@Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever I always wanted to like adventure mode more, being a fan of Angband and all. I stopped playing it back around v0.40, there was just never enough to do, although visiting your old fortresses could be !!FUN!!. Still interested to see it though once it gets more polished.
Lordwall sits at the foot of a giant glacier in a high mountain valley. The small microclimate this location enjoys has proven to be stimulating to all dwarves spirituality. Lordwall has just established an organized religion, devoted to the worship of Rîsen, the Goddess of mountains and caverns. Thikut Blowgirder has...
OOC: This fort was started when a friend who is new to DF confessed to having some confusion on how they should embark. What to look for, what the stuff on the screen meant, etc. While I used my "Small Volcanic Island" world-gen, I wasn't able to find a great volcano + river start, so opted for this one bordering on a glacier instead. So far I really like this map, and the only real accident we've had so far was our ONLY artifact creator, a child, got himself encased in ice when the moat started being dug. Since that time, at least THREE different agents have showed up at our fort, intent on stealing that artifact. Only one has escaped, the rest can be seen in the refuse stockpile on the bottom left.
I have an underground area here, mostly stockpiles and offices, but also a proper great hall for whoever the eventual baron will be, and a cathedral for the religion. I'm trying to build up in this one though for the living quarters and day to day stuff, should be an interesting change of pace.
ETA: The sieges are usually dependent on how much wealth you export from your fortress, so if you don't get traders, then that makes sense. If you DO get traders and want to get attacked, trade a bunch of lavishly prepared meals.
Ahhh sounds like either you don't have a Trade Depot built, or they can't find a way to it. Trade wagons for example are 3 tiles wide, so need an entrance that is at least 3 tiles wide for them to navigate through. Wagons also can not go up or down stairs. They can however travel up/down ramps.
I usually do what you're suggesting, have a massive sprawling underground fortress, but also a smaller walled enclosure on the surface that protects the underground, as well as housing a trade depot and barracks (so that my military is nearby to any potential action).
It's definitely a lot to remember! That said though the more you play, the more a lot of it becomes second nature. If you ever have questions, don't hesitate to ask! I personally have been playing for .. holy crap, 15 years now. There's so much that's just second nature to me now, but I also learned from others over time. I'm happy to help others learn as well.
I played DF for many years, but it was a little bit too much FUN until I started using Dwarf Therapist. I forget when this was, but the last time I struck the earth and downloaded a new update, DT had stopped being compatible. (maybe 2018-ish?)...
The games that best compare to DF were almost all inspired by DF in the first place, but that said, I usually sell it as "Rimworld, but with hundreds of people, and even more detail".
I used to use Dwarf Therapist all the time, but after a while there was a manager option in DFHack starting in like, .40 or .44, and now in the Steam era (.50) I haven't bothered at all. A lot of things default to "everybody does this", and you can set categories of work and fairly easily pick and choose if everybody does them, or if certain specific people do. When choosing specific people, it shows you who has relevant skills, usually sorted by best at the top. Hope this helps.
I wanted to try something new and interesting for this #DwarfFortress embark, so I picked a haunted region near a dark elf tower and a bunch of dark goblin pits. Thought it would spice things up!
When the snow started to melt, it uncovered the landscape... which is SOAKED in human blood. Everything, everywhere, just nothing but blood. Even the frozen river is covered in blood.
@twipped Do you also get blood rains? I had a past fortress where it frequently rained Elf Blood, with the added bonus it would freak out traders, causing them to drop all their trade goods and flee.
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Despite playing since 2008, I've only accessed the hidden fun stuff once, and mostly because I set out to do it. I too tend to keep creating new forts over and over to try to get things perfect. Then I save, and when I come back I never remember what I was doing, so I just start over again. :) Doing that for all these years, my early game is down to a science now (in terms of setting up manager, work orders, quantum stockpiles, etc. The only thing that really changes from play to play is how I design the fortress. Surprisingly still not tired of doing it after all these years.
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OC Lordwall - My latest fortress
Lordwall sits at the foot of a giant glacier in a high mountain valley. The small microclimate this location enjoys has proven to be stimulating to all dwarves spirituality. Lordwall has just established an organized religion, devoted to the worship of Rîsen, the Goddess of mountains and caverns. Thikut Blowgirder has...
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I played DF for many years, but it was a little bit too much FUN until I started using Dwarf Therapist. I forget when this was, but the last time I struck the earth and downloaded a new update, DT had stopped being compatible. (maybe 2018-ish?)...
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