Pavilion Dwarf Fortress - Staffmastered Begins

[marcus]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

Just generate your own world, save a snapshot, and we'll pick from that. I don't want to play from someone else's.

[d2king10]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

I might be interested in joining, but I think I need to learn a bit more before I attempt a stab at it

[Translucid]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

after your 3rd or 4th fortress (the previous ones being abandoned because you learned more and wanted to start over) you basically have what you need to know in order to actually sustain a fortress effectively.

of course, that's probably about 25 hours of playing, so a bit of a steep learning curve...

[Red Dragon]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

I might be interested in joining, but I think I need to learn a bit more before I attempt a stab at it

This.

I have no idea how to do anything with this game or how to control anything.

[Denmo]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

You don't learn anything with it until you dive headlong into it. Give it a chance~

[marcus]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

This.

I have no idea how to do anything with this game or how to control anything.

You don't control anything and this was the biggest hurdle to my learning the game when I first played it.

All characters have a mind of their own. What you do is assign orders and your dorfs will carry them out when they feel like it which is based on how they're feeling.

The game is basically fantasy Sim City. All you're doing is building stuff. Once you figure out what the symbols mean the rest of the game pieces fall into place. You can use tiles if it makes you feel better but I prefer the extended ASCII because the tiles are poorly contrasted against the black background and things can get really cluttered.

[Eso Teric]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

You can count me in if you like.

[Denmo]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

Here's a world I generated with some markings for understandability. I also marked out 3 possible spots that I found using the search function in the embark screen. We can pick those OR go wherever. This map is dominated by haunted areas, seems perfect to me!

[marcus]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

#1's a good spot. We don't need many trees with magma available and I hate elven merchants.

[Denmo]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

Except #1 has no magma. That's why I put an X next to it. REason it's on the map is because it has other fun things that nobody talks about in public.

[marcus]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress

Eh, magma isn't really necessary when we have a decent number of trees to burn. I like building ridiculous magma traps and creating indoor heating but it's not really necessary in a temperate area.

[Denmo]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress - Pick the starting spot!

so that's one vote for #1, any others?

[Translucid]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress - Pick the starting spot!

I'd really like magma, and if we choose terrifying then the fort might die before it even starts. So I'ma go for 3.

[Eso Teric]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress - Pick ur poison!

doesn't matter to me

[Red Dragon]

Re: Pavilion Dwarf Fortress - Pick ur poison!

1 or 2.

If I play.

Which I will probably have to use tiles though.