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Yeah I've been resisting the temptation to necro this thread myself. Pretty eager for an update.

I've got a population of over two hundred and about twenty idlers, mostly nobles and certain key personnel like doctors, and dedicated cleaners. Most of the are occupied in smelting every chunk of ore in my fort, digging for ore, smoothing or detailing, or engaged in combat training.

I squished my legendary mechanic under a bridge and have been lamenting it ever since (it was an accident). Artifact mechanisms are good, probably best used in a well or whatever. Masterful mechanisms produced by a legendary mechanic are the business. They make brilliant weapon traps that can devestate any invading force, not to mention their usefulness in the destruction of ampersands.

Training up a legendary mechanic is a pain, because you have to crank out so many inferior quality mechanisms. Mechanic moods are an Armoksend.

I'm having this really weird problem where, after lots of stockpiles had been flooded, dwarves seem unwilling to pick up ores or bars that had been moved or made wet or muddy or something due to the flood. The stockpile areas are dry now but they seem to think that the ores or bars don't exist or something, causing many job cancellations. I can't understand it. Has anyone else encountered this problem before?

Never mind, it was a washing pool blocking off pathing through the fortress.

What happens when you meet a steel forgotton beast, eh?

Adamantine weapons. And armour. Making almost anything else out of adamantine is a waste. As weapons and armour, adamantine can do things nothing else can.

That said, I've been known to use it to make lovely wells, roads and such before. Roads are a good choice, because you can always unbuild them and reclaim the wafers you used. I made a few adamantine roads to hit the requirement for a capital.

This thread is a top 10 thread for listing and discussing things we'd like to see in the game and/or things we expect to see in later versions, whether we like them or not, in Dwarf Fortress mode.

1. Schools

Seems natural that creches, schools, and colleges will make it into the game eventually. At least it'd be something to do with those low quality wooden chairs. It wouldn't be school without uncomfortable wooden chairs.

2. Ambient light

The game models ambient light and shadows, so it'd be dark underground (necessitating torches), and there'd be a day/night cycle, with shadows of the clouds playing over the ground. Possibly even long, directional shadows cast by things that move over the course of the day. (Note- sun dials would be possible.)

3. Fog/mist

Similar to ambient light, in a sense, fog or mist could make it into the game. Low level clouds, basically, and this same effect would be modelled at higher altitudes to make actual clouds.

4. Easy constructions

Eventually human towns will be a part of the game, similar to dwarf fortress. With humans building their towns on the surface, it seems likely to me that constructions will be tightened up and made similar to designations. You'd be able to 'dig the sky' so to speak.

5. Follow Dwarf Mode

A little thing that lets keeps the attention focussed on one dwarf, and lets you follow him around the fortress. That'd be nice.



Not sure if this is the right forum for this thread, couldn't think of a more appropriate one, and couldn't find any similar threads to necro.

I'd like to say that I think engraving blocks is a great idea.

It'd be nice if you could engrave a handful of specific things, like civilisation or group symbols. Why? Because I want to engrave my fort's symbol onto bars of soap, that's why!