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A test build with a fix (hopefully) for a stonesense wagon-related crash is up at https://github.com/DFHack/stonesense/issues/54#issuecomment-510273737 if anyone here is interested in testing that.

Tried it yesterday. No more wagon crashes from my side anymore.   

Procedurally generated UI !
That would put end to all these criticisms Toady gets for not making game user friendly enough, because UI will be part of the game.

Sometimes you can use mouse, sometimes it is keyboard only.
Sometimes it is more visible and clear, sometimes more cryptic.

And different types of UI seeds can shared among players.

I was wondering if trees could be smaller and doubled by four.
It would change a cartographic style a bit to make more sense in scale-wise. Right-now those trees won't give me an impression of real forest, they are more like small park. They also make mountains look too small.

What do you think about something similar instead?

Quote from: Strik3r on January 29, 2019, 08:58:17 am

from the dev page:

• Non-magical worlds will still have (possibly multiple) creation myths

Wat?

That is what I don't understand.  A myth by definition implies some magical/supernatural elements, or else it is just a historical record/scientific theory surely?

I don't think so? Myth beforehand is a metaphorical interpretation, usually confirming some narrative founded deeply in culture. Very similar to fairy tales that carry values and cultural messages over generations. As long as you have literature and/or poetry, you have solid foundation for myths.

Neat idea. It would make knowing religious lore actually useful.
Shared gods between civs - higher chance of an alliance.
Different gods - might result more neutral state in diplomacy.
Controversial gods - e.g. goblin god that seeks destruction of dwarves, might result in high antagonism between goblin and dwarf civs.

It might fall into the category of M&M or later updates though.

I don't understand why dwarfs, which need alcohol to get through the day, would ever see tea as something other than water that has been polluted. They would be suspicious about drinking it, and would make jokes and rude comments at a "tea ceremony", and generally do anything except drink the tea.

All dwarves don't have to be Scottish, some might be British too.

Dentistry inn both modes.  Enough said.   

Wait what!?
I've always wanted to be wandering dentist in adventurer mode! This is one of my life's dreams to see DF coming this far.

Now stop crushing my dreams!

I was just wondering, if things go that far that DF actually tries to implement some more complex political systems in it and ideas about this topic start to be more relevant, should the rules of this subforum be made more strict?

Maybe the standard posting protocol could be something like: Someone posts an idea that could be implemented in DF. All further responses keep their orientation towards to improving this idea and/or pointing out technical aspects about possibilities in implementing it.

If user doesn't post its response according to this protocol, they receive a ban.

This way only relevant posts remain and people can't have their morally sanctimonious navel-gazing and devs can actually read information that matters to them. Right-now we don't have filters and useful information gets piled under useless derailed non-technical debates about different moral-philosophies. It ruins the process of brainstorming and might actually hurt the development of the game because topics are hopelessly derailed in first ten posts.