The thing I dread most about doing anything is setting up my loadout over again. It's an absolute nightmare to go through and add all the items, count them up, set up all the dwarves' skills, etc.
I was hoping (more like begging), for some way to save/load loadouts so that I can more easily do that. I frequently change a bit in my build each time but I still have the same general theme, so loading and then tweaking slightly would be infinitely more handy.
The best is when I spent 20 minutes setting it up and then it turned out I had accidentally chosen a terrible spot.
AWESOME!!
I can only imagine this will become an even more necessary feature if/when the game modes are merged into one creation screen, and you have to chose between creating a lone adventurer, a party of settleers, or a reclamation party.
[ November 06, 2007: Message edited by: Fortunatos ]
I'll have vast numbers of commoners (everything food + basic masonry/architecture), some(approx 10%) crafters, and some smelter/blacksmith workers. A template system would make it a lot easier to set up migrants quickly with pre-determined professions or "classes" like that. More macromanagement tools like that in general would really cut down on the repetitive stress injury hazards that DF presents, when you're scrolling down lists and clicking enter about thirty times for every dwarf. :)
Being able to save a bunch of different templates might actually make it easier to specialize dwarves instead of having to simplify things in my head when I get bunches of migrants at once. Instead of dumbing it down so I can just get the migrants processed and carry on, I could save 9 - 12 different professions and just make little tweaks here and there.
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Originally posted by elkman:
<STRONG>I have nothing to add, but if having one more person saying THIS IS A GREAT IDEA makes you want to implement it more, then this was not a waste of time</STRONG>
Ditto.