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Trees never grow directly adjacent to each other. You can, and should, make smoothed pathways on every other row and column for woodcutters, to prevent trampled plants. Use plant gatherers to remove bushes and maximize tree growth.

Remember to dump lose stone.

Water pressure can be frustrating if you have a large farming area to get muddy, so make sure you are supplying excess water, possibly from multiple angles. Remember to build a shut off valve and drain. Keep the farm closed off from the rest of your fort until you are done flooding the farm.

You could always sell and offer away excess food.

I asked a couple days ago in the Future thread and Toady responded that his goal is by the end of the year. But it will be done when it is done.

Removing GCS from loot lists would fix 90% of the problem relatively easily.

The last 10% would be fixed if blood stained, vomit covered, combat torn, clothing was completely worthless (and could potentially give more functionality to clothiers and soap makers).

Amusing hyperbole aside, I don't see graphics being that taxing if the code utilizes multiple cores and games-grade graphics cards, which it currently doesn't. If today's DF used all of my PC's hardware, it would have no lag problems, and my PC is almost 2 years old.

It can be done with a bit of engineering. Use lots of floodgates and drains that lead to the bottomless hole, with stairs, ramps, grates, and fortifications to stop dwarves from being swept away. Over-engineer where ever possible, preferably with plenty of pumps and waterwheels. Give your levers a sense of logic so you remember which lever opens which gate. Get plenty of cats to mitigate the webs.

An above ground river will fill up to the level of the above ground river, but will an underground river fill space in the same manner? If so will it fill to the highest level generating water for the UG river? Some other mechanic?

UGRs aren't always 7/7. I once had a fort with one that actually dried up before reaching the pit, without my tampering with it. Water kept coming, but at such a low amount that it would evaporate. However if yours is already 7/7 everywhere, diverting some of it probably won't have much of an effect.

Without knowing what your plans are in more detail and what the map looks like, it's hard to give specific advice.

Copy the whole raws folder replacing the old one, do the same with data/art and edit init.txt to make the game use proper files.

Great to hear it straight from the source, thanks! And keep up the great work!

Your situation sounds similar to one I was in. Try building a floor (to be disassembled later) along side the bridge.