I don't know what dwarf fortress is or how it works but I'm fairly active. Any sort of sort over view or options one could give? Or is it just much too hard for an outsider to grasp quickly

Anonymous 2016/10/11(Tue)03:21 No. 11259 ID: 52d0bb
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>>11257
Dwarf fortress is rightfully considered one of the most complicated games known to man. That said, exploring the system and finding all the hidden nuances is a big part of the Fun.

Dwarf fortress wiki (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/) is the go to source for all dwarf related questions. The best way to learn is to just play the game and look stuff up as you need it.

As OP said, you don't need to be an expert going in. No one ever truly masters dwarf fortress.

A Mountain, for the sake of tradition.

No aquifer, but lets have enough enemies to keep things interesting. Don't care too much about climate one way or the other.

>>11261
>>11257

Once we get 2 or three more people signed on we'll start.

Started, dug into a mountain and intermediately fucked up how I wanted to dig the first few rooms. Still haven't figured out how to build walls. I've been told the ideal qualifiers for a starting area include
-warm temperature
-Forestation
-surface metal
-deep metal
-flux stone
-no aquifer
-being in a calm area
-have clay and or soil for farming

So i vote someone using the search function and choosing the area that matches those qualities.

>>11267
>build -> Construction -> wall

walls and other constructions are pretty straightforward, and the wiki does a good job laying out the tech trees for the various professions and crafts. Building and equipping a military and managing macro infrastructure are more advanced.

From my own experience, I advise you to look into stockpiles and permissions. Considering how important they are, they don't stand out in the UI and the game never explicitly suggests their use.

I don't think I have the same hotkeys, when I hit b > c, it tries to build a chair or throne of some sorts, but I don't have the materials for it.

Anonymous 2016/10/12(Wed)09:13 No. 11270 ID: ea1c62
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Note the capitalization. When in doubt, search for it in the wiki, or just look through the UI. It may seem overwhelming at first, but its laid out in mostly logical fashion.

>>11267
Why the fuck would we want an ideal area for a dwarf fort succession game? We want things to go wrong! Horribly horribly wrong!

>We want things to be Fun! Horribly horribly Fun!
Basically the Dwarf Fortress credo.

Its not going to last forever. Better to go out in a blaze of magma and cat guts than slowly descend into a tantrum spiral.

That said, I want this to last long enough to reach my turn. You can have Fun without starting in a glacier.

Alright, you convinced me.

Embark in glacier. Bring extra wood to last us till we strike the caverns.

I'll be up for another succession game. Make it a hard settle, but maybe not evil reanimating bodies hard like I recommended last time. People didn't seem to like that.

I'll play. I'm kind of boring as a fort designer but I won't lose the fort probably.

Has anyone seen or heard from OP? It looks like we've got enough people.

No idea! Maybe we need an IRC chat or something?

>>11300
Maybe. I'm not sure how to set one up though.

Can we get a roll-call to see who all is still watching this thread?

Still watching, not sure how it works though. Do we pass a saved game back and forth or something?

>>11302
Yeah, basically

Still here, got Driblis too. Whoever departs please bring livestock and please settle near goblins I want to see an invasion so big there'll be wall of bodies.

Well SOMEBODY start it!

Well Im sad now I saw DF and I was ready to go.

You should have advertised this on /r/DwarfFortress.