At first I was like "Food & Drink 30 minutes? This is insane!" Then I watched it. The depth of these mechanics & the fact that the game explains literally nothing at all are baffling. This is an excellent tutorial! Finally I know why I'm constantly running out of seeds. And so much more.
I'd spent 30 hours (still having fun) pottering around and doing it all wrong with the stockpiles and work orders until watching this video. Thank for you very much fine sir =)
Great video, I've played about one hour now and I was wondering how to set priorities for stockpiles. It's different than Rimworld but seems much more powerful.
Please cough away from the mic and speak into it. I have to crank the volume up because your speaking voice is nearly a whisper then your coughs ring through at full volume
I'm learning a lot here, also, I think you can use the blocks as soon as they are dropped in the stockpile and not before, so that's why you couldn't use it in the first three buildings because it was being carried when you checked so they weren't avialable.
I'm really torn on this game...There are things about it I really like, but it still feels like a half-baked product. Hidden mechanisms or game mecahnics in games CAN be cool if they enrich gameplay in a way that isn't designed to meerely cause frustration and re-start cycling (where a person plays a map for 30 minutes, realize they absolutely hate something about it, delete it and restart.) 1) How to address dwarf needs isn't addressed in game. And any game that relies on external wikipedia or youtube creators to make the game ....not suck...is the result of lazy game design.
I totally get you. But I have to say: In this case it's not lazy game design, merely just one coder involved. DF was for the longest time a 2 man project, backed by the community. That's where the half baked aspect comes from. I really hope the success on Steam leads to a more streamlined and user friendly version of DF. Cause I agree, it's right now impossible to learn the game without outside sources. And that's really crappy. Just wanted to point out that there is hope.
I set the aquifer to be dug but I have waited a while and no one is digging. The notification I'm getting is digging designation canceled damp stone found x2.
You need to re-apply the digging order. Sadly the game deletes the first command if it's gonna dig into aquifers - safety first. Just slap it on once again and it'll work.
I like the idea of a Planter's Assistant, due to death being a thing. He never Plants, but he Harvests so he gains Planting Experience... so one day, when needed, he can Plant and I don't lose as much. Obviously I slow the growth of my Main Planter a bit, since he is only doing 50% of the Harvesting, but if an emergency happens and he's out I have some one and don't start completely over at Level 0 or 1, dropping the yields to the floor. And since he's only needed when Harvesting, he's still available for other Work. It's not like it's that consuming. He can be a Jack Of All Trades type, go Mine this, go Cut Tree that, make some Practice Weapons that don't matter. Now get over here and help Harvest.
Great episode sadly though you never covered the craft you start episode 3 with so now I have all these shells and I do not know what I am doing with them.
I first discovered your channel when looking for help with the game WIldermyth. I enjoyed those videos and now look forward into digging into these to help me get started with this game. Thanks for your excellent work 🙂
Shells can be used to make crafts at the Craftsdwarf Workshop, they can be used for decorating items and they are also important for dwarves in strange moods (thats when they wanna create an artifact), cause sometimes they also need shells. You can make even some armor out of it, which is quite decent if you don't happen to have any metal. Shells are versatile :D
I'm not sure if the game lacks or I haven't gotten to this part but it really bothers me not seeing statics. Don't tell the fans... But more I play DF the more I appreciate Songs of Syx.
@@Ic0nGaming No worries. I appreciate the guide. Watching it next to Quill18's, Nookriums and some others. Its mainly the same but each has their own interesting ways to do things
@@MrRasslor Yeah, this game has many many ways how you can start out, so I think you approach is ideal to get a bigger picture. Enjoy and thanks for your comment =)
Of course the city block will lie in a stone area! This is just a temporary base for starting up the economy and showing some starting strats before going into the real fun areas.
@@karlshaner2453 Well it's a tutorial series for beginners. So I take it from the beginners perspective. By rushing straight downwards I would skip many of the typical mistakes and situations a beginner will be confronted with. That's my train of thought here.
@@Ic0nGaming It is a poor train of thought. That like a drivers education teacher driving your child of a cliff to show him what could happen. Build farms in dirt, don't build workshops in it!
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At first I was like "Food & Drink 30 minutes? This is insane!" Then I watched it. The depth of these mechanics & the fact that the game explains literally nothing at all are baffling. This is an excellent tutorial! Finally I know why I'm constantly running out of seeds. And so much more.
I'd spent 30 hours (still having fun) pottering around and doing it all wrong with the stockpiles and work orders until watching this video. Thank for you very much fine sir =)
It's kinda tricky that you can soft lock your self if you don't turn off cooking plump helmets
Ey, thank you for your tutorials, this makes things easier
I'm enjoying this myself too, solidifies my own learning process a ton.
This is the first vid with 15k views and 119k upvotes I've seen. But well deservedly so.
Great video, I've played about one hour now and I was wondering how to set priorities for stockpiles. It's different than Rimworld but seems much more powerful.
Please cough away from the mic and speak into it. I have to crank the volume up because your speaking voice is nearly a whisper then your coughs ring through at full volume
"Alcohol is the lifeblood of your Fortress."
So, this game is just Real Life then.
The wood blocks were unavailable to make the workshops with because they were already under orders to be hauled
I'm learning a lot here, also, I think you can use the blocks as soon as they are dropped in the stockpile and not before, so that's why you couldn't use it in the first three buildings because it was being carried when you checked so they weren't avialable.
WHOA! You just blew my mind, man....
@@captainmaim 😂🔥
Thank you these have been very helpful, especially for someone whos never played before yesterday
That's exactly what I wanted to achieve.
Is there a plan to explain caverns? I dug into one early and want to use it for farming but am afraid of monsters
you are a wise dwarf....
Wait... 2 Food PER SEASON.
So my Dwarves have enough Food for *checks numbers* ever. I seem to have over-shot a tad here.
You did not get around to explaining what you're doing with all of those pesky mussel shells
You helping me figure out how to automate hauling to other stockpiles was a serious life saver, thanks man!
22:50 what happened to the muscle shell industry 🥲
I'm really torn on this game...There are things about it I really like, but it still feels like a half-baked product. Hidden mechanisms or game mecahnics in games CAN be cool if they enrich gameplay in a way that isn't designed to meerely cause frustration and re-start cycling (where a person plays a map for 30 minutes, realize they absolutely hate something about it, delete it and restart.)
1) How to address dwarf needs isn't addressed in game. And any game that relies on external wikipedia or youtube creators to make the game ....not suck...is the result of lazy game design.
I totally get you. But I have to say: In this case it's not lazy game design, merely just one coder involved. DF was for the longest time a 2 man project, backed by the community. That's where the half baked aspect comes from.
I really hope the success on Steam leads to a more streamlined and user friendly version of DF. Cause I agree, it's right now impossible to learn the game without outside sources. And that's really crappy. Just wanted to point out that there is hope.
I set the aquifer to be dug but I have waited a while and no one is digging. The notification I'm getting is digging designation canceled damp stone found x2.
You need to re-apply the digging order. Sadly the game deletes the first command if it's gonna dig into aquifers - safety first. Just slap it on once again and it'll work.
I like the idea of a Planter's Assistant, due to death being a thing. He never Plants, but he Harvests so he gains Planting Experience... so one day, when needed, he can Plant and I don't lose as much.
Obviously I slow the growth of my Main Planter a bit, since he is only doing 50% of the Harvesting, but if an emergency happens and he's out I have some one and don't start completely over at Level 0 or 1, dropping the yields to the floor.
And since he's only needed when Harvesting, he's still available for other Work. It's not like it's that consuming. He can be a Jack Of All Trades type, go Mine this, go Cut Tree that, make some Practice Weapons that don't matter. Now get over here and help Harvest.
Lots of awesome information for this very detailed (and fun) game ... thanks much for all the very cool Tutorials ...
Great episode sadly though you never covered the craft you start episode 3 with so now I have all these shells and I do not know what I am doing with them.
I first discovered your channel when looking for help with the game WIldermyth. I enjoyed those videos and now look forward into digging into these to help me get started with this game. Thanks for your excellent work 🙂
I find it annoying that soil quality is always poor , and it complains about cavern soil being best
Wish, my Boss would handle me like a dwarf too ... more booze, less food.
I find your guides to be the most informative and entertaining, please keep doing them!
The guy with the white beard looks like a vampire...
so what can you do with the shells? I missed that one
Shells can be used to make crafts at the Craftsdwarf Workshop, they can be used for decorating items and they are also important for dwarves in strange moods (thats when they wanna create an artifact), cause sometimes they also need shells.
You can make even some armor out of it, which is quite decent if you don't happen to have any metal. Shells are versatile :D
20:25
Thanks for the clarification on the work orders. Tried doing the parameters on my own and always ended up with ten beds. Your a legend
Glad to hear that =) Strike the Earth!
why are 3 rooms required to farm?
That's just my selected layout, you can of course draw it however you want. Just keep enough space in mind for your growing population
These are amazing guides. Thanks for the effort.
Thank you so much for these videos!
ic0n gaming is a bamf
Great video once again
I'm not sure if the game lacks or I haven't gotten to this part but it really bothers me not seeing statics. Don't tell the fans... But more I play DF the more I appreciate Songs of Syx.
Thats quite a cough.
Yeah I'm very sorry about that - had a bad flu the weeks before.
@@Ic0nGaming No worries. I appreciate the guide. Watching it next to Quill18's, Nookriums and some others. Its mainly the same but each has their own interesting ways to do things
@@MrRasslor Yeah, this game has many many ways how you can start out, so I think you approach is ideal to get a bigger picture. Enjoy and thanks for your comment =)
Your dwarves will hate you eventually. Build in stone layers...
Of course the city block will lie in a stone area! This is just a temporary base for starting up the economy and showing some starting strats before going into the real fun areas.
@@Ic0nGaming If you are going to do a tutorial, do it right! Sheesh...It takes 30 seconds to get to stone...
@@karlshaner2453 Well it's a tutorial series for beginners. So I take it from the beginners perspective. By rushing straight downwards I would skip many of the typical mistakes and situations a beginner will be confronted with. That's my train of thought here.
@@Ic0nGaming It is a poor train of thought. That like a drivers education teacher driving your child of a cliff to show him what could happen. Build farms in dirt, don't build workshops in it!
@@Ic0nGaming I am sure you know who Blind is...Ask him what he thinks.