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The following are a few important things every aspiring dwarven slavemaster should know, but might not even know to look for. | The following are a few important things every aspiring dwarven slavemaster should know, but might not even know to look for. | ||
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===Building construction=== | ===Building construction=== | ||
− | When possible, don't use light [[stone]] (Moonstone, Limestone, or Marble) or dark stone (Obsidian, Jet, or Onyx) or wood to construct [[building]]s; use rocks (pretty much everything else) instead. Light and dark stones are more [[material|valuable]] and should only be used if you need something of higher value ([[noble]]'s furniture, for example). Limestone is essential in [[steel]]making; [[Obsidian]], besides being even more expensive than other light and dark stones, can be used to make swords which do | + | When possible, don't use light [[stone]] (Moonstone, Limestone, or Marble) or dark stone (Obsidian, Jet, or Onyx) or wood to construct [[building]]s; use rocks (pretty much everything else) instead. Light and dark stones are more [[material|valuable]] and should only be used if you need something of higher value ([[noble]]'s furniture, for example). Limestone is essential in [[steel]]making; [[Obsidian]], besides being even more expensive than other light and dark stones, can be used to make swords which do 133% damage (equalling [[steel]]). |
===Farming=== | ===Farming=== | ||
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===Dining room=== | ===Dining room=== | ||
− | One of the easiest ways to keep your dwarves happy is to have a nice [[dining room]]. It's far more efficient than making their bedrooms nicer. To start off, as little as a couple of tables and a pair of thrones (don't bother with chairs, wood is too precious) is good enough. When you have more time, detailing the floors and walls | + | One of the easiest ways to keep your dwarves happy is to have a nice [[dining room]]. It's far more efficient than making their bedrooms nicer. To start off, as little as a couple of tables and a pair of thrones (don't bother with chairs, wood is too precious) is good enough. When you have more time, detailing the floors and walls can easily vault a sufficiently large dining room to "Legendary" status. |
===Drinks=== | ===Drinks=== | ||
− | The longer your dwarves go without a [[alcohol|drink]], the less work they will do, so make sure they have a steady supply of alcohol. Drinks also increase dwarves' [[Thought|happiness]]. If no alcohol is available, dwarves will drink [[water]], either from the indoor or outdoor river, or from [[well]]s; this will keep them from dying of thirst, but | + | The longer your dwarves go without a [[alcohol|drink]], the less work they will do, so make sure they have a steady supply of alcohol. Drinks also increase dwarves' [[Thought|happiness]]. If no alcohol is available, dwarves will drink [[water]], either from the indoor or outdoor river, or from [[well]]s; this will keep them from dying of thirst, but increases the likelihood of attacks from [[creature]]s like snakemen, frogmen, and lizardmen. |
If you manage to get a good farming operation started up early enough, it may be possible to start [[Brewer|brewing]] before you run out of your initial supplies of alcohol. Dwarves will drink alcohol in preference to water, which means you can potentially go through the entire game without constructing a single well. | If you manage to get a good farming operation started up early enough, it may be possible to start [[Brewer|brewing]] before you run out of your initial supplies of alcohol. Dwarves will drink alcohol in preference to water, which means you can potentially go through the entire game without constructing a single well. | ||
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===Masonry=== | ===Masonry=== | ||
− | Anything that can be [[Mason's workshop|built from stone]], should be: [[door]]s, [[throne]]s, [[table]]s, [[floodgate]]s, [[coffer]]s, [[cabinet]]s, etc. [[Block]]s are a good way to remove excess stone from the fortress as they can be stored in [[bin]]s | + | Anything that can be [[Mason's workshop|built from stone]], should be: [[door]]s, [[throne]]s, [[table]]s, [[floodgate]]s, [[coffer]]s, [[cabinet]]s, etc. [[Block]]s are a good way to remove excess stone from the fortress as they can be stored in [[bin]]s. |
− | You can never have | + | You can never have enough doors. |
===Alternatives to military service=== | ===Alternatives to military service=== | ||
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Even though it means quitting out and getting back in, this alpha version will crash sooner or later and nothing is worse than losing hours of work, or even entire worlds. | Even though it means quitting out and getting back in, this alpha version will crash sooner or later and nothing is worse than losing hours of work, or even entire worlds. | ||
− | Also make backups of your saves - | + | Also make backups of your saves - Just compress or copy the ..\data\save subdirectory where you uncompressed Dwarf Fortress. |
===Speed issues=== | ===Speed issues=== | ||
− | If you are having issues with speed in Dwarf Fortress, try | + | |
+ | If you are having issues with speed in Dwarf Fortress, or are running at a lower speed than the capped default limit which is 100FPS, try turning vsync off in your graphic card options. This should greatly increase your performance in game. | ||
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+ | If you do not know the exact speed of your game, you can turn a FPS counter on in the init file located in the \data\init folder from your Dwarf Fortress root directory. Merely editing the file with a simple text editor and scolling down until you see the reference to the FPS counter is enough to suceed, so no coding skill whatsoever is necessary. | ||
{{Category|Guides}} | {{Category|Guides}} |