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Dwarf Fortress => DF Suggestions => Topic started by: Greenalien on December 09, 2022, 10:33:46 am

Title: Can the steam game pause automatically if I get attacked?
Post by: Greenalien on December 09, 2022, 10:33:46 am

In the ASCII version the game would automatically pause, far too often for reasons that were unsustainable as the fortress grew, like a baby being born, or someone missing some item. Howevever, the game now doesn't even pause as giant keas enter the fortress and murder an entire floor of people. :/

Is there a way to stop the game somehow when that happens? It's currently hidden in a little rounded announcement, that I just can't pay attention to.

Title: Re: Can the steam game pause automatically if I get attacked?
Post by: drunken dwarf on December 09, 2022, 11:07:05 am

If you edit C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress\data\ini\announcements.txt and put :BOX at the end of one of the ATTACK thingies, that might be what you are looking for. I'm just not clear what is what.

Title: Re: Can the steam game pause automatically if I get attacked?
Post by: extremejon on December 09, 2022, 11:21:43 am

https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Announcements.txt

These options should be added to the new options menu. New notifications are easy to miss - I want to be made very aware when something significant happens like in the free version