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OK.  First, LCS isn't actually that compatible with actual sociology.  If at any point you think "that doesn't make sense", well, maybe it doesn't, but run it through a Hollywood filter first.  Movie Physics, Rule of Cool, etc are very prevalent.

As for public opinion's effect on the issues: yeah, it doesn't happen too often, but when it does it's immediate and significant.

Every significant political shift hits at the end of a month.  Elections are at the end of October to simulate Election Day (Tuesday after the first Monday in November. /BA in political science).  You get direct popular vote on laws once per year, Congress/Presidential voting/signature twice per year IIRC, and Supreme Court decisions/appointments once per year.  I can dig up the schedule of what happens when if you like--got it on another computer.  There's a kinda-secret way to directly affect one issue, but that's a one-time deal.

Pretty confident that Presidential is four years--did Fox change it?

Thanks, but you don't have to dig up the schedule for me. I would like to know how to directly influence policy on an issue though- I kinda figured that sweatshop raids would affect labor laws and immigration laws, that kind of thing. Am I wrong?

How do you change policy? Government is full of conservatives. I guess you just keep getting into the newspaper to gain attention? Does writing for the liberal guardian actually influence anything? Sorry for the newby questions, but even after searching google/ the wiki I'm still at a loss.

I am completely hooked on LCS right now, even if I have no idea how to actually influence policy enough to win.

Anyway, I'm trying to juice up my liberals by having them spray up the crackhouse, but even when I leave without conservative suspicion, they are wanted for vandalism. All of them too, not just the one with the spray can. The same goes for murders.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

Well could you tell me what DFhack command I might use to change attribute points in adventure mode? I would be extremely grateful

Is there any program or anything that allows you to edit your adventurer's inventory and skills/attributes? I would really like to go on an adventure of total death that inspires future fortresses to make engravings about. I've tried searching the forums and google but couldn't seem to find anything, so any help would be appreciated.

Quote from: i2amroy on September 28, 2011, 12:26:35 pm

You could copy paste the definitions for adamantine over the ones for the given stone.

Keep in mind that this would convert all Gabbro in the existence of that particular game universe into adamantine immediately completely erasing all Gabbro stone from existence and replacing it all with adamantine.

Actually, that would just make gabbro look and act exactly like raw adamantine.  They'd still be two different materials, just with the exact same name and properties.

Quote from: Roses on September 28, 2011, 02:12:38 pm

Wasn't there a DFhack tool or something similar that allowed you to change rock?

Not that I know of (which of course proves nothing), but I see no obvious reason why one couldn't be written, given that DFHack does have access to the necessary data.  It's just a Simple Matter Of Programming.

Welp, I guess it's time to learn modding. If I figure out how to do it, I'll share

You could copy paste the definitions for adamantine over the ones for the given stone.

[INORGANIC:RAW_ADAMANTINE]
XXX   \
XXX    | Copy this stuff here
XXX   /

[INORGANICE:GABBRO]
XXX   \
XXX    | And paste it over anything here
XXX   /

Keep in mind that this would convert all Gabbro in the existence of that particular game universe into adamantine immediately completely erasing all Gabbro stone from existence and replacing it all with adamantine.

If you are hoping for a way to just convert that particular clump of stone without converting everything in the entire game universe, I'm afraid that I don't think it is currently possible.

Thank you for that, but I just want a chunk in my fort to be converted..
I'm not really sure how reactions work, but would there be someway to create a reaction like "Smooth Stone" into "Turn into Adamantine"? Like wouldn't changing a rock to smooth just be changing the property of the rock anyway?

I've had the visits where they ask me what I want from them, I don't know if those count. I haven't had the one where they ask me to become a barony though. I've also offered them ~100k worth of crafts.


EDIT: Could you guys tell me when you start getting nobles? I read the requirements on the wiki, and if the minimum population is 20, it seems like I'm long over-due. Does world age factor into it? (maybe if the civilization isn't huge it doesn't want a barony?)