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Ziusudra: /* Pre-embark */ replaced d_init link with settings

2025-11-10T11:29:07Z

Pre-embark: replaced d_init link with settings

75.210.115.35: /* Resources */

2025-05-10T10:02:03Z

Resources

Zippy: Added images.

2024-02-14T06:27:59Z

Added images.

Silverwing235 at 12:22, 4 May 2023

2023-05-04T12:22:20Z

Cali: /* Creatures */ Fixed albatross man sprite

2023-04-15T19:24:32Z

Creatures: Fixed albatross man sprite

BlueManedHawk: /* Ocean waves */

2023-02-18T23:35:07Z

Ocean waves

Zippy: Added ALL creature sprites.

2023-02-18T04:47:44Z

Added ALL creature sprites.

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LethosorBot: LethosorBot moved page DF2014:Ocean to Ocean: Migrating v50 page (2934/4618) (content)

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Zippy at 10:09, 16 July 2022

2022-07-16T10:09:34Z

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 === Pre-embark ===
-You have to disable [[cave-in]]s in [[d_init.txt]] and keep them this way all the time. As the map edges do not provide support for the ice sheet, it would otherwise collapse into the water below, [[Fun|killing everyone in the resulting mayhem]].
+You have to disable [[cave-in]]s in [[Settings#Feature_toggles|settings]] and keep it that way any time this save is loaded. As the map edges do not provide support for the ice sheet, it would otherwise collapse into the water below, [[Fun|killing everyone in the resulting mayhem]].
 Alternatively, send in a sacrificial group for the first embark and allow the surface ice to cave in and kill everyone, then reclaim the site. This has the added quirk of creating solid ice all the way down to the ocean floor, which lowers the difficulty immensely.

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 == Resources ==
-Almost all tiles next to oceans have aquifers, which require fairly complicated schemes to sidestep. In addition, oceans are salt water resources, requiring desalination with a [[screw pump]] into a [[cistern]] to use for drinking. On the other hand, you have an inexhaustible source of water for fishing, drowning chambers, and so forth, as well as a spawning point for some very big and very meat-profitable [[creature]]s: [[sperm whale]]s, [[orca]]s, and the like.
+Almost all tiles next to oceans have aquifers, and heavy aquifers require fairly complicated schemes to sidestep. In addition, oceans are salt water resources, requiring desalination with a [[screw pump]] into a [[cistern]] to use for drinking. On the other hand, you have an inexhaustible source of water for fishing, drowning chambers, and so forth, as well as a spawning point for some very big and very meat-profitable [[creature]]s: [[sperm whale]]s, [[orca]]s, and the like.
 == Wildlife ==

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-[[File:ocean_preview.png|thumb|300px|right|Though beautiful, still tastes like salt.]]An '''ocean''' is an immense volume of [[Water#Salt water|salt water]]. Oceans are often bordered by [[sand|sandy beaches]], where [[driftwood]] can be found. [[Marsh]]es and [[swamp]]s also tend to form around oceanic coastlines, especially near [[river]]s. The land surrounding oceans also tends to have a high water table, resulting in [[aquifer]]s close to the surface.
+[[File:ocean_v50_preview.png|thumb|150px|right|Voted "#3 worst place to embark" in 78 AD.]]An '''ocean''' is an immense volume of [[Water#Salt water|salt water]]. Oceans are often bordered by [[sand|sandy beaches]], where [[driftwood]] can be found. [[Marsh]]es and [[swamp]]s also tend to form around oceanic coastlines, especially near [[river]]s. The land surrounding oceans also tends to have a high water table, resulting in [[aquifer]]s close to the surface.
 Oceans are an excellent source of [[Creature#Aquatic|food]] for a new fortress, usually having tons of fish, and contain shell-bearing creatures like [[oyster]]s and [[mussel]]s. However, sometimes when you embark on a coast, you might receive announcements like "There is nothing to catch in <some area>". If this happens, you won't be able to fish in the ocean in this embark; you may wish to abandon the fort and start again elsewhere.
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 == Ocean waves ==
-Waves will periodically wash over the coast - the tiles will not get wet. However, if a wave washes over a ''staircase'', the floors below it will be slowly flooded. [[Cave moss]] will not grow in the mud left by salt water. The waves move over all natural tiles, and seem to move independently of constructed tiles like walls and floors. Be mindful not to carve away natural walls and allow tide to enter your fort, and cause excess slowdown. Sea walls can be built to block waves and protect beach areas, but need to be completely closed off to be effective. Waves also have a tendency to move items left on the beach, so it is inadvisable to place stockpiles too close to the shore—also beware that this effect means that dwarves can be knocked unconscious if hit by driftwood washed in from waves.
+[[File:arctic_ocean_v50_preview.png|thumb|150px|right|Best place to keep alcohol cold.]]Waves will periodically wash over the coast - the tiles will not get wet. However, if a wave washes over a ''staircase'', the floors below it will be slowly flooded. [[Cave moss]] will not grow in the mud left by salt water. The waves move over all natural tiles, and seem to move independently of constructed tiles like walls and floors. Be mindful not to carve away natural walls and allow tide to enter your fort, and cause excess slowdown. Sea walls can be built to block waves and protect beach areas, but need to be completely closed off to be effective. Waves also have a tendency to move items left on the beach, so it is inadvisable to place stockpiles too close to the shore—also beware that this effect means that dwarves can be knocked unconscious if hit by driftwood washed in from waves.
 Since ocean waves do not actually move the water in the tiles below them, they do not create [[flow]]. Thus, waves ''cannot'' power a [[water wheel]], making tidal energy generation much more difficult.
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 You could also build a well. If you dig deep enough, retiring and unretiring will cause your tunnels to fill with water. Furthermore, you do not need to choose a site that is wholly an arctic ocean biome. Pick a location with warmer waters as well as permanent ice, and you can have water for at least part of the year.
+[[File:ocean_preview.png|thumb|360px|center|Though beautiful, still tastes like salt.]]
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 == Resources ==
-Almost all tiles next to oceans have aquifers, which require fairly complicated schemes to sidestep. In addition, oceans are salt water resources, requiring desalination with a [[screw pump]] into a [[cistern]] to use for drinking. On the other hand you have an inexhaustible source of water for fishing, drowning chambers, and so forth, as well as a spawning point for some very big and very meat-profitable [[creature]]s: [[sperm whale]]s, [[orca]]s, and the like.
+Almost all tiles next to oceans have aquifers, which require fairly complicated schemes to sidestep. In addition, oceans are salt water resources, requiring desalination with a [[screw pump]] into a [[cistern]] to use for drinking. On the other hand, you have an inexhaustible source of water for fishing, drowning chambers, and so forth, as well as a spawning point for some very big and very meat-profitable [[creature]]s: [[sperm whale]]s, [[orca]]s, and the like.
 == Wildlife ==
-In arctic oceans with a by-definition [[Climate#Freezing|freezing]] climate, none of the aquatic vermin or creatures will be present when the water freezes over. This leaves only terrestrial and amphibious animals to appear because they are able to live on land.
+In arctic oceans, with a by-definition [[Climate#Freezing|freezing]] climate, none of the aquatic vermin or creatures will be present when the water freezes over. This leaves only terrestrial and amphibious animals to appear, because they are able to live on land.
 === Creatures ===

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 | {{Tile|a|7:1}} [[Albatross man]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:albatross_sprite.png]]
+| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:albatross_man_sprite.png]]
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 <gallery>
-File:An Ocean Wave Forms.png|The formation of an ocean wave. ASCII mode.
+File:An Ocean Wave Forms.png|The formation of an ocean wave. (All of these images are in ASCII mode.)
-File:An Ocean Wave Rises.png|The wave rises higher out of the water. ASCII mode.
+File:An Ocean Wave Rises.png|The wave rises higher out of the water.
-File:An Ocean Wave Crashes.png|The wave crashes onto the beach. ASCII mode.
+File:An Ocean Wave Crashes.png|The wave crashes onto the beach.
-File:An Ocean Wave Disolves.png|The mist from the wave disperses. ASCII mode.
+File:An Ocean Wave Disolves.png|The mist from the wave disperses.
-File:An Ocean Wave Disappears.png|The wave leaves behind just a puddle. ASCII mode.
+File:An Ocean Wave Disappears.png|The wave leaves behind just a puddle.
 </gallery>