40d Talk:Easter eggs

Discuss HIDDEN FUN STUFF here instead of the forum, and leave the spoilers to the people who want to be spoiled. --Jackard 21:22, 5 February 2008 (EST)

what happens to the old stuff from 2d, like the comments about when you scroll FAR too far into the back of the mountain or back towards home? --Frostedfire 08:27, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Oink sound

I just checked that easter egg out, turns out that it always plays during the intro, it's just masked by saying the "quality" word. When you hold the title bar it just pauses the program so you can hear them separately.--Richards 18:49, 12 May 2008 (EDT)

Yeah, I just noticed that earlier too. Odd. --GreyMaria 13:58, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

The oink sound is in the data/sound folder and it's called bayend --Vanarbulax 5:50, 7 July 1008 (EST)

Old Easter Eggs?

What happened to the well/bucket thing? I never saw it myself, but it used to be here. Has it dissapeared? --Solarshado 14:07, 22 December 2008 (EST)

Dungeons and Dragons?

Um, what. I typed in 'electrum'. Nothing special happened... --Squirrelloid 05:27, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

With all respect to the reversion, 'electu' doesn't generate anything at all. --Squirrelloid 08:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Certainly does for me. d40. jobs, manager, queue new order, "electu". --Albedo 14:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Same thing here, I can see the easter without problem. --Karl 15:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Interestingly, I just got it to happen in a fresh embark, but if I try the same in my 30+ year-old fortress, it doesn't work. Perhaps the easter egg goes away once the dungeon master arrives? --Quietust 15:51, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

That could be the problem. I was trying it in a 22 year old fortress! --Squirrelloid 15:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

In fact, I seem to recall that in the old 2D version, you couldn't actually make electrum until the dungeon master arrived, while the 3D version allows you to make it from the beginning (considering that electrum occurs naturally and was used thousands of years ago for currency). --Quietust 15:55, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Tested in both a fortress with and without a dungeon master, roughly of the same age (3 or so years - the one without has only ~40 dwarves and no immigrants because of an unfortunate accident with the queen while the one with has about ~70). The Electu trick works without a dungeon master, but it doesn't with. Can't really be bothered to put up confirmation, though, so I hope my own word's enough. 64.81.169.20 01:49, 30 November 2009 (UTC) P.S. Seriously, it's still marked with a Verify tag and the tests already more or less narrowed it down a month ago?

I did a test in a relatively young fort, and typing "ELEC" followed by anything other than the consequent letters of "electrum" generates the message. Sizik 01:23, 12 December 2009 (UTC)