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That was a jo...never mind.3. Did I just make a tyop?Yes you did, lol :p
About the raws, i don't really know.
I'd still like the game not to crash. Couldn't you just remove the woodcutter profession?Why not have "dead trees" or something?I have trees that are made of leaves (Basically impassable ferns), but I'm not sure.
And why did you take out the advanced geology of DF? That's one of my favorite parts!
The advanced geology isn't the focus. Dead Space doesn't go into the geologic makeup of other planets, so it would not be accurate anyways. You'll still have all the same metals and such, just you won't have dwarven epilepsy.
[MATERIAL_REACTION_PRODUCT:FIRED_MAT:CREEPING_EYE:SOAP]to a local soil. When fired into bricks, it became... "blocks." Maybe " blocks." The errorlog came up with "CLAY_LOAM::Unrecognized Material Token: CREEPING_EYE".I'm sure we've all twisted our fair share of spears around in the wounds of our foes, and even chairs or giraffe necks for that matter. This suggestion builds on that....How do you separate the neck from the rest? This is so ludicrous that I might have to try it.
Weapons can become lodged in people as it stands now, some more frequently then others, my suggestion would be to add more weapon specific advantages, maybe even some disadvantages.Sounds good.
1-Grapple weaponsMore limited--how much force can you exert from a limp leathery thing?
For example, let's say you have a leather whip, or a spiked chain. These weapons would ((hopefully)) be less deadly then say, a two handed sword or dagger, but make up for that with an exotic property.
These would be so-called grapple weapons for the fact that whenever you strike a creature successfully it has a chance to make a secondary wrestling "grab" on the part that you hit.
*The copper spiked chain hits the goblin maceman in the left leg.*
*it has become entangled there*
This would give all the penalties of being grabbed to the goblin, and on your next attack you could choose to wrestle then in much the same way you would with a non-empty hand. Choosing to take-down, throw, lock or release. If you hit the neck or head perhaps even a choke-hold and strangle attempt. Maybe even impart a bonus and let you wrestle creatures that would be too large for you to otherwise knock down or choke.
2-Knock-back weaponsThis used to happen. Then Newton's 2nd Law got in the way of the fun.
So, as of the current build large blunt weapons are great for breaking bones, fighting armored foes or otherwise disabling people. But lack the limbs flying off in an arc/lodging in wounds potency of piercing or slashing weapons. I would suggest that they have a chance to knock a foe back, or prone. ((I am aware this it is possible with uber-super human strength to propell targets from the force of a blow, but then it's also possible to do that with a kick or a copper longsword when you're hercules)) So that even a relatively average bandit hammer-man could knock you to your back with a blow, even if you're a size or two bigger then him.
3-Cross-bows and point blank rangeHell, reloading not taking six times as long as throwing the bolt, and people not charging into melle to smack people with their crossbows! (Except for when they stand two tiles behind fortifications and watch the goblins enter the fortress to murderize everyone until the goblins enter their hallway, THEN smack them with their crossbows.)
So, as it stands when someone rushes up to a crossbowman they'll bash that fool, great. But honestly the point of a cross bow is to shoot people with it. I would suggest that when you engage in mele with a currently loaded crossbow as a blunt object, you have a chance to fire the bolt into the enemy afterwards. In the same round mind you. And it would not go into the agonizingly long "Kill me" phase of standing about reloading while people stab you. ((reloading as a non-automated option really needs to be implemented))
4-Pikes, halbreds, and people up in your grillNot a bad idea. I have nothing to add, except the little issue of UI for such attacks and the possibility of holding the weapon with the head closer to your hand (losing leverage, but invaluable when in a pinch).
I would really...REALLY just like to suggest. ((and I'm sure it's been suggested already)) that you not be able to stab someone who's in the adjacent/same square as you with a weapon longer then yourself. Not with anything but a bash from the shaft that is. To off set this make everything but your standard spear and the short spear be able to -only- attack people -2- tiles away. For pikes even make that -3- . I could see this being VERY useful once/if mounts or natural reach on giant creatures is implemented. Since honestly it would be impossible to kite a bronze collossus or ettin. It would also make tactically different foe if like archers pikemen tried to stay at range.
Where you can bite a man's head offA simulation IN ALPHA.
Ok.. go outside, get a stick longer than say, 8 feet or so, and try to 'flip it around'. Then try to do it fast. Then try to do it fast enough and accurately enough not to get your nards chewed off by an angry beaver. Then try imagine doing it if you were two or three feet shorter, i.e. a dwarf.Erm, I don't know about you, but I'm neither a crazed adventurer possibly born from the gods, nor a well-trained dwarf who has a list of kills as long as his arm. I think that asking the average DF player to "prove" that some combat action is impossible is like asking the average Pintupi tribesman to "prove" that driving a car is impossible: Neither has any clue or experience in how to do it, and both are something I'd want to stay out of the way of.
I know halberds were chiefly European, but the concept of hafted weapons/pole arms are found in every part of the world, hence the reason I was discussing multiple varieties and fighting styles.
Lastly, in a pinch you can use a crafted stone goblet as a weapon. I have no qualm with improvisation.No, you can't, not in DF (they're mugs), and not unless you found someone who made a stone goblet IRL.
Instead of an init option, just make it so you can pause/unpause right there ingame.Agreed. I actually like how the game pauses; it means that my miner won't starve while I'm trying to figure out how to dig him out.
I prefer keeping it paused when i'm designating, so if for example i make a mistake with designating stuff to mine and i don't realize the mistake until i check everything's designated right, that mistake won't end up with a FB being freed because that one wall i accidentally marked for mining was the one wall keeping the FB out. Etc.
One thing that would be helpful and somewhat related to this is the ability to enable/disable auto-pause from within the game. For example wet/warm stone discovery. The reason I am saying from within the game is that there are situations where you know that digging in that area is safe and you want to do it anyway. That add-on to that would be to be able to turn off designation cancellations under certain conditions as well, and for the same reason.Like if you know that the stone is damp from the river overhead?