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Guano* can be used to make gunpowder (as the Saltpeter component)... were gunpowder to be implemented (and only in its most primitive form, imho)

Edit: *Guano being batshit...

[ July 15, 2007: Message edited by: herrbdog ]

Dwarf cancels drink: interrupted by Temperance Union Representative.

Not hack and slash? Look at US Civil War Surgery! It's atrocious

I had an idea along these lines a while back. To start your base (different game idea I had then) your initial location would be hidden from everyone else's view until your presence was large enough to be made known. This would be the presence of armies, massive deforestation, lots of farms (outdoors), mines, &c. So you could always have a safe small base. Unless you made an enemy, then they would be able to find you, but you would not be immediately visible. You would have to be searched for. This, though being somewhat unrealistic, would provide a safe haven for newbies, small traders, and the like. Only when you wanted to take on more aggressive actions would your home base be made vulnerable. Of course the threshold for vulnerability could be set anywhere.

Edit: Oh, and other players could either start their own base, own single character (who could make a base or form a party to start a colony), or join another base, to the capacity decided by the player whose base he wants to join. Therefore griefing could be kept to a minimum, as you could kick out anyone who was an ass. Then bases could function as guilds as well.

[ July 13, 2007: Message edited by: herrbdog ]

And as extension of this idea, and an alternative to killing nobles who make 'unreasonable' demands (unreasonable subject to interpretation), if a noble's demands are going unfulfilled at the present location, perhaps the noble will just 'move on' to a 'better' fortress that is fulla suckers who just LOVE to make adamantium toys for nobles...

A lil OT, as this refers to bedridden injured dwarfs, but before I forget:

If nothing else, I've always thought that mugs should work as buckets do, to bring 1 unit of alcohol to a sick patient. They can be suffering from pain, but be somewhat happy from being brought food and water. However, the no alcohol thing drives them nuts. So by having a dwarf bring them drinks, they could feel better and not get all pissy form the scarcity of alcohol. (even though I have 1500 units about 10 feet from one of my currently bedridden legendary engravers...)

Also, I just thought of this, but perhaps 'friends' on break could come visit their sick friends, thus giving them good thoughts from talking to a friend recently.

The current version puts all modified files for a currently running game in the folder 'current'. Once you actually SAVE from the menu (or abandon), it copies the updated files to the save folder.

This version is protected from ctrl-alt-del corrupting saves. It is safe now, as safe as it is for any other program, anyway.

Edit: grammar for clarity

[ November 20, 2007: Message edited by: herrbdog ]