User:Khearn

khearn AKA Keith Hearn

Who is this guy?

I'm a software engineer and I make my living working for Google in Mountain View, California. As of this writing (January 2016), I spend most of my "play" time on Dwarf Fortress.

Useful links

• How to add human trade representatives. I haven't tried this, but I'm putting it here because I want to give it a shot when I gen my next world. It's by Quietust, so it's probably reliable.
• The Character Table page is helpful when you want to use special characters like ‼, ☼, ≡ or any others used in game.
• Some useful logic links:
  • LordOOTFD Basic logic stuff
  • Hussell's Toggle Looks like a good toggle.
• Some forum posts I want to be able to find. Mostly useful designs like traps and such.
  • RocheLimit's Automated Cavern Trap. Trapavoid building destroyers take out a floodgate, allowing water to trigger a pressure plate, raising bridges.
  • Zuglar's live target archery range.
  • Vattic's Orcsicle maker freezing water trap.

My own pages

I haven't written some of these yet, but I plan on writing a few topics listed below. We'll see if I ever actually get to them. :)

• Dfhack linux build HOWTO - A description of how to build dfhack on Linux.
• Mechanical Primer - A basic HOWTO for building things like doors, floodgates and bridges and linking them together with mechanisms to make complex constructions.
• Minor Challenges - A list of suggestions for making the game tougher without changing its entire character.
• Civilian Alert Burrow - How to set up a "Inside" burrow and use it with a civilian alert. I keep having to explain this in the forums, so I'll make a page to point people to.

That's it for now. Not much to see here yet. Gotta start somewhere, though.