poocolator
Erudite
Nobody supports my idea? Fair enough.Konjad said:
Let's talk, then.
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Let's talk, then.
Yeesh
Magister
I'm all afear'd of them bugs in the new version, so I've been waiting. Are y'all having such a high old time that you'd recommend just being a man and playing 31 in its current state?
CrusaderTemplar
Liturgist
So we're just stuck in the age of myth for the time being. I noticed after world gen, one of the continents lacked goblin neighbors. Do any of you guys use Dwarf Therapist?
Yeesh
Magister
CrusaderTemplar said:
I was just coming by to complain that while the new version is much less buggy than I'd feared, playing without Dwarf Manager is driving me batty. So many fucking dwarves, and browsing through them one by one to find who's doing what and who's good at what is soul-crushingly sucky. Ow, my soul.
I haven't tried Dwarf Therapist, but I guess I will now since it's claiming stable support for .31 as of yesterday.
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=39229
CrusaderTemplar
Liturgist
Yeesh said:
Dwarf Therapist is awesome. I been using it for 3-4 months now. I'm still waiting on a visualizer update or something =/
meeneque
Liturgist
Managing forts over 40 without Dwarf Therapist is a real PITA. Especially when you get new migrants wave and it's around 20-30 new people.
poocolator
Erudite
Draft those motherfuckers into the People's Army of Fodder.
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poocolator said:
Multi-headed Cow
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That's generally what I do. Fortresses that defend themselves with traps are for pussies.poocolator said:
Yeesh
Magister
Sure that's fine for the lame ones, but when you get two high-master whatzits then you want to demote your old whatzits to army duty and finding them can be a nightmare.poocolator said:
But more importantly, so far the one time I've had a big fortress in the new version, my army went crazy one by one and started killing everybody. It was a delightful downward spiral.
poocolator
Erudite
Wonderful. I just punched through into a cavern while digging a water reservoir, and all my fucking peons charged in to collect bone fragments and other litter. Now they're being chased around the underground by ant queens and shite. It'll never end, ffs.
poocolator
Erudite
And....... when I added them to a burrow to get them back home, DF 2010 crashed.
CrusaderTemplar
Liturgist
You could always drown the ants unless somehow they can swim... lol. Also turn off those haulings.
poocolator
Erudite
I abandoned that game. The crash lost me a lot of work. I got the newest version and had a dwarf go on a rampage killing 91 elves 
before settling down. If you want to torture a creature you've definitely got to use the warhammer. Om nom.
before settling down. If you want to torture a creature you've definitely got to use the warhammer. Om nom.
CrusaderTemplar
Liturgist
I started a new game too after my previous game had a bug where my two miners did not dig at all and then there was some pathfinder bugs. I haven't try the burrow system yet.
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military training is broken
Multi-headed Cow
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TRAINING IS FOR THE WEAK! YOU WILL BE FORGED IN THE FURNACE OF BATTLE TO SERVE ARMOK! KILL THE GOBLIN! BURN THE KOBOLD! PURGE THE TROLL!
laclongquan
Arcane
I notice you said nothing about elves and whatnot.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
I've always managed my fortresses without any add-ons. No wonder I've abandoned them eventually and admired no-life asspergers who have fortresses with hundreds of dwarves. Now thanks to Codex I found Therapist. :tearsofjoy:
Also, anyone willing to explain how the burrows thing is supposed to work?
Also, anyone willing to explain how the burrows thing is supposed to work?
CrusaderTemplar
Liturgist
Everytime I think of burrows, the idea of thaigs come up in my head.
Yeesh
Magister
CrusaderTemplar said:
Every time I think of Burroughs, the idea of mugwump jism comes up in my head.
CrusaderTemplar
Liturgist
What bugs have you ran into?
poocolator
Erudite
Terrible pathfinding/searching as far as constructions go. There's always a problem with the materials screen when you place a construction. Usually, waiting a moment resets the screen, but it's a pain.
I mean, say you wanted to build a wall in an area just excavated, then the materials screen wouldn't show the 99 gabbro you have lying around in your fort until you wait 30 seconds or so before trying the construction again.
Also, the dwarves in general seem a lot more reluctant to build any sort of construction. Paving the surface using rocks from your fort a few levels below the soil, is a big pain in the ass.
Another problem: burrows tend to crash my game even though I've yet to find a use for them. Apparently, they make good fall-back zones for dwarves fleeing combat (?) and you can use them to segregate your dwarves to different "mini-forts".
I haven't tried training, yet, so I can't say anything about that. But now that I've finally fucking dug my way to hell and its magma (god knows how many z-levels below 0 it's at), I'll get to producing some iron armor and weapons. I'll begin my training of fodder shortly thereafter.
EDIT:
This farming-only-on-muddy-tiles bug (is it a bug?) is excruciatingly trying. I've now found the easiest way to farm is to punch a hole into a cavern, whose floors are always already somehow covered with mud.
I mean, say you wanted to build a wall in an area just excavated, then the materials screen wouldn't show the 99 gabbro you have lying around in your fort until you wait 30 seconds or so before trying the construction again.
Also, the dwarves in general seem a lot more reluctant to build any sort of construction. Paving the surface using rocks from your fort a few levels below the soil, is a big pain in the ass.
Another problem: burrows tend to crash my game
even though I've yet to find a use for them. Apparently, they make good fall-back zones for dwarves fleeing combat (?) and you can use them to segregate your dwarves to different "mini-forts".I haven't tried training, yet, so I can't say anything about that. But now that I've finally fucking dug my way to hell and its magma (god knows how many z-levels below 0 it's at), I'll get to producing some iron armor and weapons. I'll begin my training of fodder shortly thereafter.
EDIT:
This farming-only-on-muddy-tiles bug (is it a bug?) is excruciatingly trying. I've now found the easiest way to farm is to punch a hole into a cavern, whose floors are always already somehow covered with mud.
Multi-headed Cow
Guest
BACK IN THE DAY you had to re-mud tiles to farm underground, going back to hardcore dwarf hardbody professional play.
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