BEFORE THE MAGMATIC WRATH OF ARMOK!

This is one of the reasons I made the mechanical volcano

Results:

That picture... it is... so beautiful...

That is glorious.

[Necro910]

Annoncement: THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED! ALL FLEE BEFORE THE MAGMATIC WRATH OF ARMOK!

This is one of the reasons I made the mechanical volcano

Results:

My beard is retching with joy!

Oh, it vomited. -Cat tallow toast- is all over the main hallway now.
:I

[Syrup Roast]

Annoncement: THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED! ALL FLEE BEFORE THE MAGMATIC WRATH OF ARMOK!

This is one of the reasons I made the mechanical volcano

Results:

That picture... it is... so beautiful...

That is glorious.

Now we need to make it so that we can have nice chunky debris for a Pompeii effect instead of a tame hawaiian volcano where lava barely moves faster than a dwarf can run. Finally, adding earthquakes during the eruption would be !!glory!! worthy of Armok.

[CarbonNitride]

I think fixing the whole trees not burning in magma thing might be slightly more important.

[Syrup Roast]

I think fixing the whole trees not burning in magma thing might be slightly more important.

Great now you ruined the image for all of us.

[Necro910]

Annoncement: THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED! ALL FLEE BEFORE THE MAGMATIC WRATH OF ARMOK!

This is one of the reasons I made the mechanical volcano

Results:

That picture... it is... so beautiful...

That is glorious.

Now we need to make it so that we can have nice chunky debris for a Pompeii effect instead of a tame hawaiian volcano where lava barely moves faster than a dwarf can run. Finally, adding earthquakes during the eruption would be !!glory!! worthy of Armok.

Elves would fear our !!Wrath!!

BWAHAHAHH!

The only good elf is an !!elf!!. That, and Cacame.

[Necro910]

I think fixing the whole trees not burning in magma thing might be slightly more important.

Great now you ruined the image for all of us.

All in favor in magmamizing the engraving ruiner say magma.

MAGMAAAAAA