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[TheFlame52]

Are you sure those can't be had in Fortress Mode? As to the eye loss example listed, it could happen in Fort (see: FB Dusts, Dwarven Childcare, et al), but I've not seen it myself due to combat in Fort mode. Tends to be that when one is shot in the eye, death follows pretty rapidly. But are there outlier cases where they could be seen in Fort mode? Maybe. Needs more !!SCIENCE!!

There's a difference between getting a damaged eye and completely losing it, as in grey/missing.

[Align]

Necromancers in the current version will write books about other books, but it gets weird when it says something like "It concerns the two-humped camel leather bound book The Arrogance of Hills", so...

Now that books are copied and spread, will they still be referred to as single physical things? Or will it be something more abstract that holds for all copies of a book, regardless of materials etc.

[Dirst]

Necromancers in the current version will write books about other books, but it gets weird when it says something like "It concerns the two-humped camel leather bound book The Arrogance of Hills", so...

Now that books are copied and spread, will they still be referred to as single physical things? Or will it be something more abstract that holds for all copies of a book, regardless of materials etc.

Although it's rare, the game is perfectly capable of generating distinct books with the same title in the same world.  Calling it "'The Arrogance of Hills' by Urist McWordy" might work.

[LordBaal]

Perhaps add the date and place as extra guarantee of not confusing books sharing a name.

[thedrelle]

I don't know, There's something humerous about this idea:

A Necromancer goes out into the world looking for a book of power and finally finds it after years of searching. he then goes out, finds a secluded place to read it, maybe spending untold years hunting for just the right ambiance in old ruins and finally, finally, it all comes together, his spells are ready, his staff is charged, his amulet of warding is primed...

he cracks open the book only to find it's a book of elven poetry by the same name.

[Kitsune]

I don't know, There's something humerous about this idea:

A Necromancer goes out into the world looking for a book of power and finally finds it after years of searching. he then goes out, finds a secluded place to read it, maybe spending untold years hunting for just the right ambiance in old ruins and finally, finally, it all comes together, his spells are ready, his staff is charged, his amulet of warding is primed...

he cracks open the book only to find it's a book of elven poetry by the same name.

Elven poetry is a powerful ward against dwarves.

[Random_Dragon]

Elven poetry is a powerful ward against dwarves.

And a powerful dragon attractant.

[Neonivek]

Ohh it gets worse when books and music pieces have NO TITLE!!!

With music though if they don't actually have a name for a particular piece they just give it a number and usually what KIND of music it was (like if it was a solo). "George Mustache's Symphony #24"

With books though... What is the exact method for naming untitled books?

I know with fiction TYPICALLY you make the title the main characters.

[crazyabe]

So a fiction book by Elves with 328 main characters who are trees, and 199 who are Elves...


That is quite a problem

[Kitsune]

So a fiction book by Elves with 328 main characters who are trees, and 199 who are Elves...


That is quite a problem

Problem is a understatement! How am I gonna ship all these trees together?

[crazyabe]

So a fiction book by Elves with 328 main characters who are trees, and 199 who are Elves...


That is quite a problem

Problem is a understatement! How am I gonna ship all these trees together?

As small pieces back to the Mountain Home of course!

[exdeath]

A question:
Wich one came first on dwarf fortress:
The color R: 128 G:128 B:0, or the fact that df needed a color brown (what the first one I said, is named on df)?

[Sizik]

A question:
Wich one came first on dwarf fortress:
The color R: 128 G:128 B:0, or the fact that df needed a color brown (what the first one I said, is named on df)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_palettes#Microsoft_Windows_default_16-color_palette

[exdeath]

Ok the value R: 128 G:128 B:0 came first

[Random_Dragon]

Well that was the most facepalm-inducing question I've seen in a while.