GitP Dwarf Fortress Succession Game 4: Dwarves on Patrol

[Luzahn]

Oh that's right. If you didn't get a complete year off Wookiee, you're free to play the first year of the new fort.

[Wookieetank]

Oh that's right. If you didn't get a complete year off Wookiee, you're free to play the first year of the new fort.

I ran it for the full year, but the last half with the mad ravings involved 2 dwarfs not moving from where they were. I'll get our seaside getaway started this evening though! I'm debating between a high rise condo setup, or a hole in the ground with only one entrance. Thoughts?

[Grim Portent]

I think your dwarf was paralyzed by the demon ichor he was soaked in Wookie, and the child took longer to die than he did when I checked the fort.

[iyaerP]

An ocean-top platform fort, connected to land only by a series of retractable bridges.

[Luzahn]

I like it. Be sure to anchor it somewhere though. Or else we all tumble into the sea.

[Wookieetank]

An ocean-top platform fort, connected to land only by a series of retractable bridges.

I like it. Be sure to anchor it somewhere though. Or else we all tumble into the sea.

Sounds like a plan! I think I'll make the anchor point lead to a wall and then have a dwarven atom smasher placed on it in case of emergencies. I also have a couple of ideas for weaponized water, but I don't know if that'll be possible in the scope of getting the fort up and running.

[Grim Portent]

Through careful use of pumps we could build a tunnel down into the ocean itself and mine into the seabed for supplies to build the platform once it's started and break the anchor to the surface so it's able to be fully sealed at will.

[iyaerP]

If we can find a good ocean, we can totally replicate the mermaid bone farm in all of its horrible horrible glory.

[Wookieetank]

Through careful use of pumps we could build a tunnel down into the ocean itself and mine into the seabed for supplies to build the platform once it's started and break the anchor to the surface so it's able to be fully sealed at will.

Could you acomplish something similar by building a solid tower of rock and then removing its supports causing it to fall into the ocean, and then mining through the rubble to reach the sea bed? That's my current plan of action, unless its known to not work, then I'll spend time working on getting a stockpile of pump bits made up.

[Grim Portent]

I think constructed walls just disappear when they hit the ground so we can't just displace water with them. Shame really, it would make damming rivers so easy.

[Luzahn]

I don't believe constructions can be caved in in that way; whenever I've attempted that they just fall apart into their building materials.

On another note, can we get plant growth on constructed tiles? I'm thinking we could build an artificial island. If not, we can always just carve a peninsula into an island.

[Grim Portent]

I've made a fort to test some principles we may need for the communal deathtrap fort.

Going to test:

Cave ins using constructions. (I don't have much hope for this)

Farming on constructed floors.

Draining a tube down into the ocean.

[Wookieetank]

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1st of Granite, 1064: After all my misadventures in the temperate and arid climates, I signed on to an expidetion to more tropical climes. I find myself in charge of the fort, and since we have a large expanse of ocean at our disposal, I've decided to make our fort out on the water. With any luck it'll provide us with an easily defensible position.

4th of Felsite, 1064: Work is going slowly on our ocean fort, something about frequent waves intterupting the work. Whiners.

28th of Hematite, 1064: New migrants arrive today. With any luck they'll help speed up production on our basic structures so that we'll finally have rooms to sleep in.

9th of Summer, 1064: The summer just flew by. Construction is slowly coming along. Looking at our stocks for the first time in a while, seems like I shoulda looked at them sooner. We only have 7 meat, 6 fish, 0 plants and 0 drink! I declare a state of emergency and order a still built up.

18th of Limestone, 1064: We now number 14 with our newest influx of intrepid dwarfs. Still no drink, and our meat is down to 4. Gonna have to order someone to go kill all the tasty critters roaming around since no one can seem to think for themselves.

18th of Timber, 1064: The merchants from mountainhome have come and gone now, and with their leaving goes a request for foods and booze.

3rd of Opal, 1064: Despite my best efforts to herd this horde of cat-like dwarves, we're now completely out of food and drink, despite a high number of plants nearby.

20th of Obsidian, 1064: Today overseering wookieetank died of starvation. One of Wookiee's advisors informs me the Reg Berdansazir keeps throwing tantrums, something about no food. I know its elfy and all, but there are TONS of plants for noming in this area, seriously dwarfs, man up or shut up. Just to be safe I order ALL the plants to be harvested. ALL OF THEM!

2nd of Granite, 1065: With the start of a new year I've decided that I've had it and throw a tantrum myself.

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Fort is in a rather iffy situation, wasn't paying too much attention to supplies while trying to get the ocean fort off the ground. ><

[Luzahn]

All right! Who's up for the next year of the fort!

Wookiee, your gift of fort-destroying continues to astound me.

(I'll be putting my name in as well. I have a plan involving Fish. Wookiee, you remembered to murder our animals, right?)

[Grim Portent]

Through the dark and mysterious practice of Dwarfen Science! I have determined the following:

Constructions do deconstruct when used to cave in. (As expected based on the wiki entry but I felt I might as well check.)

Constructed floors work fine for growing plants and building farms, although all water tiles are considered 'above ground' and 'light' so we can't create underground farm plots unless we make them in the seabed.

Pumping works, though a great deal of pumps are needed and I still can't get the hang of automating them so I was unable to work out a proper method for pumping water out of the way.

So I hope someone else knows how to link waterwheels to pumps properly, or we're stuck with a surface rig with no drill.

Also Wookie, damn you and your wretched ASCII format pictures! I can recognize walls water and trees and not much else on those things!

I'll download the save and poke about in the fort and see what's what. I may spot something needing attention other than food.

EDIT: From my glance at the fort:

We're up a certain creek without a certain implement when it comes to food and drink. The bees in the area may be useful in the long term but we need some plump helmets fast and a bunch of plants gathered.

We have plenty of available resources to build the platform, Wookie chose well I'd say.

We have several veins of valuable substances in the mine on the shore, we may need to get some trade goods set up.

Some sort of accommodation for the dwarfs we have wouldn't go amiss. Don't want tantrums getting worse than they are. We need beds and burials sorted. The main structure of the fort can wait till the mood of the fort is stabilized.

Our still living animals need pastured.

We're in a bad place, but I'm sure we've all seen much worse and Wookie's gotten a lot of work done on the platform itself during his turn, depending on how we want to structure it we could start building rooms on it right away.

[iyaerP]

I am busy IRL until basically wednsday, but I eagerly anticipate watching this one unfold. Go team Dorf!

[Wookieetank]

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We're up a certain creek without a certain implement when it comes to food and drink. The bees in the area may be useful in the long term but we need some plump helmets fast and a bunch of plants gathered.

I've ordered EVERY plant on the map to be gathered, and everytime I find a idle dwarf without plant gathering enabled, it gets enabled. I really don't understand the lack of food, but then this wouldn't be the first time the dwarfs refuse to listen to anything I say in regards to keeping them alive

[iyaerP]

You need bags for the dwarves to gather plants in if I recall correctly.

[TaRix]

I don't think that's the case, unless the sack requirement was new. There's got to be stockpile room for the food (meaning actual space, not just pots/barrels) and there may have to be haulers available for it. Otherwise the stuff gets picked and left on the ground.

[Gnoman]

I'll put in for the turn.

[Luzahn]

Right, you've got the turn Gnoman.

[Gnoman]

I do have the working save, but it was a holiday weekend here, so I've been busy. I'll get to the game tomorrow.

[Wookieetank]

So how bout that community fort?

[Gnoman]

I'm working on it, but work's been a nightmare the last week, and I've been dead tired when I get home. I'll have the turn finished by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

[Wookieetank]

The thread in general had kinda gone quiet, just wanted to make sure peeps were still around. No rush on the turn, just missing dwarfy discussions.

[Gnoman]

Even more busy than I expected. Give the turn to someone else.

[Lamech]

Can I be a ghost? Making me a ghost would lead to great fun!

[Luzahn]

Ok, who's interested in the turn? First to respond will get it.

[Grim Portent]

Any Dorf's still here? I wish to discuss methods of sealing a fort off from the outside without being haunted by the ghosts of a thousand migrants.

I'm thinking I may put a retracting bridge over a massive hole that leads into my fort (no stairs) and have it linked to a lever in the fort. Migrants arrive, stand on bridge, pull lever, bury splattered corpses. Add traps for extra gore Fun if need be.

[Wookieetank]

Any Dorf's still here? I wish to discuss methods of sealing a fort off from the outside without being haunted by the ghosts of a thousand migrants.

I'm thinking I may put a retracting bridge over a massive hole that leads into my fort (no stairs) and have it linked to a lever in the fort. Migrants arrive, stand on bridge, pull lever, bury splattered corpses. Add traps for extra gore Fun if need be.

You could always try dwarven atom smashers as well.