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− | {{quality| | + | {{quality|Fine|22:04, 17 October 2010 (UTC)}}{{av}} |
− | The dwarven '''calendar''' is used to display | + | The dwarven '''calendar''' is used to display dates, and is visible in the upper right corner of the {{L|Status}} Screen ({{key|z}}). The months are named after kinds of {{L|stone}}s, {{L|ore}}, {{L|gem}}s and {{L|wood}}. New Year's Day and the first day of spring both fall on the 1st of Granite. New Year's Eve and the last day of winter both fall on the 28th of Obsidian. |
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+ | The game's first playable year begins whenever the world stops generating, due to certain parameters you or the game has set up. By default, the world will stop genning at year 1050. Worldgen can be set to stop at any arbitrary year by editing the advance option "End Year" in the "Design New World with Advanced Parameters" screen. History length can be changed in the basic "Create New World!" screen, though options are limited to Very Short, Short, Medium, Long, and Very Long. Also, Worldgen can be paused at any point and the world used as is. | ||
== Months and seasons == | == Months and seasons == | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #aaa" | | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #aaa" | | ||
! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | Month | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | Month | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | Reallife |
! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccc; text-align: right" colspan="2" | Season | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccc; text-align: right" colspan="2" | Season | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #8f8" | {{tile|•|grey|#8f8}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #8f8" | {{tile|•|grey|#8f8}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Granite}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | March | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | March | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc" rowspan="3" | Spring | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc" rowspan="3" | Spring | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #8f8" | {{tile|•|grey|#8f8}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #8f8" | {{tile|•|grey|#8f8}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Slate}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | April | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | April | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | ||
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− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Felsite}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | May | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | May | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #cfc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ff8" | {{tile|*|#800|#ff8}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ff8" | {{tile|*|#800|#ff8}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Hematite}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | June | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | June | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | ||
− | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc | + | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc" rowspan="3" | Summer |
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ff8" | {{tile|*|green|#ff8}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ff8" | {{tile|*|green|#ff8}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Malachite}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | July | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | July | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ff8" | {{tile|*|grey|#ff8}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ff8" | {{tile|*|grey|#ff8}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Galena}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | August | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | August | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ffc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #f88" | {{tile|•|white|#f88}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #f88" | {{tile|•|white|#f88}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Limestone}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | September | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | September | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc" rowspan="3" | Autumn | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc" rowspan="3" | Autumn | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #f88" | {{tile|•|grey|#f88}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #f88" | {{tile|•|grey|#f88}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Sandstone}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | October | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | October | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #f88" | {{tile|▬|#770|#f88}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #f88" | {{tile|▬|#770|#f88}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|wood|Timber}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | November | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; width: 10em; text-align: left" | November | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #fcc; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #88f" | {{tile|♦|white|#88f}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #88f" | {{tile|♦|white|#88f}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Moonstone}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | December | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | December | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Early- | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf" rowspan="3" | Winter | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf" rowspan="3" | Winter | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #88f" | {{tile|♦|white|#88f}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #88f" | {{tile|♦|white|#88f}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Opal}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | January | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | January | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Mid- | ||
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| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #88f" | {{tile|•|#444|#88f}} | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #88f" | {{tile|•|#444|#88f}} | ||
− | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | | + | ! style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | {{L|Obsidian}} |
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | February | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; width: 10em; text-align: left" | February | ||
| style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | | style="padding: 0.2em; background: #ccf; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right" | Late- | ||
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== Farming == | == Farming == | ||
− | The seasons correspond to growing seasons from the | + | The seasons correspond to growing seasons from the {{L|farm plot}} {{k|q}} menu, which dictate what can be grown when during the year. (See the {{L|List of crops}}.) Tropical areas may have a wet and a dry season corresponding to spring/summer and autumn/winter respectively, but planting is unaffected by these seasons. |
== Trading == | == Trading == | ||
+ | Each season bar winter brings the possibility of {{L|trade}}rs from one race or another. | ||
− | + | The fussy <s>hippie tree lovers</s> {{L|elf|elves}} arrive in Spring with {{L|wood|wooden}} crafts and weapons, cages (often containing exotic {{L|animals}}), various {{L|crop|fruits and berries}}, and {{L|rope reed}} cloth items. | |
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− | + | {{L|Human}}s come in Summer bursting with supplies, eager for <s>junk</s> stone craft goods. | |
− | + | Dwarves come in Autumn and their departure is a foretelling of the cold winter to come. | |
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− | + | The history of the world during [[world generation]] is divided into several different ages, depending on the condition of the world during that time. |