Bay 12 Games Forum

So in previous versions of DF, when I just wanted to goof around, I could modify the files so that my Smelter could spit our Adamantine or Iron or Steel with no input needed.

However, those edits do not seem to be working anymore. Does anyone know of a way to get this to work again?

So my Outpost Liason just arrived at my fort.  Rather than going to meet with my Duchess or Mayor, he proceeded to go into the bedroom of one of my dwarves and simply sit there staring at a dwarven child.

Pedo much?

I was thinking earlier while doing some yard work about Dwarf Fortress and the lumber industry in it. I was hoping someone might be able to tell me what parts, if any of this, would be possible via modding.

Trees only produce one log in DF and each log can only create one thing, but in the real world a single tree can produce enough wood to make many many items.

So I was thinking, what if one modded trees so when chopped down they produce a single Felled Tree which then must be taken to a shop where it is broken down into a number of logs?

I then thought about the mechanics of dragging around a felled tree. They're big and bulky. Perhaps it could be modded so work animals (horses, donkeys, mules, elephants) could be trained to carry/drag the felled trees to the shop. They could be assigned to wood cutters and follow them around to help drag the trees back.

But then, I don't know what parts if any of this could be done via mod and what would have to be done in the programming of the game by Toady. So, again, if someone could tell me what parts are possible via mod that would be cool.

Yeah, the name sucks.

I wanted to do a community game fit for newbies, so I made this game. It's a good embark location, I think. Elephants wander by occasionally, but they seem content to mind their own business. Only hostiles to come by so far have been a few Kobolds which were quickly eaten. The embark location is a volcano near a temperate forest with Marble underground. No river, but plenty of lakes.

So, basically, if you want to play, feel free to post and I'll add you to the list!

Oh! Rules for those new:
1. No using cheat programs
2. 1 Save-Scum per turn to be used as you wish. (Save it for catastrophic failure, I'd recommend)
3. Turns are 1 in-game year from Spring to Spring. When the next Spring comes up, pause game, save it, upload it, and I'll throw a link into this post.
4.  We'll keep going around through players, adding new people as they wish to join. When last person's turn is complete, it will come back to the top.
5.  Select an available dwarf to represent 'you'. Rename it to your name or somesuch.
6.  Following your turn, you'll need to make a post to this thread from the point of view of your dwarf about any events that happened in the fort during your tenure. Screenshots are encouraged!
7.  Oh, and you have 1 IRL week to complete your turn.

My diary entry will be coming later this afternoon/evening.

Players:
1.  Briggs (first turn completed) Diary #1
2.  Still Standing (first turn completed) Journal #1
3.  TheJackal (first turn completed) Journal #1
4.  LAAT501legion (first turn completed) Journal #1 (Multiple posts)
5.  Fivex (first turn completed) Journal #1
6.  Lafiel (Active)
7.  MarineMorton
8.  BurningLed
9.  Eagle_Eye
10. lolghurt
Save File: Click Here

I've got a dwarf in my fort whose left foot was taken off by a Kobold. She's alive (and surprisingly ecstatic despite her serious wound), but she just lays in the hospital all day everyday. Do crutches not work, or something? My hospital has a full supply of crutches but the dwarf hasn't been given one or anything.