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The way i see it ( would be great if toady could confirm or infirm it ) is that body part in the entity file is an array store with the *character information* for each *entity* present. So if you remove an entry in the array it reset the whole array to default value ( Wich is undamaged/no-wound whatever ).

Game load read the *character information* apply the information your set. But what if the game while loading get information about nose from savefile, but the raw file doesnt have nose the game dont know what to do with null-reference but instead of crashing a safe-guard exist and apply the new raw-file bodypart array (just like when it create a new *character* with default)  instead of the corrupted information wich ould lead to crash.

WAY off topic, but did anyone else get an Orz vibe from this reply?

Eh, I think people got bored with ME playing Daggerfall.  Then again, I wasn't really doing stuff with the plot.

So...  is it failing to load right now for anyone else?

Edit: I ask this and NOW it loads.  Slowly.

Wait.  So is this actually a rare case on a noble offing itself WITHOUT the player helping?

If you've playing the latest version of DF, then you're playing the 3D version.  In an earlier version, there were no z-levels.  I'm told that it was almost like a different game.

Would it be a good idea to give every dwarf every skill? Just enable everything. I wonder if it would be easier or harder.

That would be insanely bad.  No dwarf would get significantly good at any skill, and thus you'd get a lot of no-quality goods, and everyone would work slowly.  Also, then any job could be taken by a dwarf who was on the other side of your fortress doing something else...

The way I dig channels is to start at the center then radiate outward a tile at a time.

If your channelling out a whole room I've found it's best to use a checkerboard pattern at first then remove the tiles farthest from the entrance one row at a time.

This only works if the "checkerboard" has support even further below it.  If not, things will cave in due to the lack of orthogonal support, as support does not flow diagonally.  Also, it'd be a pain to designate without a macro.

You know, sure, it was big, but it didn't seem very effective...