Hi all,
Just a quick update here on the next Quickfort version. It should be out in a few days.
The main new feature is manual material selection, which works great though it's definitely still "experimental".
Also new are the Alt+R transform commands "phase=..." (overrides the blueprint's #phase) and "s/pattern/replacement/" (search and replace in cells). These have some nifty synergies with the manual material selection stuff as well.
On a less bright note, I've decided to drop the Modular blueprint set from this upcoming release - again. I've developed about 20 functional 11x11 Modular blueprints that all work. However, what I've found is that working with Quickfort and these 11x11 sized blueprints tends to get very tedious.
Because 11x11 is quite small, I find myself spending a lot more time manipulating QF to pick-and-play these blueprints than I ever did with (for instance) TheQuickFortress blueprints. Those blueprints were around 30x20 in size -- meaning it takes about six 11x11 Modular blueprint designations to accomplish the same effect as one TheQuickFortress blueprint designation. Multiply that by the multiple phases per blueprint (dig/build/place/query) which you have to continually switch between, and you start to see the problem.
So, while the Modular stuff won't be part of the release, I will probably just package up the Modular blueprints I've completed so far and release them as a separate .zip file for those who are interested in contributing or just using.