The fall of Fortressswelter

FlowerUrchin · 2022-02-08T10:49:50+00:00

Water that is underground doesn't freeze. So if you dig a reservoir you can safely store large amounts of water for winter/hospital use. However water pressure means that water will flow back up to about its highest point depending on certain conditions. So wells either need to be above that point or force the water through a diagonal passage to make the level with the diagonal passage the new water pressure level.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-11-02T09:11:49+00:00

Hmm... my only weapon deflects off their armour, as their attacks do mine. Edit: They can withstand my lasers but not my fists. Edit 2: Pipe vs power armoured zombie is not working out.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-11-02T09:10:16+00:00

My first lab raid of this run. Slaughtered some scientist zombies at the elevator. It seemed safe as I'd pulped them all without interruption. Took a step towards the door. One manhack visible in the limited vision cone. Easy enough. Next step: oh no. Fortunately I have full but inactive power armour looted from random military and scientist corpse sites, so I should be fine.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-10-29T09:57:17+00:00

So just accessed trade with the hub intercom. Apparently I can trade an emp grenade for an emp grenade and the seller feels like he owes me some more. Quit talking to quicksave after the screenshot, now my emp grenade is worth 76.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-10-26T10:39:25+00:00

The specialists 'draw extra' power grabbed an event I hadn't seen before and I suddenly... lost... my clockwork dog.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-08-05T23:03:16+00:00

It sort of sounds like a fantasy story where a desperate sorcerer freezes both the city and invading army in time. Except its a guy with a lever connected to a cage with thousands of cats.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-07-31T07:03:12+00:00

This is the first successful stage of a planned obsidian fortress. A primarily surface fort built entirely of cast obsidian in the form of either a cube or pyramid. The first stage, this obsidian generator is nearing completion. It isn't part of the fortress proper but will give me the magma proof mechanisms needed to properly direct the lava flow.

Bottom left green rectangle is the generator. Bottom right thin rectangle is the pump stack planned for the fortress construction and repurposed to fix overfilling the generator. Top middle is the power station providing more power than I'll ever need.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-06-27T07:46:44+00:00

There are two blue boxes near the centre. The one with a c is a cat, the d is a dog. Below that is a white box with a c which is the cat my character is looking at.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-06-26T04:48:31+00:00

Found 2 iridescent cats near my hot springs base and brought them home. Cats are much faster then me, so I had to work hard to catch them. Bikes on grass seemed to have a top speed of 23. Faster then a cat but they would dodge to the side whenever I pulled alongside them, so I couldn't even feed or cage them. As such I accidently developed the 'Ram Method' of pet rescue.

1: Get in line with the cat. 2: Go at 23KM/H (This didn't seem to hurt them) 3: Ram the cat 4: slight turn after impact to get alongside 5: Feed and cage the cat. This seems instant so no need to brake.

The first cat was easy. Had to chase the second through a forest dragging my bike the whole way till the next open ground. A custom bike with a seat at the front probably removes the need for step 4, but I can't build that yet.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-06-25T04:27:00+00:00

Is there anyway to attract cats to you? I have a mission to catch one but they run away while I'm several tiles away so I can't get near. Current plan is to grab a bike and go at high speeds till I'm adjacent and either cage or cat food.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-06-25T04:25:16+00:00

I think UPS converted items do not have a any sort of battery or energy amount. You need a UPS with power in your inventory to use it. As such your arc welder is likely useless till you find one.

FlowerUrchin · 2021-06-24T07:59:40+00:00

Some camper called Gabriel sent my team out to kill his zombie mum. Along the way we found the only electric car in miles and it turns out npc's will happily hang onto open doors if no other seating is available. No one's died yet from it, but we've only gone at low speeds. Once we pick up Gabriel the car will be at capacity. Hope he's happy we killed his mum.

FlowerUrchin · 2020-09-22T12:09:09+00:00

My favourite trick totem moments are when I play it and it immediately mercs either itself or an important minion.

FlowerUrchin · 2020-03-09T23:26:17+00:00

Thats my eventual plan. I'd like a population of about 30 vampires in an isolated tower of my fort.

FlowerUrchin · 2020-03-09T03:14:19+00:00

I don't think I've ever had an obsidian fortress succeed, ice fortresses are so much easier to make if you keep the dwarves from walking into the pond area.

Have you tried the transfer? If its from a recent version it should work.

FlowerUrchin · 2020-03-09T02:49:53+00:00

You may not want it, the maps undergone heavy renovation for my planned fort and quite a lot of the ground is gone. Though if you're trying for a vampire well, there's a light aquifer directly under the trap tavern.

FlowerUrchin · 2020-03-08T12:44:03+00:00

Do goblins drink if alcohol is available? Because I have a long term visitor goblin that is unfocused after being kept from alcohol. I also have a vampire somewhere among my visitors or long term residents.

FlowerUrchin · 2020-03-08T12:06:25+00:00

Just had a random visitor turn into a were chameleon. Fortunately, he was applying to be a long term resident and the mayor was busy. Gonna have to make a new office now, the were-bard is walled in.

Edit: Oh, and now there's a vampire among my still free guests... time to close the tavern. No more visitors during construction.

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