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The black screen bug on the main map with TWBT when exiting some menus such as Status (z) or Stockpile settings (s) seems to have been around for years, especially when calculation FPS dips down to or below graphics FPS.
This is the autohotkey script I use to deal with it. It basically sends "F12" a short time after you press ESC (1/10 of a sec), which forces a redraw of the main window just after the game exits the menu.
;---begin code---
#UseHook
#MaxHotkeysPerInterval 200
~Esc::
sleep, 100
Send {F12}
return
;---end code---
Desert worlds are evocative!
I want my tweaked large scale continent gen to be dominated by types of dragons. Maybe 75% Dragons and 50% cave dragons or somewhere around those %'s in terms of relative beasts/location.One would set the dragons to [FREQUENCY:100] and to appear in every type of biome. And set other animal frequencies to lower. (dragon:100, lynx:1, wolf:1, parrot:1, emu:1, frog:1 etc... total sum of freq = 200 ish)
Get a good code editor (Notepad++, Crimson Editor, Emerald Editor) and start editing your game's raws...
(find string in all files: FREQUENCY)
Cannot change the dragon stuff in worldgen-init-file.
I want my tweaked large scale continent gen to be dominated by types of dragons. Maybe 75% Dragons and 50% cave dragons or somewhere around those %'s in terms of relative beasts/location.One would set the dragons to [FREQUENCY:100] and to appear in every type of biome. And set other animal frequencies to lower. (dragon:100, lynx:1, wolf:1, parrot:1, emu:1, frog:1 etc... total sum of freq = 200 ish)
Get a good code editor (Notepad++, Crimson Editor, Emerald Editor) and start editing your game's raws...
(find string in all files: FREQUENCY)
Cannot change the dragon stuff in worldgen-init-file.
I noticed not so many folks with MacBooks know that DF can be run using full capabilities of their Retina screen, i.e. when tiles don't get artificially scaled up 2x. In order to do that, set GRAPHICS_FULLSCREEN(X/Y) to match your native screen resolution and press F11 to go fullscreen after loading DF. The problem is of course, since the DPI is so high, everything becomes too small and uncomfortable to play. I found that using the 30px version of Duerer tileset HaterSkater published in http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=142083.msg5777391#msg5777391 works perfectly, tiles visually become the usual size while looking super sharp and extra gorgeous.
If you like me, prefer playing with huge tiles, would it be in order to feel the game on a completely different level or just concentrate on building very compact fortresses, you can blow up the 30px version of the tileset to 60px using the nearest-neighbor algorithm (you can do that with "convert in.png -filter point -resize 200% out.png" with ImageMagic) and also optionally use the original 15x15 version of the tileset for text (via TWBT) drastically shrinking the right sidebar. This is certainly not for everyone but you can give it a try. I only wish there was a simple way to fill the 60px version with the original 15px hatch.
Yeah, in Legends Viewer on the summary page scroll on down past the historical figure population figures and at the bottom you'll find "Underground Populations". Cave Dragons are in there. They're not like Megabeasts (like regular dragons) which are (I think) all historical figures.
You may be just looking at the historical figures (cave dragons that killed or were killed by other historical figures or who went on rampages.)When the game generates creature populations for each region tile it draws from the pool of suitable creatures. When it draws cave dragons you'll get 2-5 in that tile. Not all suitable tiles will get them. These are the pools drawn from when spawning creatures on the borders of your fort.
You can increase the number in each tile by editing [POPULATION_NUMBER:2:5].
You force the game to put them in every suitable tile by giving them [UBIQUITOUS].
Sorry I meant just in world Gen in particular. I added the trainable and child tags to cave dragons and dragons. However, [UBIQUITOUS] didnt seem to generate any more or less cave dragons. I just gen'd a massive 1500+ yr world and there was only one cave dragon ever in the world.
Cave dragons seem to be 'born' in later years of world gen as legends viewer utility would have me believe.
The actual cave dragon population is probably quite a bit higher.
(For example, just whipped up a quick 90 year old world and the actual cave dragon population is 51246).
When the game generates creature populations for each region tile it draws from the pool of suitable creatures. When it draws cave dragons you'll get 2-5 in that tile. Not all suitable tiles will get them. These are the pools drawn from when spawning creatures on the borders of your fort.
You can increase the number in each tile by editing [POPULATION_NUMBER:2:5].
You force the game to put them in every suitable tile by giving them [UBIQUITOUS].
