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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    Murdersomber strikes again...
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed! Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    <img src="http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8799/sgrjr0.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Woo my golden road is done <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • RetalesRetales Panigg cultist Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19180Members
    I see <b>someone</b> has found valuable ore. I have only found copper, very little aluminum and one decent size gold vein. Other than that, I've had to melt goblin iron objects or buy metals from caravans. So my 8 magma smelters are idle most of the time <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    You should try looking for aluminium. It's far more gentlemanly than the stuff you've dug up.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    It depends on the stone type of the area. In the Obsidian mountain I've got a fort in there's only the occasional large cluster of hematite and some even rarer small clusters of gem and aluminum, but tons of useless cinnabar everywhere. ######sux.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673019:date=Mar 12 2008, 12:22 PM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lolfighter @ Mar 12 2008, 12:22 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673019"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You should try looking for aluminium. It's far more gentlemanly than the stuff you've dug up.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I've got like...3 nuggets of aluminium.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Outside my fort is basically a gigantic armour store. Fields upon fields of bits of armour from repelled invaders. Can I somehow melt it all down? My smelters have a "Melt down metal object" function but I can't seem to be able to choose what it melts down.

    --Scythe--
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  • RetalesRetales Panigg cultist Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19180Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673062:date=Mar 12 2008, 11:19 PM:name=Scythe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scythe @ Mar 12 2008, 11:19 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673062"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Outside my fort is basically a gigantic armour store. Fields upon fields of bits of armour from repelled invaders. Can I somehow melt it all down? My smelters have a "Melt down metal object" function but I can't seem to be able to choose what it melts down.

    --Scythe--<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    You must flag the items you want to allow for melting. You can do this by looking at an item with the k-cursor and pressing 'm', or you can use the Stocks- screen. After you've flagged items for melting, order the job at the smelter (and put it on repeat <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> )
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    That is one good thing about having magma and being near some goblins, free iron.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I have yet to be attacked by any goblins since the siege AI was fixed, and that was a long time ago..
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  • PvtBonesPvtBones Join Date: 2004-04-25 Member: 28187Members
    ok so I've finally figured out the controls for the laptop, not I just need to figure out how digging down works exactly.

    do you have to be inside a cliff or can you do it in the middle of a field? if yes to in a field how... preferably with pictures.

    any do any of you use graphics packs? I personally use Mikes Mayday pack.

    <a href="http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Object_Tilesets" target="_blank">graphics packs on dwarf fortress wiki</a>
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    The graphics sets look like crap
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673154:date=Mar 13 2008, 03:40 PM:name=Sonic)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sonic @ Mar 13 2008, 03:40 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673154"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The graphics sets look like crap<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    They are a step in the right direction though.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    <!--quoteo(post=1673158:date=Mar 14 2008, 07:10 AM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xyth @ Mar 14 2008, 07:10 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673158"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->They are a step in the right direction though.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Nevar! Default tileset 4eva!

    Yeah, when I melt down all this iron I'll never want for iron ever again. EVER. I'm going to have to build a new storeroom or six to hold it all.

    --Scythe--
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673153:date=Mar 13 2008, 03:32 PM:name=PvtBones)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PvtBones @ Mar 13 2008, 03:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673153"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->do you have to be inside a cliff or can you do it in the middle of a field? if yes to in a field how... preferably with pictures.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    use < and > to see different layers up and down. build a down staircase one floor below the ground's surface and your dorfs will dig a staircase down there. voila, you're under the ground now.

    (at least this is how I remember it working. I haven't played in several months)
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    I think the way it works is that you build a down staircase on the level you are on and then an up staircase directly below it.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    edited March 2008
    yes, then shift + < > to go up and down.

    Also <a href="http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/List_of_user_character_sets#Markavian" target="_blank">Markavians</a> tileset is still the bestest, the filled in walls and overall sharpness is just sex.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Yeah, I went with Markavian's too. Good compromise, although then I went and changed things that confused me, so now my dwarves have names with levers in them and there are clothes15] plump helmet spawns in the bags.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    Maybe they just really really like wearing plump helmets!
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    "Plump Helmet" sounds vaguely erotic.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Urist loves plump helmets for their rounded tops.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673176:date=Mar 13 2008, 11:50 PM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xyth @ Mar 13 2008, 11:50 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673176"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->"Plump Helmet" sounds vaguely erotic.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I'd harvest your purple plump helmets any day of the week.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    <!--quoteo(post=1673065:date=Mar 13 2008, 07:39 AM:name=Retales)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Retales @ Mar 13 2008, 07:39 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673065"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You must flag the items you want to allow for melting. You can do this by looking at an item with the k-cursor and pressing 'm', or you can use the Stocks- screen. After you've flagged items for melting, order the job at the smelter (and put it on repeat <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> )<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I'm running an old version and I suspect this one doesn't allow that. Selecting something with K and pressing M doesn't do anything, nor can I find a Stocks screen.

    --Scythe--
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    Nah, your fortress will have to be killed to death by goblins or demons so you can upgrade to the new verison :3
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  • RetalesRetales Panigg cultist Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19180Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673251:date=Mar 15 2008, 01:50 AM:name=Scythe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scythe @ Mar 15 2008, 01:50 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673251"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm running an old version and I suspect this one doesn't allow that. Selecting something with K and pressing M doesn't do anything, nor can I find a Stocks screen.

    --Scythe--<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    In the pre-z-level versions (assuming you're playing one of them) you need to have the bookkeeper noble before you get access to the Stocks screen. I don't quite remember how melting metal objects went in the old versions, but I think you should be able to do it at least from the Stocks-screen once you get access to it. So once you get the bookkeeper, a new tab appears in the overview window (z-menu)
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    <!--quoteo(post=1673289:date=Mar 15 2008, 07:55 PM:name=Retales)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Retales @ Mar 15 2008, 07:55 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673289"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->In the pre-z-level versions (assuming you're playing one of them) you need to have the bookkeeper noble before you get access to the Stocks screen. I don't quite remember how melting metal objects went in the old versions, but I think you should be able to do it at least from the Stocks-screen once you get access to it. So once you get the bookkeeper, a new tab appears in the overview window (z-menu)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I've just started minting coins like mad. Hopefully I'll get a bookkeeper soon.

    --Scythe--
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  • ShzarShzar Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21098Members, Constellation
    I would recommend putting those coins in their own stockpile and locking them away before the bookkeeper arrives, lest every single dwarf take tiny portions of coins and scatters them all over the fort. Luckily, dwarves are perfectly capable of operating on debit.
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  • RetalesRetales Panigg cultist Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19180Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673317:date=Mar 15 2008, 05:10 PM:name=Shzar)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Shzar @ Mar 15 2008, 05:10 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673317"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I would recommend putting those coins in their own stockpile and locking them away before the bookkeeper arrives, lest every single dwarf take tiny portions of coins and scatters them all over the fort. Luckily, dwarves are perfectly capable of operating on debit.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    And you'd likely become a victim of the infamous 'coin explosion' when the n number of coin stacks explode into n*500 separate coins. Your forge will be horribly cluttered and it's basically impossible to clean it up <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

    I think the coin 'splosion has been fixed in the newest version o_O . I'm too lazy to read the few latest changelogs (since I wasn't playing DF when they came out) so I'm not quite sure what has happened <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Nope, restacking isn't in yet.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    Don't mess with marksmen, they'll kill you right up.

    <img src="http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3170/shwali0.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Yay! Rose Gold furniture <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    <img src="http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7057/tngrx7.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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