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- ME1 was rather rough around the edges too, planet exploration dull and Mako driving infuriating at times.

Funny, but I loved driving around on other planets in ME1. I was really disappointed when they removed that from the sequels. Oh, well, different tastes, huh? 

Of course, if you're after a zombie survival roguelike, there's always Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. Ah, the feeling of coming home after a long day of looting houses and killing zombies with flaming swords and making yourself a nice cup of tea and reading a skill book by the fire...

Cataclysm: DDA is my go-to game when I'm bored or not feeling ambitious enough to play anything else. I'm always starting a new game with a new character (since I tend to enjoy the early parts of games the most). I love it! But,... I can't play it all the time, and none of the other roguelikes I've played really appeal to me.

Any suggestions? It doesn't have to be a roguelike, but turn-based is best, so I can just lean back in my chair while drinking a cup of coffee. Again, I want something I can play around with when I'm bored. Ideally, a SF game would be great, because I get tired of magic (but I'm not a fanatic about that).

Is there anything even close to Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead? I really love that game - turn-based, exploration, crafting, and the fact that you need some common sense if you expect to live very long (especially when you start with the Very Bad Day scenario - drunk to the point of incapacitation, sick with the flu, infected with a zombie bite, and naked,... and the house is on fire in a city filled with zombies,... and it's snowing outside!).

PS. I've looked at Caves of Qud, though I haven't played it. For some reason, it doesn't appeal to me much. Of course, games are very subjective, and we all have different tastes. I do enjoy UnReal World, though. That might be the closest thing to Cataclysm I've found.

Edit: Wow, my bad everyone, it's the 32 bit version of therapist... I forgot I compiled 32 bit versions of everything first... TWBT and DFHack are correct, however.

Is this something I can use for Adventure Mode, since I won't be using Dwarf Therapist for that? I can't play the current version in the Starter Pack (I hope it's just the current version), since the game crashes so often. If not, I'll just wait for a new version. Thanks!

You can copy the saves manually if the importer causes trouble.

Thanks. I guess I was confused and thought that there was more to it than that. (I do know about updating the graphics, since I'll be using a new graphics pack.)

But it takes every single drop of patience you have in your soul, and it's not worth it.

Funny how tastes differ, isn't it? I've played nearly 200 hours of Kenshi already, even in alpha (and normally, I don't play alpha games at all). I was just blown away by this game when I first discovered it.

The new map looks great, although, no, it hasn't been released yet. But I'd have a hard time complaining, even as it is. Indeed, the existing map is beautiful. When the new map is released, it will be like getting a whole new game.

Of course, as I say, tastes differ.

Mouse wheel.

Oh, that's hilarious! So simple, yet it didn't even occur to me. Thanks much!

Most of the discussion here goes right over my head. Frequently, I have no idea what you're talking about.    But I love the starter pack, and I love being able to see multiple levels in my fortress (especially since I'm building an above-ground fortress right now). Thanks much!

I also like being able to zoom the text and the map separately. My eyes aren't great, and I need the larger text size. (The text seems very crisp at the default size, but a bit too small for me. It's not nearly as crisp when I enlarge the font, but it gets readable with enough zoom.) Plus, I'm still overjoyed at seeing text, rather than weird graphics for the punctuation. 

Admittedly, I'm still using the starter pack launcher. I haven't even looked at the PyLNP launcher. Yes, I know that losing is fun, so I should be more adventurous, huh?    Then again, don't fix what ain't broke. Heh, heh. Oh, I'll check it out eventually. (Whether or not I'll understand it is another matter.)

Anyway, I just wanted to express my thanks. I appreciate all the hard work that goes into this, both the underlying programs themselves and putting them in a convenient pack like this. Thanks!

Bill

I'm having trouble getting my dyer to dye cloth and thread. He's done it before, but now, the jobs are cancelled with "needs unrotten dye item." Is that a problem with the thread/cloth, or with the dye? Can you tell?

I've got plenty of cloth, and some thread, in my clothing stockpile, and none of it shows up as already dyed when I look at it. (Plus, my clothier recently stopped making clothes, because I've got the orders set to only use dyed cloth. So the cloth is there, and it's not already dyed.)

I've got plenty of dye in my food stockpile, too. None of it is forbidden, and neither of these stockpiles are set up to feed a particular workshop. I've got no burrows, either. The dyer's workshop is close to both stockpiles, and there's definitely no access problem.

Any ideas? I've run out of things to check.

Thanks.