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Didn't anyone ever tell you that archery is a wimpy elves' sport, and that real pint-sized killing machines use axes?

Archery is only used by merciful attackers, the real pros just throw the arrows at you.

Summer has been done!

Where we last left off, a dog got maimed by elephants and seven dwarves were in a hole.
After building a farm and still, the drink situation was quickly solved, but we are still having issues in the food department. The first step towards fixing this is butchering the yaks and getting the turkeys to start laying eggs. This situation was soon remedied however. Behold the new and improved meeting hall!
Not too fancy at the moment, but soon enough we will build them a bigger one. That pile of miscellaneous nonsense is everything that was inside of the wagon.
While fully acknowledging that a first year undead siege is unlikely, I also have seen it happen before and have taken precautions.
While three miners is hardly the backbone of a good defense, they are capable of at the very least chasing off anyone who has snuck onto the map.
Also, migrants! Only four arrived and they came with a donkey foal. We'll keep the donkey till adulthood, then butcher it.
I understand that many people object to the use of spiked wooden balls as an early game export, but at the same time there aren't many other good early game industries, so it will have to do until we find something less exploity.
A stunningly large portion of my dwarves have nothing to do, and I can't blame them. I have no idea what I need them to do. I guess I should get the wood inside before the elves come and overreact.
Decided that I might as well start building an early game bedroom area.
And on that note, autumn has arrived! I will try to get the last two months of the year done soon, and then I will pass it on to the next on the list. Goodbye for now though!

Quote from: Derpy Dev on April 18, 2017, 09:01:09 am

I downloaded off of this thread, which says that the current version is 1.23. Should switching to 1.21 solve the issue?

and thats why your having errors 1.23 straight from download was crashing for 90% of players.

here's the current version:
masterwork 1.24c

I have already downloaded 1.21 and am trying to get it to load, but it is quite slow to load as well. It mostly slows to a halt when trying to load interactions.

It occurs to me that masterwork has so many added creatures and items and interactions that it slows down the game. I have to congratulate you for creating a modpack so massive that it actually slows down the game. Luckily, you can disable many of these mods, but how many do you think I should need to disable to lower the load time back down to at least twice as long as loading vanilla DF? Cause at the moment, it takes about five times as long.

There's a regional interaction that revives and heals any sentient creature that dies.

Wait... if you do this, that means that when these creatures die, they come back to life. Makes sense. But here is the important question: if you chopped off a dwarf limb, and then the dwarf reanimated, would his limb fully heal as well? And if so, could you chop off a forgotten beast limb and get infinite forgotten beasts?

I downloaded off of this thread, which says that the current version is 1.23. Should switching to 1.21 solve the issue?

Wait, it's toady's birthday? Glad I found out at the nick of time, happy birthday!

The first season! Watch me stumble through the spring while elephants roam the volcanic landscape.

Here it is. The start of a fortress.
After such a long journey, we finally made it. Our caravan of seven has reached the site. And to the northwest, we can see a pillar of smoke rising from the volcano.
I looked at it and sighed. Today was the day.
"Alright people!" I shouted with a grin. "We have only a couple of months before the first migrants arrive, let's try to make this presentable before they get here!"
It wasn't long before an entrance was dug into the earth one level below our start, next to a simple wood pile. Hopefully we will remember to move that before the first elves come.
Digging down to the location of our trade depot, we struck gold. That'll be good for the future. But soon enough, a trade depot and path within was constructed.
Admittedly, this was not the best use of my time. At the same time... why not?
The elephants have already become a problem... this is why we brought two pairs of dogs.
Luckily the dog is still alive, but I don't think he will ever fully recover.
Almost the end of spring! Between the elephants, the unicorns and the humanoids composed of lava, we sure have our work cut out for us.
Anyway, here is the last picture for the day. Behold our meager meeting hall! Unfortunately, there are more bugs than dwarves in it right now, but that will hopefully be fixed once we get the turkeys out of the living area.
But now that the first season is up, I'm gonna upload this before I play through the rest of the seasons.