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I'm starting this thread to ask for clarification on some of the intricacies of temple locations and dwarves fulfilling or not fulfilling their religious needs in Fort Mode, because after googling some and looking at the relevant wiki pages, I've either found sparse or contradictory information on a couple of topics. I figure that you, the forum denizens, probably have a very accurate and full picture of how the system works.

Firstly, I've noticed that temple locations can be dedicated not only to a specific diety, but also to a specific sect/cult/religion. What's the distinction between dedicating a temple to a diety vs to a sect which worships that diety? Is it useful to dedicate seperate temples? I believe I've seen a sect member have the thought 'felt zealous performing the rites of [religion name] in an improperly dedicated temple' when in a diety-specified temple. Is that thought not as good or as satisfying?

Secondly, pathing issues. I know that dwarves value proximity very highly during their free time activities. If, for example, a dwarf worships multiple dieties in a fortress with multiple diety-specific temples, will they habitually favor the closest relevant temple, causing unmet needs for worshiping the other dieties? Will a dwarf favor a closer undedicated temple over a more distant dedicated temple, thus resulting in weaker thoughts? Are there other pathing issues to be aware of re:multiple temple forts? What does this imply for placement of multiple temple locations?

Thirdly, I've noticed in one of my games that dwarves with two dieties will worship both dieties at different times in an undedicated temple, but this will only ever fulfill the need for one of the dieties. In the needs tab, it will say 'badly distracted after being unable to pray to [Diety A]' and also 'Unfettered after communing with [Diety B].' This results in that dwarf constantly having the purple 'Pray to Diety A' task in their free time, significantly slowing their response time and preventing them from making friends in the meeting hall/dining area. Why does this occur? What can be done to fulfill each of their diety needs?

If there are two seperate landmasses, but you're able to have an embark which spans between them, do you get visitors/merchants from both sides? Can civilizations/visitors from the formerly isolated landmasses now make contact with one another?

I've think I've noticed that wars are more common and long-lasting once one begins playing in the world (as opposed to during world gen). I assume that probably most activities occur differently, or at different rates, in world gen vs after the world has been active. I was wondering how these world events are handled mechanically in the two different modes? Like, is the code for the various types of events similar in both phases or did each event have to be extensively rewritten for world activation? Any notable examples?

Also, do you have a sort of philosophy when it comes to modeling these historical-type events, in terms of how important the involved actors' personalities and ethics should be, or if things like going to war ought to be based on more practical considerations like likelihood of success and some sort of need or goal to achieve? Or should things be randomized and up to interpretation by the player?

I've been trying to generate a colder, no-tropics island (thinking of something like Iceland) but I can't seem to generate one without tropics. It seems that if you want seasons, you need a pole, and if you have a pole, you have tropical biomes. Would like the place to be mostly 'cold' with some 'freezing' and 'temperate' areas as well. Absolutely needs to have seasons.

Firstly, is iit possible to to generate a world with seasons but without poles, perhaps through editing text files or with some sort of third-party mod? This would solve the problem.

If not, what can I do to generate a one-pole world that has no tropics? I tried adjusting the maximum/minimum temperature settings a bunch of times but it seems there's always at least a thin band of tropical biomes opposite the pole.

Real simple question:

Playing the itch.io version, 50.04. After I download the new release from itch can I/how do I update the game I have going currently?

I'm making an attempt at a generational, above-ground fort. Based the layout on the viking ring fortresses & Trelleborg specifically - circular walls, two intersecting roads dividing the circle into quadrants, four longhouses per quadrant in a square shape, a courtyard between the longhouses with ancillary structures - originally I was going for the actual dimensions of the real fort (based on the assumed 2.4x2.4x3m dimensions of a DF tile) but had to fudge the numbers a bit to make it functional - DF walls are thick! Although the actual fort was probably for purely military purpose, most of my longhouses are workshops, one's a barn, one's a mine entrance, etc. Thinking about trying to make a bailey kind of like Trelleborg's, but if you look it up, you'll see why that's not gonna look good in Dwarf Fortress so I'll have to make my own thing up there.
 I have 49 dwarves: twenty or so from the first two migrant waves (after which I set the soft pop cap to 1), eight children born in the fort to the sole married couple (who are also the duke/duchess consort), two mercenaries, a bard-turned-visitor, and the remainder are workers request from holdings, who unfortunately all are listed as 'merchants' and cannot be added to military squads. Oddly they all became available as workers right after the dwarven caravan leaves each time and have no relations - probably they're generated for the caravan, then become histfigs. Thinking about expelling all those jerks and going back to about 30 dwarves.

Not a lot of excitement in the fort - biome is a wilderness taiga - had some bears the first couple years, a small dingo attack, one visitor was a weretortoise (now immortalized in a statue depicting him being cursed by Durpul, the god of sacrifice) and was dispatched immediately by the duke himself - and one of the requested workers/merchants stole my artifact crossbow and handed it off (I think) before the sheriff caught up to him. Never breached the caverns, don't plan to (Still 50.04, of course). The elves went to war with my civ after we traded a few times, so we made contact, but haven't sent anybody so far. No kobold thieves, no goblin snatchers, nothing. Really was hoping for someone to try to breach my walls, traps & ditch. Hit the top wealth/trade enemy triggers a while ago but nothing's come of it.

Could someone tell me how to attach an image to a post so I can show off this baby?

I like the changes a lot but the prepared meal thing really ought to be nerfed, the value formula is crazy per the wiki. Base value 10 (equivalent of iron and silver), plus quality multipliers applied twice - quality of the overall meal and quality applied to each individual ingredient.

It really should just be the sum of the ingredients' value multiplied by meal quality. Much simpler, much better.

Is it possible to mod seasons into no-pole worlds? Took a look at the raws, didn't see anything peomising, but maybe I'm missing something