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I guess 0.31 is precisely why people became aware that it might be an issue. It was worth it, but still...
In the end, only Toady knows what features are better coded in the same release, anyway.

No, still not working. When the first cave was uncovered, soil floors near the surface started growing tower-caps. The second cave was muddy, but did not grow anything even after I uncovered the third cave which has water, and carved out an uninterrupted tunnel (no stairs, etc. nothing.) between the second and third caves.
I'll now try to do this to the first and second caves.

You can just put a drawbridge over the pool.

The 21st is China's mourning day for the recent earthquake. Actually it has already begun in Beijing time. Cancellation of all public entertainment activities has caused some people to voice their "concerns" about their private plans. While I view those people in great contempt, I also wonder: is such cancellation a common practice during mourning in other countries? What do other countries' governments do on mourning days? Somewhere I read that mourning for the Polish politicians also involved cancellation of entertainment programs. What about others?
Of course, the fewer mourning the better.

Replace the water in the mist generator design with magma, which slowly dips enemies in magma until they burn.

Quote from: G-Flex on April 06, 2010, 10:03:19 pm

Well, they would have been, if half of the guys in this thread hadn't totally fanboy'd out on him and jumped on his back so much for it. There was no reason to get all dismissive and rude about it, and if anything caused the argument going on now, it was probably that. A simple explanation of why the features he's used to got a little messed up would have sufficed.

This is my biggest problem with this community. People are unable to acknowledge any criticism of the game whatsoever. You could say "hey guys the game actually formatted my hard drive, I'm kind of disappointed by that" and  people would  be like "WOW TOADY DOES IT FOR FREE AND ITS STILL  IN ALPHA OK SO SHUT UP". People have no perspective at all.

Well, probably because the criticism don't really apply to many people.

For example, the OP couldn't get the tileset to work. I got mine in less than 10 minutes. Window resizing can be done. - and + works with my laptop keyboard. I have been looking forward to the new features in the devlog, and was very satisfied. I do not feel this version "doesn't work" or "fails" in any way.

If someone criticizes something I like using reasons that, plainly, do not exist, to the best of my knowledge, then I will at least feel confused.

Quote from: Vicomt on April 02, 2010, 07:22:25 am

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I'm rather curious as to whether someone can jury-rig reveal.exe

Lol I always thought that was 'jerry' rig. Then again when I was little I thought chest-of-drawers were 'Chester drawers'

sorry for the OT, but jury-rig and jerry-rig are the same thing effectively, I think jerry-rig is newer usage, possibly of American descent, but I know both can be used he same way.

back on topic, I've not had chance to play much, so all I've done is the standard embark, flat(ish) wooded surface and 167 total z levels... freaking awesome.

Jury Rigged is a term, originally nautical, from the 1700s. Different etymologies have been presented, some being:
-Jury being a contraction of "Injury" (A repair to an "Injury" the ship sustained. "We rigged up the jury")
-Jury's Latin root, "To help, aid, assist" (We rigged up a fix, to help)

Jerry Rig is a derivative that emerge around World War 2, originally in British soldiers, referring to German ("Jerry") engineering in a (not necessarily deserved) derogatory manner.

The term has always amused me, especially because "To jury rig" could also refer to the act of "rigging a jury", or Jury Tampering.

Wow.
I always thought the term originally came from "rigging a jury".