Northbridge 8: Water..Works?

[@AdamWhistle1]

"Hey, why didn't we just build a tunnel below the sea instead of bothering building a bridge?" *Points at flooded tunnel after flooded tunnel* THIS. IS. WHY!

[@thejuiceweasel]

You know what warms my heart? That even Kruggsmash manages to flood his tavern after all these hours of play. Makes me feel not so alone in this world of shoddy plumbing.

[@SirusDiarota]

Imagine storming a bridge, and you hear whistling...then louder whistling followed by a score of your friends getting obliterated by one shot. The echo of the crack of the ballista releasing. And all you have is a wooden stick you're kidding yourself is a sword, and an overgrown kitty. Stupid elves...

[@AureliusHalfdan1]

All my homies hate the knife ears

[@canislupid2466]

Alongside that a bunch of your enemies are sleeping behind the walls like it's a normal day

[@johnnylams3948]

That look to behind.

[@mirceazaharia2094]

*approving skeleton noises*

[@ZesTofthelemon]

The sheer stupidity and overconfidence in the antics of those silly little leaflovers never ceases to amaze me.

[@Terr590]

Those amphibian men have an entire frog fortress under your dwarf fortress!

[@Adagm]

FORT-SEPTION!!!!

[@atlander4204]

Frog Fortress mod.

[@Kiwi-fl8te]

This fortress really feels like one of those legendary fortresses you'd find in a fantasy novel, talking about how impassable it is, until some mad general thinks outside the box and finds a weakness that was hidden in plain sight but which nobody ever even considered.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Goblin Odysseus

[@CalebSalstrom]

“Why don’t we cross when it’s frozen and skip the bridge entirely?” hmmm…

[@chubbymoth5810]

For drainage, use floor bars rather than floor grates. I noticed water not getting through floor grates that well these days. Since I replaced them with bars, my drainage problem is fixed. Wall grates are no problem, so you can still use them to close off your magma supply and prevent things to creep into your drainpipes.

[@bbgun061]

I'm wondering if he should pump the water through a crack to slow it down.

[@Piekarz_1]

water pumps are mowing water very fast so the dwarves would need a lot more drainage to compensate for that. But there is a much easier fix : water stream comming form pumps should pass trhough a narrow diagonal between two walls. That would reduce all water preassure and allow much less water to flow further into the system compared to how the pumps are set up now.

[@CallowG]

A while back I had a similar mist generator that pumped water into a shaft that fell onto a statue surrounded by grates and it seemed to work OK. I had a cistern under the grates and a pump stack that took the water back up to the top of the shaft. So I think that by only pumping the water around instead of pulling it from an external source at top speed it prevented flooding. Like the pump would suck X units and then Y units + air until I stopped the pump and the space filled back up to X units. I had a floodgate that would open to let in more water when the cistern dropped below 3 far away from the pump inlet.

[@arthurbarros5189]

I think the vertical grates do not receive fluids from above, only the horizontal ones.

[@SH4D0W0733]

The frog people are surprisingly strong and adaptive.

[@GalileoAV]

Ironically a better for than the elves

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@@GalileoAV Even the Goblins are being smarter than the Elves, they managed to get 2 Masterwork items.

[@The_Cosmic_Navigator]

Time for a frog fortress.

[@davidromeroblaya7920]

Kruggsmash: "Confidence can be a dangerous thing." The Ancestor from Darkest Dungeon: "You learn fast, my child."

[@chillerwhale1655]

Will never get tired of the “da-goosh” sound effect every time the ice thaws.

[@MrBit-zp6xu]

This totem bears the visage of Kruggsmash Visageswapper, lead engineer of Nothbridge. The totem depicts the flooding of king's meeting place, for which he was named Hallflooder. The totem menaces with spikes of driftwood.

[@clownofwar]

that intro was the definition of why you do not knock on a stone door with a wooden sword ;D

[@patrickwilliams251]

I absolutely love what you did with the forgotten beast, the fact you gave a sentient blob of vomit beady human-like eyes is really interesting and somehow makes it almost more disgusting for some reason

[@zobblewobble1770]

There was a children’s picture book back in the 90s that had a greenish monster with an amorphous shape (it might have been a person under a blanket, I don’t remember) and it was drawn with weird beady eyes that were sunken into their sockets. I remember being unsettled by it as a child. 11:01 Kruggsmash’s vomit monster looks basically what I remember it was except his is yellow. Krug basically dug out that memory from when I was a preschooler and I’m feeling a strange mixture of nostalgia and being creeped out.

[@boyo7918]

I like the idea that there's some solid form buried under all that vomit. Truly nasty stuff lol

[@mikeloeven]

Once again the kitchens of Northbridge are known for their famous crispy fried frog legs (just dont ask where we get them)

[@PureStealth]

The frog men are kinda cute when they all hide underwater like that

[@cobaltflynt7736]

after each failed attack, they aall reunite at the bottom of the lake and one goes "Well, time for a new plan"

[@monke6774]

This is an amazing series! It would be really cool if the next new fortress you created was in this same world so their could be potential for character/faction crossover

[@kruggsmash]

Glad you're liking it, Monk. I do really hope to do a new fort in the same world afterwards.

[@McReal2137]

​@@kruggsmash Bueno! Excellente even!

[@PyrusFlameborn]

​@@kruggsmash now that there is a bridge across the sea maybe the next fortress could be a military bastion intended to safeguard future dwarven expeditions as the kingdom expands into the northern continent?

[@JonDundas10]

​@@kruggsmash seconded! The work you've put into this world is noticeable.

[@arthurbarros5189]

​@@kruggsmash After all this water, you're probably going to a desert or other dry place.

[@juliuscomnenus4415]

That was without a doubt THE MOST EPIC INTRO EVER. Omg the dwarf whistling as he walked along with the ballista arrow killed me, and then the flying bits...! Krugg, bro, you've won the whole internet. This is amazing.

[@justmutantjed]

Dang, that ballista bolt went through that crowd like prunes through a short granny. What an intro, my dude! Great work!

[@kimtae858]

I hate to say it but there's something comforting about seeing a well-traveled player of the game have the same struggles with meeting hall waterworks that I have trifled with in the past (to deadly results). Thanks for slogging through these late-game episodes, wonderful to see things come together. So much care in the appointments and structures.

[@Kelpyloxx]

the little "chansawed frog" screams at 25:10 are perfect im crying

[@Migtex2]

Rock and stone!

[@kruggsmash]

Strike the earth!

[@dinitroacetylen]

Also lots of water.

[@mikeloeven]

Wow I think this is the first Time I have ever seen a ballista do proper damage in a siege

[@kruggsmash]

lol same!

[@crino_enjoyer]

@@kruggsmash in monterkiller you killed 6 dwarf with it . A lot of damage

[@mikeloeven]

@@crino_enjoyer Damage to an enemy

[@SusCalvin]

@@kruggsmash I'm trying to figure out what made it work. It looks like the ballista is placed on a higher level and shooting slightly down at the elfs.

[@grandfremdling3841]

​@@SusCalvin is this possible in this version of DF? I thought siege weapons are strictly for the Z-level they are on.

[@kredonystus7768]

The incredible amount of effort you put in blows me away every episode. Even your sound design is a level above most creators, let alone you drawing custom art for every episode.

[@fockinsquarsh9209]

The linework and coloring of that Vomit FB is absolutely incredible! It'd fit in perfectly in a childrens book. Reminds me of the Egg Monsters from Goosebumps.

[@matthewsanchez7953]

ngl, I'd happily buy a children's book filled with art from Mr. and Mrs. Kruggsmash.

[@justanotherguy3215]

Man, I remember when I first found this channel, three quarters of the way through Honey Stoker rooting for Beans. Love your work, may this fortress be as glorious as the home of the Nazusheb, "the blood drinkers."

[@honeycomblord9384]

Waking up to a new episode of Northbridge always brightens up my day.

[@jattapake7925]

"The amphibian people are just trying to rescue their King and Queen Toad! I'm telling you, I saw it in their terrified, innocent eyes!" "Shut up Curse-Crag! Enough of your ridiculous conspiracies!!!"

[@stephenselman9228]

Northbridge is my favorite thing I’ve ever seen done in Dwarf Fortress. Just a stellar design, and the stories that have come out of it are amazing.

[@Joghurt2499]

I gotta say, I really enjoy the snippets out of your real life projects at the end. I'm a city lass at the moment so seeing what people out there are up to on their land brings me joy. I'm so happy for you that you find the time to do your stuff.

[@tangodroid]

Love the complexity of the projects you start. I don't have nor the skill nor the patient for it

[@DoctorCataclysm]

I can't wait for Adventure mode in the Steam release

[@tylerbrown9631]

I really like seeing the designs for all the guild leaders

[@alexreid7386]

Idk if anyone else has already said this but a dwarf raised in a non-dwarven civilization might choose to go clean-shaven. That's usually the situation where you would encounter a beardless male, unless you've modified the entity raws to make dwarven facial hair culture more lenient. Or maybe something destroyed the skin on his chin where the beard would have grown? Idk. That being said, I did once have a dog strangely lose all its hair colour info from its bio permanently after suffering some mangled legs and scarring (wild boars are assholes), so it could just be a weird glitch.

[@RaxoFilms]

a new Northbridge episode, what a glorious day!

[@BillErak]

Hey, for the performance issues, the new beta branch and next release will give options to try to improve it! Early reports say it's not mind-blowing, but it seems to give you an extra 5 fps on average so far. Maybe you can try it out? Be sure to back up your saves though.

[@Agora2021]

That is a good sign, bad performance might be the biggest reason that I don't really play anymore.

[@soshp]

You appear as an expert at the referenced balancing act. Self doubt or 2nd guessing stinks, but the content you are putting out is still Top Notch! So many of us get excited for your videos. THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!

[@Shmandalf]

Something I wanted to mention last video: iirc dwarves get really grumpy if they spend too much time above ground, it may be why some of their moods are so bad

[@TSZatoichi]

I think that's mostly because they get rained on and stuff, I've never seen a description saying something about the sun being too bright or anything like that.

[@Shmandalf]

@@TSZatoichi Yeah that and animals annoying them, more likely to see corpses, etc. They can also get Cave Adaptation which is not spending ENOUGH time above ground and that can be equally as bad.

[@burnthepast316]

Water has doomed more of my fortresses than any other dangers combined.

[@bjzaba]

Wonderfully put together. I love the mix of your drawings and the new graphics.

[@RJE95]

Every time I finish one of your episodes, I'm always dying for the next one straight away! I think about it during the week until you post again. Love the content, keep it up!

[@johhnyknoxville3948]

Beautiful video and art, im very impressed! Reminds me of creating little characters and stories on the floor as a kid.

[@kaip310]

Love seeing your personal crafts at the end! Really enjoy the recaps you do!

[@jimbodice2672]

Hell yeah more north bridge!!!!!!! Cant wait to listen to this when I'm off work.

[@TheJesster257]

I don't realize how much I love "Well hello you bearded bastards" until it takes 2 minutes of cinematic perfection to get there.

[@TheFunkiFan]

Damn, that dwarf squishing that amphibian man like the WWE was AWESOME!!

[@Cattroll0]

Eyeeyes could be to gnaw through the walls, hearing out the hollow parts

[@JonWaterfall]

Thank you for another wonderful episode. I look forward to each and every one. You put an amount of effort into the storytelling that I don't see anywhere else. Thank you again for your hard work.

[@mexicanhalloween]

that was hannibal barca sneaking elephants through the caverns

[@nihilean]

i would do unspeakable things to play in your dnd game man, your worldbuilding is crazy

[@leXie1337_chan]

Isn't the pressure of water controllable by making it flow between diagonals? I suspect that the wet meeting hall is due to how much water is trying to get pumped through the area all at once...

[@AStandsForFrench]

that intro sequence was INTENSE, amazing work Krugg!

[@IsAMank]

I LOVE your illustrations of the artifacts that the dwarves make!

[@davidpatchitt5891]

Fantastic again Krugg, I particularly like the start of your videos. The quality of the sound design and show don't tell really work well. Love your work.

[@wegohardonearth5179]

Ohhh NOO the peace between the gungan and the Naboo has been broken. Thanks for the Story and teaching. Purchased DF thanks to your content.

[@AtocStowwe]

holy crap I'm building a ballista (or several) in my fortress now

[@jonathanwells223]

Remember this device requires skilled engineers m’lord!

[@asmalldragon]

I LOVED that opening sequence. No commentary, just good drawings, suspense, and humor. So well done! Also, I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned yet but: you can totally attach a lever to the gear assembly you have between the two windmills so your dwarves can switch the lever on and off to start or stop water flow instead of deconstructing and reconstructing windmills! :)

[@JediLordNathan]

I also like the fact that the Honor-wounded was the one who manned the ballista, crack shot and just a case of why a retired soldier is still capable of kicking butt when push comes to shove. Given the effectiveness of that ballista maybe setting up a few more manned by honor-wounded would actually be nice to have in case of a return of the Elves or the Goblins. Maybe a catapult too?

[@mitchelloconnell3309]

I thoroughly enjoy your content. Your artwork is great as well. I also appreciate the behind the scenes at the end of the episode. I just found your channel subscribed and i’m looking forward to watching the rest of the mischief.

[@JediLordNathan]

Also that flood of the a meeting hall cracked me up and I was getting some Honeystocker flashbacks where you did actually flood your meeting hall and then the entrance hall to your fortress.

[@Kkey884]

This is more fun to me than actually playing the game myself. You’re incredible!

[@wateriswet9301]

So for me, the cavern dwellers are a huge FPS drain. I think since they are hidden it really strains the calculations that are going on, plus the numbers of them can get huge. You can turn off the cavern invasions in the settings and you can always re-enable them later!

[@corvaxblackfeather6529]

That's quite the nice LARP Costume you made for yourself there Krugg!

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

As frustrating as this episode looked to play, it looks like you had a *ton* of fun drawing it! I know it was a total joy to watch. Love to see characters we know taking on new roles, while getting plenty of pretty and/or hilarious art for figures we aren't checking up on so they still feel present and active. Poor Vabok... I'm glad that the cheetah had the giant mandrill looking out for it! Also, rad LARP/D&D/outdoorsy stuff!

[@AAron-gr3jk]

I'm SOOO excited by this series! I've never refreshed for content update quite like this

[@markparagi8190]

The number of frogs, whether you can see them or not, is probably killing the engine. To speed things up, you can try capping your dwarf population.

[@TubbyYoungbrosArmy]

I am preemptively liking and commenting just knowing this is gonna be another BANGER

[@TanToRza]

The amount of effort you put into these videos is greatly appreciated Mr smash.

[@АртёмДубравин-ы6у]

Honestly, how good can you get with these? You are improving for so many years now and it doesn't look like you're stopping. Amazing work once again!

[@leewilson3839]

Appreciate all your hard work , I love keeping up with all your dwarves. Would love more narrative and role play but this fort is so fun and exciting 😄 the frog men army

[@hurleyman77]

Loving this series. Keep up the good work!

[@weeaboobaguette3943]

You should really try a 1x1 embark. If you never tried it before, it almost completely change how you make a fortress, the biggest change being you have no time to react to ambushes and sieges, since the border is so close to you that you HAVE to take care of defenses before you need them. And the cave can be an endless slaughter, since new things pop up when the last thing dies, and your soldiers tend to always be in reach of the new thing. It's fun and can get FUN real quick, and i'm curious where it would end up as a Krugg vid.

[@bernardoferreirabastosbrag2226]

Thanks for another great episode. The balista intro was amazing

[@Jadriam]

What a strong start. A few setbacks here and there, but progress continues!

[@malikan5539]

I wish there was the guildmaster position (and possibly the other position that exist in world gen guilds) as you described. The manager/ work-order system works fine and probably doesn't need to be made more complicated, but for flavour it would be nice if guilds handle work-orders instead. Oh and great vid as always Krug!

[@chrisdonovan8795]

Your art and editing has evolved so much. I used to enjoy shows like Cover to Cover where the story was drawn while read and the old marvel cartoon which was nothing more than cut outs on screen. You have achieved something that is similar in spirit, but much more effective when it comes to story telling. Thanks.

[@spencerdelange7977]

This water system is awesome. Bravo.

[@brandonpollastri5757]

Ah water, will always be my bane to every construction project, big or small.

[@burnthepast316]

Also, I believe they are working on a build that will utilize more CPU power. Because the core program is so old, it's only utilizing 1 thread from the CPU. If they can get that resolved, the whole slow-down thing will hopefully become a thing of the past. Or at the very least, will greatly extend the length of time you can run any one fortress before it bogs down too much.

[@knightcuppo627]

More ballistas! one ballista for each row! You're doing great work keep it up :)

[@getfreur2458]

I really love that monkey-leopard duo.

[@clintonarneson226]

Awesome!! What a treat to come home to after a tough day! Love your work ~

[@Jared1983]

So a few years ago a found your channel purely by accident. I watched maybe half a dozen videos and somewhere in there I subscribed. Fast forward to Ep 1 of this series. I'm engrossed in this story. I have dreams about what did or did not happen. Pure unadulterated obsession. Thanks for that. I hope this goes on for way longer than you intended.

[@brad1426]

Completely feel you on the slowdown of larger forts lol. I'm currently building up a fort that's essentially carved into 3 cavern layers. It's very cool, but also huge and takes forever to traverse. I've tried adding extra bedrooms and barracks for every level, but it definitely takes time and I've since stopped expanding it and digging deeper for now and have been filling out the massive expanse of space that I have. It does look really cool though.

[@IvanDogovich]

Great battle sequence at the beginning of the episode! Cheers, Ivan :D

[@WireMosasaur]

the picture of the giant mandrill clutching its jaguar next to the dwarf doing the exact same thing with her cat made me giggle so much xD

[@zejash]

i both do and don’t want to find out what monstrosity was powerful enough that they puked up a whole other monster. vomit gotta come from somewhere…

[@SilverionX]

I certainly did enjoy my time. Thank you for the episode. :)

[@blackcrowpirate147]

When dealing with water and particularly mist generators, it helps me when I find a cavern layer with a water runoff on the edge of the map. An aqueduct or two leading to the drainage is a must! While grates are relatively cheap. Make them out of expensive materials to boost moods and it looks like if you square off the drains you have in the meeting hall should catch overflow.

[@blackcrowpirate147]

Oh! And pretty sure you can install a lever to shut off your windmills instead of waiting for the engineer to rebuild them.

[@F0wlPlay]

Early Comment: The chill dwarf casually carrying a bigass ballista bolt to _HARROW_ through their lines is probably the coolest expressions of power. Business as usual.

[@kacperspisz4239]

that balista was amazing

[@SusCalvin]

A working siege weapon was a big surprise! The siege operator managed to fire the thing and it plowed through a bunch of elfs. Maybe it was the position above that made it work, gotta work that siege weapon in peace at a safe range. Sometimes the siege operator sees an enemy hoard coming and abandons the engine. These things have a huge range compared to crossbows. A couple of these things, and a group of operators so it doesn't rely on a single dwarf, would be the next step. Dwarf beard growth tracking is one reason this game makes me happy. I know different dwarf civilizations will have slight variations of traits and styles, but not that it would include beard styles. All DF players have a... Complicated relation with dwarf nobles and their strange demands. At least the dwarfs are being chained up and now sentenced to a beating. That can eff people up, depending on what the captain decides to beat them with. And at least the trouble-makers are put out of the way instead of bothering peaceful dwarfs.

[@alexanderbudinger8169]

Artifacts are my favorite part, a scepter sounds pretty cool too...

[@lukasreber8876]

For the next series you should set a challenge to build a fort in the ocean by using an obsidian generator to make a pipe down to the ocean floor. Always wanted to do that, but I don't have the technical capacity to do that lol. The short fort you did on the water that froze over during the winters was my favorite series thus far. Island forts in waters that don't freeze would be sick.

[@Jimverse_]

Great episode. I looove that drawing of the merchants disappearing off into the caverns. Is it possible to get something like that digitally to use as a wallpaper or something? :)

[@beardgoblin1090]

Avuz whistling nonchalantly along before unleashing the whistling death of the ballista? Savage! Another great episode - the Frog dudes are doing me a concern these days! I wonder if the water woes are connected to the location of the final cistern - is it above the level of the meeting hall? If so, the water might always back out of the 'pipes' into the hall unless those gaps are sealed. I noticed the thing about beards, too when I started recording my DF play and paying more attention to the details of each individual dwarf. I'd put it down to differences between OG DF and Steam DF, but that's the best I got - no idea why that would be so. Thanks for all the work you put into these episodes!

[@andromidius]

My favourite fort of mine is still "Love Mountain", where I limited myself to ten dwarves - only allowing growth via children. I got to the third generation before I stopped playing, and now my save file is gone. It was quite the thing - a beautiful small fort with ridiculously happy dwarves.

[@pigeontony7501]

The whistling at the start made me chuckle

[@gamer0seven]

I think I have never seen a ballista being effectively used outside from experimental areas. Great opener for the fight!

[@justinjones5632]

The most amazing fortress and DF series ive ever seen!

[@RedAsTheFire]

"I promise, I won't divert too much windpower to the pumphouse." *3 sewer brews later* 15:34

[@CowCatwithafancyHat]

Can't wait for the next one. Fantastic content!