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This would be very helpful; I like it.

Number one reason that there should be no explicit sex in Dwarf Fortress:

They are Dwarves. Seriously, eww.

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That said, prostitution raises interesting moral questions regarding social and economic standings. Issues of "sin" aside, the main problem seems to be one of self determination. It seems clear to me that forcing someone to have sex would be rape. Are a person's rights still violated when they choose to enter the profession because it is the only way to earn enough money to survive? More difficult to say. I suppose that similar issues exist in the Noble/Peasant split. I don't consider sex necessarily distasteful, but I feel like I would prefer my Dwarves to spend their work hours doing something beneficial to the state of the fortress; they should be able to come to mutually acceptable agreements in their relationships without a bloody economy.

[ November 01, 2006: Message edited by: Gakidou ]

Boats, huh? Great, another thing that has to be made out of wood. Woodless maps just keep getting harder...

(I guess you could use metal for boats, but even getting to the point where you can use magma forges requires lots of wood... Hey, Pumice floats, right? Maybe stone boats would work. Although, I do suppose that having a pourous boat wouldn't be a great idea...)

Minor request: Could we have some way to switch between full screen and windowed modes without restarting? (F11 button, maybe?) I prefer the look of full screen mode, but don't like being locked out from other programs.

Thanks!

I take it that there isn't an option in the raw to specify the material types that can be used in workshops? I know that if you play as goblins you can make bows at the bowyer's, but for the most part it doesn't seem possible to add new options...

Yes, please. In fact, I would like the option to regenerate ANY random name, at any time...

Similar thought: Once the new mountain setup goes in, I wonder if it will be possible to build close enough to ruins that you could fight off the zombies and claim their precious jade crafts for yourselves? (Or better yet, instead of digging your fortress into the side of a mountain, dig into one of those ziggurauts and set up shop!)

Hmm. Lets turn this the other way around, then: Your early nobles come on foot, and will occasionally mandate that a wagon be built, and that either horses or mules be provided for it's transport. This then gets sent off to fetch high ranking nobility. (If you never dismantled your original wagons, they can be used instead; that way the question of whether to dismantle your starting wagons becomes more than an issue of asthetics.)

Additionally, maybe you could send wagons along with a few soldiers to go trade with other civilizations? (And by trade, I of course include demands of tribute in with more standard commerce.)