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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever I always wanted to like adventure mode more, being a fan of Angband and all. I stopped playing it back around v0.40, there was just never enough to do, although visiting your old fortresses could be !!FUN!!. Still interested to see it though once it gets more polished.

 

Plus a FAQ!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I remember following this back on the Bay12 forums, this is one of the most epic fortresses ever. Props to @BlindiRL for the video! Great work!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's definitely a lot to remember! That said though the more you play, the more a lot of it becomes second nature. If you ever have questions, don't hesitate to ask! I personally have been playing for .. holy crap, 15 years now. There's so much that's just second nature to me now, but I also learned from others over time. I'm happy to help others learn as well.

 

Future of the Fortress - August 2023

 

The Bay 12 Games Report, August 8th 2023

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This was my first ever exposure to Battletech, and 35 years later I still love the franchise. This looks awesome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ahhh sounds like either you don't have a Trade Depot built, or they can't find a way to it. Trade wagons for example are 3 tiles wide, so need an entrance that is at least 3 tiles wide for them to navigate through. Wagons also can not go up or down stairs. They can however travel up/down ramps.

I usually do what you're suggesting, have a massive sprawling underground fortress, but also a smaller walled enclosure on the surface that protects the underground, as well as housing a trade depot and barracks (so that my military is nearby to any potential action).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I have an underground area here, mostly stockpiles and offices, but also a proper great hall for whoever the eventual baron will be, and a cathedral for the religion. I'm trying to build up in this one though for the living quarters and day to day stuff, should be an interesting change of pace.

ETA: The sieges are usually dependent on how much wealth you export from your fortress, so if you don't get traders, then that makes sense. If you DO get traders and want to get attacked, trade a bunch of lavishly prepared meals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

OOC: This fort was started when a friend who is new to DF confessed to having some confusion on how they should embark. What to look for, what the stuff on the screen meant, etc. While I used my "Small Volcanic Island" world-gen, I wasn't able to find a great volcano + river start, so opted for this one bordering on a glacier instead. So far I really like this map, and the only real accident we've had so far was our ONLY artifact creator, a child, got himself encased in ice when the moat started being dug. Since that time, at least THREE different agents have showed up at our fort, intent on stealing that artifact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The games that best compare to DF were almost all inspired by DF in the first place, but that said, I usually sell it as "Rimworld, but with hundreds of people, and even more detail".

I used to use Dwarf Therapist all the time, but after a while there was a manager option in DFHack starting in like, .40 or .44, and now in the Steam era (.50) I haven't bothered at all. A lot of things default to "everybody does this", and you can set categories of work and fairly easily pick and choose if everybody does them, or if certain specific people do. When choosing specific people, it shows you who has relevant skills, usually sorted by best at the top. Hope this helps.

 

Lordwall sits at the foot of a giant glacier in a high mountain valley. The small microclimate this location enjoys has proven to be stimulating to all dwarves spirituality. Lordwall has just established an organized religion, devoted to the worship of Rîsen, the Goddess of mountains and caverns. Thikut Blowgirder has assumed the role of Sacred Shadow, Rîsen's earthly prophet. While many of our dwarves worship this deity, not everybody subscribes to Thikut's teachings. Time will tell if Lordwall's inhabitants heed the prophecies being foretold, or if division will threaten our fledgling civilization.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Strong think this is the milk of ~~human~~ kangarooman kindness. Mack Beth say milk make dwarves strong. Strong find milk, drink milk!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If we substitute the word "recruits" for "children", this was also how we approached Dwarven Day Care

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Loving the style and the simple palette!

 

Saw this link on our sibling magazine, thought I'd share it here for anybody that hadn't seen it. Originally posted by @plule

 

Toady answers questions about the future of the game every month.

 

The Bay 12 Games Report, July 1st 2023

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Release notes for 50.09 (June 28, 2023):

In this release, we're updating the engine from SDL to SDL2, and there are many optimizations to go along with it. Aside from the optimizations, SDL2 is also the stepping stone to ports. We have Linux compiling and playable; it just needs some testing.

Moreover, there is now a(n experimental) multithreading option in the game settings that makes the game even faster!

We also have some new individual tree graphics, and an update to grass ramps as well.

This has been mostly the hard work of Putnam! Meanwhile I've started up on adventure mode - the long work of updating menus and adding audio has begun! Hopefully we'll have some progress to show their soon, as we continue updating fortress mode as well.

New stuff

  • Updated to SDL2 and made many surrounding changes. Various performance gains!
  • Experimental multithreading is available from game settings.

Graphics additions/changes

  • Some more trees now have individual graphics (maple, willow, cedar, larch, kapok, papaya, macademia.)
  • Updated some ramp images.
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This year the Dwarf Fortress Gladiator Tournament is being run over on the Bay 12 Forum. Come join and have fun reading about your poor gladiator and their struggles. Signups are open until July 5th, 15:00 GMT, but please sign up as soon as you can, since it can take a little while to get on the forum even if I'm monitoring it consistently.

 

I use these in all my forts, makes for amazing organization

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