Let's Sperg Dwarf Fortress: Succession Game in Progress. -

[Randall Fragg]

Hi, I've seen others talk about Dwarf Fortress (aka the most autistic game ever), so I made a thread to discuss it. So, any good stories, or tips, or whatever?
/I'm a newbie, and I suck at making thread introductions.

 

[exball]

Kobold camp is better.

 

[Danger]

I play it a bit here and there. I've never played Kobold camp but I might take a look at it. DF was a little overwhelming my buddy showed me how to use Dwarf Therapist which is a program that lets you set jobs for the dwarfs alot easier which made it much easier to get into.

https://code.google.com/p/dwarftherapist/

 

[XH 502]

You don't win in Dwarf Fortress, you just do a little better each time.

 

[HG 400]

When are we gonna get a kiwi succession fort going?

 

[Randall Fragg]

When are we gonna get a kiwi succession fort going?

I'd love to, and I don't think I'm the only one. I do have some questions though. Like, how does the save game transfer work? Would mods installed by the guy who starts the game still work for other people? And how do you upgrade to the latest version of DF without screwing up your saved games?

 

[HG 400]

- We all grab the latest version that's out when we're ready to start
- With the lazy newb pack bundle
- No mods allowed, but everyone can use LNP to switch to their preferred tileset
- No upgrading if a new version comes out. Keep the same version until the game's done
- We host the save folder on filedropper or dropbox or whatever when we're done

 

[Randall Fragg]

Alright, so it looks like Dynastia and me are interested in this. Any other people want in? New players welcome.

 

[Randall Fragg]

I'm ready to start if anyone else is interested.
Is there any way to update your save games to the latest version of DF?

 

[HG 400]

I'd suggest waiting until DFHack and LNP get updated to the latest version. Castration's in the game now.

 

[Strelok]

I'd suggest waiting until DFHack and LNP get updated to the latest version. Castration's in the game now.

So how long untill modders find a way to take the code from that and allow proper medieval justice. 3 fingers for theivery anyone?

Actually that's probably kinder than letting the hammerdwarf do it.

 

[Randall Fragg]

Latest starter pack's up:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=126076
Anyone else ready to do this?

 

[Hat]

What the Hell is a "Lazy Newb Pack bundle?" Real Dwarf Fortress players don't use such things.

 

[Randall Fragg]

Shit, might as well start kick this off. You have one week to complete your turn. Each turn is one in game year. Once a year is up, zip it and send it to the next person.
Okay, so "rules":
1: anyone can sign up. If you're new to this, that just means more fun.
2: Don't try to completely screw everything up (intentionally flooding the map, ect)
3: Name a dwarf after your term in office.
4: Take screenshots.
5: Have an idea for a stupid megaproject, like Goblin Gitmo? (dump bunch of goblins in a pit, then rig up a way to drop water in the pit to water board them.) Then do it.
6: Feel free to name dwarves after cows, or post updates in character.
7: Above all, losing is fun.
PM me if you have questions.

 

[Hat]

I'll play.

 

[Randall Fragg]

Log of Randall Fragg, expedition leader. (uncovered next to skeleton in the Northwest Badlands)
Entry 1:
Dear Diary,
We have done it. After months of harsh trekking to this remote volcano, at the behest of the King of the Dwarves himself (guess who's the best and brightest!) we have reached our destination. I'm starting this so that future generations will have something to look back to, a testimony to my heroic effort to bring glory to the farthest reaches of the world. That's what they said, that this was the farthest place in the world our scouts have seen, and that we were to go there and civilize it as soon as possible. Huzzah! We shall now build ourselves an Eden upon:

The Bloody Apes of Grapes. Okay, what incompetent nincompoop named this place?

Log of Randall Fragg, expedition leader
Entry 2:
Dear Diary,
Things are going great, thanks to my visionary leadership. I've directed the construction of an entrance hall, a trade depot, and a bridge.

Spoiler

Notably, I'm sketching out something I like to call the "Orbital Magma Bombardment". I believe that using an aqueduct, we can channel the magma from the great volcano outwards, and place it directly over the entrance way. With a series of hatches, we then drop it on whoever attempts to enter our fortress without permission. Yay!

Spoiler: Future Magma drop site

Diary of Randall Fragg, Expedition Leader
Entry 3:
Dear Diary,
Finally got my quarters up and running. I won't have to sleep in some peasant room anymore, thank god.

Spoiler

Some of the peasants grumbled, complaining that this was a waste of resources. To counter this, I have appointed myself Dictator for Life and Broker. Just in time too, as a caravan just showed up, and I've been having gems mined and useless trinkets made just for this.

Journal of Randall Fragg, Dictator for Life and Chief Broker
Entry 4:
Dear Diary,
Goddamniytitmotherfuckershitcunt!!!!
That motherfucker thinskinned trader got offended by my trade offering. Greedy Kobold bastard! What am I made of fucking money? Peace of half-elvish shit is going to be the first to taste the wrath of Dictator For Life and First Broker Randall Fragg's Orbital Magma Bombardment! )
In better news, I've started setting up a magma forge.

Spoiler

Tunneling down from the edge of the volcano, we'll carve out a mighty forge in the depths of the fort. I've also got the main hall going, complete with a training zone and a room of levers. (Levers are 'labeled' with burrows, just something I like to do)

Diary of Randall Fragg, Dictator for Life and Chief Broker.
Damnit, the surfs used the wrong floodgate to build the forge. You know, instead of the one that doesn't melt when dumped in magma, they used the one that does. And now the basement is flooded with magma with no way to stop it. Oh well, seal it off and try again.

Spoiler

In better news, I've hit an aquifer,

Spoiler

and have started the construction of a cistern. We have a door in place to separate it from the rest of the fortress, are going to put in a floodgate to control the water, and will mine through, seal the door once the miner escapes, wait for it to fill with water, close the floodgate, and burrow down from the top to make a well.
Oh, also this guy went crazy.

Spoiler

Don't know what's up with that.

Journal of Randall Fragg, God-emperor and Dictator for Life, Chief Broker, and Hero of the People.
Dear Diary,
I can't believe this! The peasants are demanding that I step down, citing "mismanagement" and "megalomania". I fools. Don't they see that without my leadership the fort is doomed? No matter. I am confident that once the one they have elected, @Hat , messes up, they shall come crawling back to me! Fools, I shall show them all!

Okay, still trying to figure out how to share this. Dropbox will work, right?

 

[exball]

Journal of Randall Fragg, God-emperor and Dictator for Life, Chief Broker, and Hero of the People.

 

[Hat]

Overseer's Log of Hat, El Caudillo del Nuevo Régimen:
1st Granite, 144;

I came to this fortress for opportunity, but I certainly didn't expect to get it handed to me on a silver platter. See, the old expedition leader and overseer of this fortress, RandallFragg, was an incompetent moron and power-hungry despot, so the people, fed up, told him to get step down. Afterwards, they installed me, the friend of the people, as expedition leader and overseer. Ain't it funny how life'll sometimes throw you into the strangest of situations?

In the first minutes of my term as leader, I completely dissolved the old government of this fortress. The regime led by Fragg and his supporters, the Fraggots, has proven itself unworkable.

I have put into place a new regime: El Nuevo Régimen. Unlike the old Fraggot government, we will actually manage the workings of the fortress. Industry will no longer be left to stagnate; we shall move forward!

Some citizens—probably closet Fraggots—opposed my dissolution of the old militia. I, however, saw that it was weak and broken beyond reasonable repair, and decided that it was better to start anew.

The first major problem I see is the result of Fragg's incompetence: thirst. I suppose Fragg doesn't know that dwarves need to drink in order to survive, and he let the problem sit. Now we have no booze and no well, and the clock is ticking.

I could find but one still in the entire fortress, and it was not in use; I was forced to change this.

In addition to this, the fortress is a mess! Abandoned hallways, flooded chambers, the list goes on and on! Also, a ranger has been possessed by a daemon and needs bones, but instead of getting bones for the dwarf, Fragg ignored this problem too. An animal will need to be slaughtered immediately to accommodate for the ranger before he goes completely insane.

Looks like I've got my work cut out for me.

 

[AnimuGinger]

Our fortunes rise and fall together.

 

[HG 400]

I'm in.