It took Toady 8 years to get what we have now, and he's nowhere near done. Even with a proper team, making Dwarf Fortress with a good UI and graphics would take at least 5 years, probably 10+. And things like Forgotten Beasts and Titans would not be feasable with real graphics. Plus it would be rated the one above M, I think it's Ao (Adults Only), so noone would carry it, the gore would be insane .
Okay, any suggestions for a starting build? I'm not very good at choosing them. I'll use my best judgement if I have to, but we may regret it.[e digicons]:P[/e] Here's a copy of my notes for the map: It has an aquifer, but you can easily pierce it by going under the ocean, the land is untamed wilds, the ocean is joyous wilds, so there's a chance for merpeople; it also has sparse trees and moderate vegetation. Obviously it has salt water, so we'd h
[quote who="Orvidos" reply="138" id="2647188"]Then I see no reason not to start butchering merpeople immediately! We're spamy mcspamsalot'ing this thread. We might want to start a new thread in PC Gaming. [/quote] If we have them, the wiki says there quite rare. But there bones are worth 6000. Or at least masterwork skull totems are. </p
As long as there are some trees, we should be fine. You can order plenty from the caravan, the elves and humans bring a bunch if you have low amounts, and there's always the caverns.
Ok, I've found another one I think is decent. If you want something else just ask. It has an aquifer, but you can easily pierce it by going under the ocean, the land is untamed wilds, the ocean is joyous wilds, so there's a chance for merpeople; it also has sparse trees and moderate vegetation. Obviously it has salt water, so we'd have to make sure not t
Here's two I've whipped up: They've both got access to all civs. The first goes 35 z-levels down, and the second 36. The second has a minor river meeting with a brook, but has more soil layers than the first, so less stone with our limited amount of z-levels. The
[quote who="Orvidos" reply="130" id="2647048"]As long as it doesn't end up raping me in half and stuffing me through a mailbox (IGN.com) I'm fine. IE, Not Terrifying. I only have the Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial and 3 forts under my belt (I flooded the tutorial intentionally and the other three. . .let's just not talk about.) Other than that, I'm fine with whatever, since, as stated, I fully expect to screw it up and have people have to revert. [/quote]<
[quote who="Orvidos" reply="127" id="2647001"] Quoting Bill_Door, reply 125 Well, I only started with 31.03, so I'm no expert. BTW, we're gonna do this in DF2010, right? Or 40d? I'd prefer 2010, because I find it much more Fun. I'm fine with 2010. I just need to figure out how to hook MayDay's into it and muck with the resolution, since the version I downloaded seems to be immune to my doing so.<
Wooooooot! At least it's not next week, but 24 hours? Tomorrow then?
[quote who="Orvidos" reply="124" id="2646958"] Quoting Bill_Door, reply 122 Quoting Orvidos, reply 121Oh dear lord. We seem to have quite a few DF players. . .dare I suggest a Stardock succession fort? I'm game. At least it'll give us something to do while we wait for Beta 2. Keep in mind I've only just gotten into it, so I'd want to be somewhere low on this list so when/if I screw up, someone can load the p
[quote who="Orvidos" reply="121" id="2646901"]Oh dear lord. We seem to have quite a few DF players. . .dare I suggest a Stardock succession fort? [/quote] I'm game. At least it'll give us something to do while we wait for Beta 2.
[quote who="caross73" reply="118" id="2646871"] This is a masterful engraving of a dwarf and two elves. The dwarf is butchering the elves. [/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
[quote who="Mandelik" reply="116" id="2646856"]Frogboy, that should serve as a lesson: NEVER again mention elves or dwarves or orcs or whatever similar in one of your journals! [/quote] If there was something to test we wouldn't be doing this! So come on Brad, bring on Beta 2! If I can handle Dwarf Fortress bugs, I can handle any bugs you can dish out![e digicons];P[/e]
It would be nice if Brad would just tell us yes or no, the suspence is killing me! Of course he's probably reading the forums with some popcorn in his hand, laughing as he watches us squirm.
[quote who="caross73" reply="112" id="2646820"] Quoting Tormy-, reply 111 Quoting Bill_Door, reply 110 But the tree-huggers are always whining about deforestation and selling back wooden things that I bought from them in the forst place, the hypocrits. They must die by magma. Dwarven atom smasher > magma! I believe the punishment should fit the crime. They should be tied down to a piece of dead
[quote who="TarponCrest" reply="109" id="2646790"]I do not see how exposure to a specific storyline in a fantasy world reflects on education but you are correct I have not read Discworld but now that I have been made aware of such rest assured I will. In the meantime try not to hate the tree hugging folk and focus such hate on the evil loathing folk (Drow) for they seem to welcome it. [/quote] But the tree-huggers are always whining about deforestation and selling back wooden th
Next they'll make a Dungeon Keeper FPS! [e digicons]X|[/e]
[quote who="Orvidos" reply="106" id="2646769"] Quoting TarponCrest, reply 104 Quoting lwarmonger, reply 102 Quoting Hawks282, reply 88And people hate elves why exactly? Insofar as I am concerned, people hate elves because they are evil, hateful creatures with few to no redeeming qualities. At least that is how they are on Discworld. You are all talking about Drow I was starting to get confused for surly you know th
I just realized something! Dwarf Fortress Elves = Discworld Evles![e digicons]:(O[/e] I will now forever imagine Elves in Dwarf Fortress as Discworld Elves![e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Even more reason to commit Elven genocide...
Lol![e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Is that gonna be in the vannila game?
You see, I prefer no abstraction. If it were possible, I would say have the game track every particle and its interactions. If chess or go can offer strategic depth, then what kind of depth could a perfect simulation achieve? I mean think how much more in-depth real life wars are than chess. A perfect simulation would require much more thought than a simple game of chess . Too bad such a thing is not technological
It has been less than 10 minutes.[e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e]
I'd like to point out that the issue I have with the combat isn't the turns, it's the tiles. WEGO captures almost all the advantages of a RTS system, and eliminates the issues with better reflexes and APM in multiplayer.
[quote who="Tormy-" reply="79" id="2646310"]I am also a DF fan, but I am waiting for a decent bugfixed DF version to be honest. Also....Toady is hella slow with the development of the game. I know that he is the only one who works on it, but still...I guess the next major version won't be released for years again. Ah well, DF is his baby [and it's a masterpiece already], so I shut up. [/quote] I dunno, things have speeding up since the SDL merge, .06 already, and he's just one m
[quote who="Jack Trowell" reply="34" id="2646302"]Could we gain points in the Elemental Army by linking forums posts where we explain why we don't like the concept of the Army itself ? [/quote] I would so do this.[e digicons]XD[/e]