Bay 12 Games Forum

Ironhand has always been my favorite tile set to use, so much so that i dont particularly like to play with another. is there any chance someone out there can assist in playing the newest version of the game with that tileset. the updates are really nice sounding, many fixes to stress. i imagine tarn would like a more playable version of the game when he releases it for money to the masses.

I really like playing dwarf fortress but i am building really neat forts and designing stuff that i like. i try to keep my dwarves happy as best i can with alcohol and nice meals and clothes, cheeses etc. so im building things like traps and moving water but while im maintaining the fort my dwarves go into depressive fits becoming drawn and haggard. its really disappointing when this happens because it seems irreversible. i really dont like having to expell dwarves that have worked in my fort for years and making artifacts and children. i dont want them to just die either. i can understand the occasional case of insanity but the rate at which im seeing drawn and haggard dwarves is just not right. i should be able to satisfy these dwarves through some kind of measure. i would love to make a long lasting fort, seeing dwarves live old and die and children grow old. i would die to see some mechanics for addressing unnhappy dwarves. could be any number of ways of satisfying stressed dwarves without making the game less fun.