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Only 1 thing turns me off about DF.

Migrational waves are too frequent and with too many.

I don't mind ending up with very populous fortresses, but I'd like the game much more if each wave only has say 3 dwarves minimum and 8 dwarves maximum, and only occur once a year.

'tis more a personal preference this.
I think this can be partially attained by lowering the maximum allowed fortress population in the raws to below the current pop and increasing this to slightly above the current pop once every few years or so. The (last) migrant wave size does not get smaller IIRC, but at least you could manage the frequency of them occuring.

BTW, what's Toady's policy for donation refunds?  I've tried looking around the forums for mention of it, but it doesn't seem like it's ever come up.

Just send him an e-mail explaining your problem and I'm sure Toady will be reasonable.

I did something wrong myself with my first donation (donated Euros iso USD or something), as I was laid off and destitute at the time I was highly appreciative of DF distracting me but one still has to eat as well... Toady sent me half the credits back.

Keep in mind that Paypal charges Tarn for every transaction. (IIRC 3% +20cts)

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Also ALL nutricious fluids need to be sweetened, salted, boiled, fermented, etc. or they will spoil very quickly, not just blood.

"Bone Folders" were used in book making and to mark fabric.
Bone char can be used to filter water and to whiten sugar at a refinery.
Bones can be used as fish hooks and all kinds of needles (knitting, sewing, awls for leatherwork).
They can be used to make buttons, or sent to a furnace to make calcium-phosphate ash which can be used to make bone china.

They can of course be used to make woodwind instruments like bone flutes, or even bone china instruments for the wealthy.

The bone meal though, that one is still probably your best bet for using large piles of bone for one purpose.  As fertilizer.

those are pretty much 'crafts' or at least small/tiny items.
Also: bonemeal: another reason to build querns. (i think milling it is weird somehow). It's also used in bonechina ceramic.

If only.
It just refers to your missile hits, including overkill. Missed missiles just use a small detonation to disarm themselves. (Not registering as nuclear explosions)
The idea is that distances in space are so big, that detonations are only effective against a single target. (The targets are supposed to spread out as much as possible without losing concentration of fire.)
I don't think Aurora has supernovae, but explosions in that range would be big enough probably to get multiple ships.

:lol: Pigs were intelligent meat for a while there, selling themselves!
Just like in the Restaurant at the end of the Universe.

edit: or that is just bigotry: calling traders pigs. J/K (obviously)

There seems to be a problem with tables in some of the shops . . .
that might prove to be a pathing hassle.

The developments are awesome. 

weaponfire should be banned at hyperspeed!

Quote from: Metalax on November 25, 2011, 08:11:30 pm

Quote from: Repulsion on November 25, 2011, 04:08:47 pm

Er, so is there a way to make sure officers don't get declared surplus and let go? I want to keep my geology team, but I want them to stop bothering me with constant 'no minerals' reports.

Can't remember if it is 'autoassign to posts' or 'realistic promotions' that causes the retire surplus officers to take place, but you could play with them off. Alternatively make a bunch of tiny PDC's on your homeworld and assign officers that you want to keep but don't have a current task for to thePDC's then check the 'do not end tour' checkbox. Another possibility would be to make a new task group and assign them to the officers positions of the HQ and check the 'do not end tour' checkbox.

It's autoassign.

There's a division by zero error somewhere in my lasers. Is there a way I can find which design it is and get rid of it without SM mode?

You can put your teams aboard a ship, that will shut them up.