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5. Copy all of the plugins in that folder (all of the .plug.dll files) into "Dwarf Fortress 0.43.05/hack/plugins" (or the hack/plugins folder inside your DF folder).

Just to be certain, "copy" or "copy & replace"?

Priority is processor time/speed over RAM, as that's what drags FPS down. Multicore threading would help a lot, but Toady would have to rewrite the entire engine + game code & he's said (repeatedly) he's not going to do that; neither will he release the code to other devs under OSS license (I think - needs checking) for them to work on it as a community project. Fairynuff: his choice & understandable given that this is pretty much his entire income

Forget GFX speed/RAM as they don't contribute much (if anything) to the engine. On a modern system OS sounds (eg Soundsense) should be farmed off to another thread anyway, & they're not that engine-intrusive in vanilla LNP..

I may be wrong in some aspects of the above, but I think I covered the major areas (I am /not/ a s/w dev, but I picked up a bit from reading historical (& some hysterical) posts)

the undestroyable head/body part bug makes playing with the undead... unpleasant.

Isn't that bug fixed in 43.05? Alternatively, as mentioned, (heavy) maces tend to keep the undead down permanently

Where to start?  Iron of Furs had a second werebeast show up

Designing your hospital as separate rooms can be very useful when starting for just this sort of situation: you can demolish walls or construct them as needed to keep occupants managed (although constructed block walls won't take standard engravings for some reason (ie less happiness boost) )

2 tile bridges are useful doors in these cases (standard doors can be broken by weres), altho lever placement is a PITA, but at least you can atomsmash someone who wanders into the wrong spot.. don't forget to queue up slab construction if you go this way!

I'm pretty sure the last time I flooded my hospital (due to inappropriate well construction) the tiled floors showed the 'scattering of mud' definition (& appropriate brown gfx) that's required to start farming.. but I can't remember if this was within 43.03 or 43.05

It's the trees issue. I can't see them on any outdoor z-lvl I look at, so I can't use the floor underneath trick (& I need the grass for my animals!)

I'll try the script, tvm!

The first trade caravan in Autumn is your lifesaver: get the temporary trade depot built ASAP (& make sure it has access!) before you get involved in other priorities & forget!

After that, set some dwarves to harvest berries & chop trees. Once you have the logs you can build a still & kitchen. Fishing may be useful but most fisherdwarves prefer to fish rather than do anything else If you have them set up assign at least 1 pure cleaner (ie not fisher/cleaner) to every fisher at the start, to make sure the fish caught are actually processed into useable ingredients for your cook

Hunters won't hunt anything without ammo & a butcher's shop. If you're going that route don't forget to set up a tannery too!

DON'T FORGET that workshops (& barracks, trade depots, beds etc) are inherently temporary: once you have the space/infrastructure in place you can (deconstruct if you wish &) build more permanent replacements

Meanwhile your miners can be digging suitable, more permanent & defensible places for you to hide in & set up your industry. Nothing will grow on solid rock, so make sure your farming areas have clay, loam, soil or similar surfaces (irrigation over rock is explained in the wiki if you want to try) so they can plant your underground food sources, such as plump helmets

Food plants have 2 relevant 'biome' (I use the term loosely deliberately) attributes currently: underground/overground & edible/inedible. These are modified by the plant's use (eg may be overground/inedible but can be milled/processed into dye or eaten by livestock). I won't go into details as the wiki explains it far better, but be aware that your plump helmets need to be farmed underground: they won't grow aboveground

TURN OFF cooking for any ingredient you can use. Brewing/milling/processing produces seeds; cooking does not. You will need those seeds!

I've created a creature that has weapons (axes) permanently attached to its hands.

Did you name it Edward or Axel?

FWIW I don't remember unarmed attacks being parried, only dodged (quite frequently unless <target> is immobile, natch).. but I may well be wrong: I don't look at combat reports in any great detail usually