Dwarf Fortress Video Tutorial part 19 - Ambush & Coffins

[BanhammerNarc]

@capnduck Wow! you only lost 1 dwarf in this video. And not because of the goblins but because of stupid AI! I'm watching this because i just cant ever remember the controls and its all so demanding. The only thing that could kill you now is a tantrum spiral or an impossible noble request

[Posilepton]

For new versions you can press r for combat reports. Surprisingly detailed descriptions of the combat.

[demonicspire1]

6:44 look at the "gg"

[Sodorii]

I am sorry Sonic but if this was some sort of film I'd laugh at you running away from secure fortress with like half a dozen worth of zombies and you decide rather give yourself over to fishes than the enemy xD

Dwarfs, amusing little fellas.

[1337lolguyman]

is there Cavalry in this game?

[LilDP]

OH NO!!! SNATCHER!! He hidin in yo hallways, snatchin yo babies up, n tryna snatch em so yall need to hide yo kids, hide yo wives, and hide yo husbands, cause he snatcchin errybody out there.

[SirKitsune08]

@LilDP Shut up Antoine. XD

[greysion]

ROFL!!!

at the end of the video: the next episode is about nobles (for real this time)

next episode, SH*T BEING SEIGED BY HUMANS!!!!!

[greysion]

LOL.

im almost at the end of my SECOND winter and i still havnt had a single Goblin Ambush,

but the first time i played i got overrun by 2 at once, before the first winter. who proceeded to storm my fortress slaughtering everyone in their path even those in hospitals XD

but ive had about 10 or so Goblin snatchers so far for the last year and still no ambush. i guess im really lucky :D

[XpaceTrue]

Wait... pets require burial, too?

After a pet dies of natural causes, would it really negatively impact the dwarfs to have the corpse processed by the butcher? (Or can this even be done?) Disturbing? Perhaps. But if it's a practical way of disposing of the pet's body... I'm wondering if it would work.

[YourGoodTwin]

Oh man, the most visceral, gory death with such a rudimentary game engine. But Dwarf Fortress makes it all the more epic. Sonic, your tale will live on through the ages.

[Glaruf]

Whenever I get ambushed, all my dwarves go batshit and run out of the fortress to meet the invaders. It's nice that you showed us how to use soldiers to fight off an invasion, but how do I tell my civilians to stay inside?

[DragonMagi]

is there a way to assign certain grave to certain dwarfs?

[captnduck]

@DragonMagi Yep. Guess how it works.

[DragonMagi]

@captnduck im going to assume its similar to the way you assign beds. though im curious if it can be done only pre or post death of the dwarf you want in it. maybe it doesnt matter.

[Tad30s]

The only bad thing about Dwarf Fortress is.. Its in Alpha version, and before it gets to final version, or even beta (if ever) i will be too old!

[OctalLord]

@Tad30s Humanity will evolve. You will be able to use your mind as a keyboard and place stockpiles and mine out walls and lose like never before!

[HyperRyun]

Not sure if it's made a point in later videos, but I'd like to point out that *Giant* cave spider silk items from goblins are worth collecting after a battle if possible.

They're worth a ton at the trader and weigh next to nothing - I don't know how it affects exported wealth (don't think it does) but if you're in a bind they make excellent items to get some expensive items - including weapons, anvils, etc after a battle. As long as you have weight to balance it out in your own crafts.

[kovertopz]

So after seeing this video gave me a great idea. Why not make a wall to funnel the gobilns into the river before making it into your fortress?!?!

[Ilamarea]

"This are my dwoorf's and um... they are puking(spelling? :P) ,em... and they are going to defend my fortress."

[Whatsifsowhatsit]

@Ilamarea That section made me laugh so very hard :D

[NuclearWinter20]

lol sonic got carp raped

[stabslice]

Funny thing is Sonic can outrun everything, like in the game, but he also gets killed by water, like in the game.

[jdwdesu]

omg. That dwarf got shark-attacked... those fish are like damn piranhas.

[Anactofgod]

you don't know how many times my retarded dorfs have fallen into the river for shits and giggles.

Only for me they weren't being chased by goblins.

[Jakeeboy101]

"Here are my dwars who are puking, they are going to defend for me"

Oh god :'D

[Pwncakes1966]

So apparently Sonic is a retard <_<

[hachnslay]

sonic can't swim!

[JyaLeaf1911]

lol

[Chickidydow]

Hard to believe the level of intricate gameplay contained in such a visually simple, ASCII art freeware game. If anybody tried to give this bastard even the most basic of sprite graphics it would fuck your computer to bajesus and back.

Games cool though, I'm sort of getting the hang of it with these handy vids and have been having a lot of FUN with my several abandoned fortresses.

[YerDaa]

Mike Mayday disagrees with you. Try googling "The Mike Mayday graphics edition (DFG)"

[ethositachi]

Using the Mayday graphics pack makes it 100x better. Still slows my pc to a crawl though

[dyerdome]

There are actually some good basic graphic tilesets for this game. Check out Mayday's Green Tileset. It is quite fun though.

[Game4Dead]

"The rest of the military apparently had more important stuff to do"

Fucking lol.

[Cutman3030]

My dwarfs are leaving behind random goblin bits, as well as their weapons and ammo. Is there a reason behind this?

[hachnslay]

it is forbidden. there is a reason for that, it's so the normal dwarves won't run towards the battlefield and get killed.

[boobmikesmith]

It's a good idea to have a main dwarf who is in charge of your entire military because that way you can put them all on full alert quickly. ^^

[crazymcfobo]

Also so your entire military follows him to bed in middle of the battle ^.^

[Efferto93]

This part reminds me Redwall. That was a cool cartoon.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Sonic deserves his fate for being so damn retarded in his escape attempt. He fled from the goblins into the FOREST, instead of the safety of the fortress. That was bad enough, but when cornered he willingly hopped into the river filled with killer carp instead of trying to slip away, or at least fight... (Honestly, those Goblins weren't THAT tough)

[Southparker100000000]

lol your military suffers frum cave adaption.

[MicahTheZombie]

;_; This game makes you imagine the scenes in your head, and this video made me wanna cry. I just saw sonic running from some goblins, then jumping into a river, the fish chewing him apart, blood running downstream, his mangled, lifeless body slowly bobbing in the water... Poor Sonic.

[Tibehrer]

@MicahTheZombie You could use this scene as a metaphor for the Sonic franchise, with Sega as goblins and the Sonic friends as carp/pike.

[TacoNinja]

@Tibehrer My friend, truer words have never been spoken.

[somadman]

i got ambush after 1 year by gaint cave spider :(

killed my 2 wreastlers who was dabbling in armour and sheild i had to turn all 10 of my other dwarfs to attack and still i got them to attack all at once and still 2 got wounded and r uncounises

[Lurnick]

Ah, man. Sonic's been with you for so long, too.

[RaiohTheHunter]

Will, Ark and Blazer, fuck yeah.

[HALover9000]

One of my weavers went mad and berserk after getting into a strange mood, I think I forgot to build a Loom for him to claim. Anyway he stormed into my dining hall, interrupting everyone's party before attacking my dwarfs, he was instantly shot. I forgot to make a graveyard so the hall is now filled with fucking miasma.

[HALover9000]

A dwarf trade caravan came to my fort, at which point lots of Rhesus Macaques appeared, wanting to steal stuff, so suddenly the trading dwarfs started shooting them to shit with steel bolts, massacre. I wondered why my dwarfs wouldn't pick up the bolts the other dwarfs used, I think in the new version dwarfs are forbidden to pick up enemie's/foreign dwarf's equipment. You have to designate the item to be claimed I think.

[oEQjet]

poor sonic. turns out he didn't run fast enough.

[inlumine]

What about the goblin bodies? Do you just drag them to the refuse pile?

[captnduck]

Yeah dwarves automaticly do that in this version.

[IAmTheTacoLad]

Poor, poor, sonic...

[Yoder80808]

Great videos man! Keep em coming!

[philbywhizz]

Great videos - keep them up! Very helpful series on how to play the game.

[obvlexi]

awesome description of the fight, but is the sound a little off on this one? like maybe a bit too loud or something

[captnduck]

Yeah it might be louder, no music to. I recorded this video without doing a soundtest, and the sound was messed up, so i had to rerecord the sound, and that makes it different. Anyway just turn your speakers down, next episode will be back to normal.

[Raphite1]

"Parts get chopped off, and that's the beauty of Dwarf Fortress."

[pmantix84]

Another great video.. poor sonic.

Looking forward to the next one!

[darksaiyan2006]

Cool thing Sonic got killed by fish in the river, seeing as Sonic hates water.

[masterinire]

Love the vomiting dwarves... Cave Acclimation!

[captnduck]

Yeah i should really do something about that. Time to make a little outside building for the military to train in.

[shadowlord1996]

carp the silent killers of rivers

[Redfordcrate]

Samus and her vomiting troupe of marksdwarves protecting the hilltop fortress from vile goblins.

You could totally write an epic song about that.

[gremmyent]

Thanks! Keep making these!

[GreasedMunky]

THANK YOU