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[Meph]

It does generate flux stone, but the site finder cant find it. It just wont show at the embark screen, but it is there.

[Man of Paper]

So my first artifact in my first fort in a while was "Topspies (Top Spies or Tops Pies? I like either option) the Lovely Lens, an advanced birchen bayonet dart launcher, adorned with hanging rings of birch and decorated with the image of our king ascending to the throne in Year 1. He is also a vampire.

How good is an advanced bayonet dart launcher? I've had probably about zero experience with dart launchers.

Oh, and our second artifact was an iron crossbow with an image of some nephilim prostrating themselves before another dwarf as he proclaimed lordship over their hamlet or whatever. I don't delve into Legends much, so is that land grabbing, or just victory over the wing noobs?

[Tarkanos]

It does generate flux stone, but the site finder cant find it. It just wont show at the embark screen, but it is there.

I thought that might be the other answer, but it seemed less likely. Thanks!

[katana]

So my first artifact in my first fort in a while was "Topspies (Top Spies or Tops Pies? I like either option) the Lovely Lens, an advanced birchen bayonet dart launcher, adorned with hanging rings of birch and decorated with the image of our king ascending to the throne in Year 1. He is also a vampire.

How good is an advanced bayonet dart launcher? I've had probably about zero experience with dart launchers.

Oh, and our second artifact was an iron crossbow with an image of some nephilim prostrating themselves before another dwarf as he proclaimed lordship over their hamlet or whatever. I don't delve into Legends much, so is that land grabbing, or just victory over the wing noobs?

Dart launchers are apparently railguns lore-wise, I'm pretty sure that translates to "pretty damn powerful".

[Stirk]

Dart launchers are apparently railguns lore-wise, I'm pretty sure that translates to "pretty damn powerful".

MAGNETIC dart launchers are railguns. Dart launchers with a bayonet are still dart launchers. This is an advanced dart launchers, so it is a railgun with a bayonet.

They are pretty good, assuming you can make magnetic darts. They are basically a crossbow with smaller ammo and a higher clip rate, so the dwarves can take more.

[katana]

Aren't all dart launchers magnetic? Bayonet dart launchers being magnetic dart launchers that had a bayonet attached. I may be remembering wrong.

[Man of Paper]

Awesome. And another quick question, but this one's more about general mechanics. Am I able to move a cage containing a prisoner without releasing it? I've tried moving some Animal Men and a few wild badgers to the Depot to see if I could offer them up in trade, but I wound up releasing the lot of them accidentally. Same thing happened in a previous fort, but with a few Shedim instead. I've wanted to set up an arena, but these events have pushed me off of it until I figure out a work-around or how to actually do it.

[Meph]

You can move cages and build them with the animals inside without a problem, but if you try to sell them at the depot the creature will always be released. To move the cages, just use animal stockpiles

[katana]

Is there a reason why glistening voidshard isn't magma-safe, balance or lore-wise?

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A metal that causes heart failure isn't that great for weaponizing against demons or forgotten beasts, either :c

[Stirk]

Aren't all dart launchers magnetic? Bayonet dart launchers being magnetic dart launchers that had a bayonet attached. I may be remembering wrong.

No. Most are blown, like the one normal underground creatures have. The advanced ones use magnets.

[Meph]

All dart launcher are magnetic. Blowguns are blown ^^ small difference

[fire1666]

Hi guys i had an idea.
about the voidwalkermod i had plans for BUT i also had ideas for a Shade race.
I have a few plans from there race but i think i could swap them over for the Voidwalkers, let me know if these are good ideas...
Note this was directed a guy whos name on the forum comprised of Toxic (Toxicshadow)
Hi there toxic i had some ideas for buildings for the shades, i can think of some reactions for them too if you want, the names and the requirements to build can be changed if nessasary but i think there fairly good.

1: Shadowy compressor ( MASONRY to build 4 worthless stone and 4 stone mechanisms) basicly creates slade from normal stone's, but can also make slade blocks from those slade stones, can produce slade anvils from slade blocks(2 slade blocks needed), and slade altars from slade blocks (4 slade blocks needed)

2: Darkened slade heater (ARCATECT AND FURNACE OPPERATOR to build 8 slade blocks 8 stone mechanisms) Supper heats the slade blocks into slade supper heated fragments, provides fuel (12 slade fuel from 1 block )

3: Darkend Weaponry (WEAPONSMITH to build 8 slade blocks 2 slade bolders,12 stone mechanisms, 4 statues and 1 slade anvil) produces the shade's weapon's of war from Zakarnite (see 6: for how to produce this metal)(NO INCLUDING RANGED WEAPONS) they should have at least 1 or 2 melee weapons of each type so 2 blunt weapons (hammers maces ect) 2 bladed weapons (swords axes ect) and 2 peirce weapons (spears halbards ect)

4: Darkend fletchary (CROSSBOWMAKING [i think thats the skill] to build 8 slade blocks 2 slade bolders,12 stone mechanisms, 4 statues, 1 weapon rack) produces the shades ranged weapons of war at least 2 types (preferable a crossbow and a type of darkness crossbow or normal bow like weapon [more on darkness later ill make seperate post for that ;-)] the darkness bow/cross bow should be FAR more powerful then a normal crossbow or bow) can also produce ammuniton from slade and can even fashion slade quivers from slade blocks

5: Darkend armoury (ARMOURSMITH to build 8 slade blocks 2 slade bolders,12 stone mechanisms, 4 statues, 1 slade anvil and 1 armour rack) produces the shades protective armour from Zakarnite (see 6: for how to produce this metal) full plate armour, shields ect.

6: Zakarnite fabricator (ALCHEMY to build 8 slade blocks 12 stone mechanisms 8 statues 1 slade altar) The Shades have learnd a way of turning the "inferior" metals of this world into a very powerful metal called Zakarnite, Zakarnite is about 1.5 times better then steel in all ways, but is harder to produce,(hard part... making reactions to throw metal bars into the altar for a chance of Zakarnite[copy paste city]).

[fire1666]

Hi guys i had an idea.
about the voidwalkermod i had plans for BUT i also had ideas for a Shade race.
I have a few plans from there race but i think i could swap them over for the Voidwalkers, let me know if these are good ideas...
Note this was directed a guy whos name on the forum comprised of Toxic (Toxicshadow)
Hi there toxic i had some ideas for buildings for the shades, i can think of some reactions for them too if you want, the names and the requirements to build can be changed if nessasary but i think there fairly good.

1: Shadowy compressor ( MASONRY to build 4 worthless stone and 4 stone mechanisms) basicly creates slade from normal stone's, but can also make slade blocks from those slade stones, can produce slade anvils from slade blocks(2 slade blocks needed), and slade altars from slade blocks (4 slade blocks needed)

2: Darkened slade heater (ARCATECT AND FURNACE OPPERATOR to build 8 slade blocks 8 stone mechanisms) Supper heats the slade blocks into slade supper heated fragments, provides fuel (12 slade fuel from 1 block )

3: Darkend Weaponry (WEAPONSMITH to build 8 slade blocks 2 slade bolders,12 stone mechanisms, 4 statues and 1 slade anvil) produces the shade's weapon's of war from Zakarnite (see 6: for how to produce this metal)(NO INCLUDING RANGED WEAPONS) they should have at least 1 or 2 melee weapons of each type so 2 blunt weapons (hammers maces ect) 2 bladed weapons (swords axes ect) and 2 peirce weapons (spears halbards ect)


4: Darkend fletchary (CROSSBOWMAKING [i think thats the skill] to build 8 slade blocks 2 slade bolders,12 stone mechanisms, 4 statues, 1 weapon rack) produces the shades ranged weapons of war at least 2 types (preferable a crossbow and a type of darkness crossbow or normal bow like weapon [more on darkness later ill make seperate post for that ;-)] the darkness bow/cross bow should be FAR more powerful then a normal crossbow or bow) can also produce ammuniton from slade and can even fashion slade quivers from slade blocks

5: Darkend armoury (ARMOURSMITH to build 8 slade blocks 2 slade bolders,12 stone mechanisms, 4 statues, 1 slade anvil and 1 armour rack) produces the shades protective armour from Zakarnite (see 6: for how to produce this metal) full plate armour, shields ect.

6: Zakarnite fabricator (ALCHEMY to build 8 slade blocks 12 stone mechanisms 8 statues 1 slade altar) The Shades have learnd a way of turning the "inferior" metals of this world into a very powerful metal called Zakarnite, Zakarnite is about 1.5 times better then steel in all ways, but is harder to produce,(hard part... making reactions to throw metal bars into the altar for a chance of Zakarnite[copy paste city]).

ARGH DOUBLE POST / BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the shades are very simular to voidwalkers in design and style.
Replace Zakarnite and shades with voidshard and voidwalkers
TO AVOID 3rd POST
the voidwalkers / shades should have a main building (like a town hall from age of empires) that is needed to make the building's most important parts (Void-energy-Print [building])

[katana]

We've got enough straight upgrades to steel, new metals should fill a different niche.

[fire1666]

We've got enough straight upgrades to steel, new metals should fill a different niche.

The main plan was the shades had a focus on either spears or axes so the material would have to have to hold edge 'well' at least thats why they forged Zakarnite from the souls of the dwarfs/elfs/humans that that killed. Which now serves as an almost infinite source from ritural advances.
Since i might not make them but now make good old VOIDIES playable I might scrap the material.