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Originally posted by umiman:
<STRONG>Then I saw a pack of moledogs and trogdolytes run right past me like:

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..m.m.T..m
.m.@.m.m.mm
..T...m.m..m

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Without attacking me. I wasn't sneaking mind you, they just wooshed by like racing cars. I continued to press "." then I saw one goblin maceman run past me after the animals in the same manner.</STRONG>

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Similar thing happened to me while I was throwing rocks at a goblin while sneaking. A mole dog walked by and the goblin, who otherwise didn't move while his internal organs were being knocked out, went off and chased the mole dog.

I was discovered moments later and the same goblin continued to ignore me in favor of the mole dog while I hacked him apart with my axe. Something tells me that the current adventure code doesn't allow an enemy to change their target until the target is inaccessible or dead, even if a different enemy is more threatening to them.

My current Dwarf Fortress project is to push back the ocean using lots and lots of screw pumps powered by DPMT (Dwarven Perpetual Motion Technology  ) and build myself a glass city, since it seems to be the rage these days.

I had planned to have buildings include a certain feature, and I was wondering if the current version's water pressure calculations allow this to be possible.

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Water Entrance (Side):
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~~~==========~~~
~~~=XXXXXXXX=~~~
~~~=XXXX=====~~~
~~~=~~~~=====~~~
~~~~~~~~=====~~~
~ denotes water
= denotes a wall
X denotes the building's inside space

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Pseudocode:
Select Random Tonality (Major or Minor)
Select Random Key 
Select Random Meter //Would favor simple meter such as 2/4 3/4 or 4/4
Select Random Tempo //Would favor mid-range numbers e.g. between 80-140
Select Random Length //Somewhere between 8-32 measures unless your dwarf is decides to create an entire symphony.
Select Random Phrase Length // 2, 4, or 8 measures for each phrase.
Select Harmonic Rhythm // Determines how many chord changes per beat.
//Once these basic parameters are set, the song can start to be generated.
//Start from the beginning and generate the song.
Loop (Until End of Song)
{
Select Case:
    (Beginning of Phrase)
        Select Harmony(1,5)//selects either the 1 or 5 chord to begin.
    (Middle of Phrase)//Chord progression. Choose randomly from these three choices.
        Select Harmony(Current Harmony-5 OR Current Harmony+4)//Drop a fifth or go up a fourth.
        Select Harmony(Current Harmony-1 OR Current Harmony+1)//Progression by step.
        Select Harmony(Current Harmony-3 OR Current Harmony+3)//Progression by third.
    (End of Phrase)
        If (!End of Period)
        {
            Select Harmony(5)//Half cadence
        }
        Else
        {
            Select Harmony(1)//Authentic cadence
        }
    End Case
//Once the chord is selected, notes can be generated until the next chord change.
    int GeneratedBeats
    Do Until (GeneratedBeats == HarmonicRhythm) //Determines when to stop generating notes and move on to the next chord.
    {
        GenerateNote(CurrentHarmony,RandomRhythm)
        //Create a note of random rhythm in current chord. 
        //Note that the random rhythm cannot exceed the number of beats allowed by harmonic rhythm.
        GeneratedBeats = GeneratedBeats + RandomRhythm
    }
//Once the chord is fulfilled, loop back and pick a new chord.
}//Loop back and pick new chord.

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