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I've updated the first thread to show off what I have done, am working on, and what I have planned for possible content. I'm focusing purely on weapons so no armor at the moment.

Edit - Sorry 505 Error double post.

I've included a download link above that contains the weapons that I've "finished" but not the WIP weapons. Any feedback is welcome



I've been thinking of possibly adding a selection of historical weapons into the raws as weapons both your dwarfs can craft/use and that are common among the other civs.

I assume that item_weapon.txt contains every weapon that is contained in the vanilla game? I've been playing Masterwork so I'm not sure if there is anything else related to the weapons elsewhere in the raws.

Basically I just want to add in realistic weapons for the different civs to use/craft, possibly expanding to armors as well. I assume that in order to create just the weapon I will be just creating it as a raw, in the format all of the other weapons use? Then what about the reactions you get during adventure mode fighting. The likeliness of certain attacks to land, the effectiveness of one attack over another etc. Same for fortress mode as well I assume? I'm not sure if the way weapons react during combat would effect the logs you see in fortress mode or not.

Anyway, this is more an interest in learning to mod than anything so I'd like to play around with this. If I end up with a good deal of content from it it would be a mod/modders recourse incase anyone else wants some of the weapons without having to do the research and number crunching I plan to do .

Any pointers/tips would be appreciated plus any suggestions for weapons to include, periods to cover. I plan on just focusing on the basic medieval bladed/blunt weapons for now but would love to play with ranged weapons eventually maybe firearms as well.

P.S I know there is a similar mod already that was made at the end of last year, I'm just wanting to do this as my own project, whether its a needed or non-redundant mod.

Edit: Once I've got a handle on things I'd also be interested in making "custom" weapons either from fantasy or my own creations.

I think I fall mostly within simulationist in that I really like the complexity of the game and adding more realism through an economy, democracy, and the coming laws system would just make the game that much better.

While I really enjoy building amazing structures and digging out fantastic mines and grand dining halls, I especially like the touch of realism and the time Toady has put into the code to make it that much more realistic. The World gen, the combat system, the creatures having so many variables that make them up and then having the combat reflect all of that. I think that is what makes this game so appealing to me. Just think what complexities an economy and democracy will add? I think having those things be important in the late game are what will really push players, at least me, to strife for a long lasting fort to really take advantage of all the new editions, just to view the amazing complexity at which they are crafted.

Hope this is the right place for this.

I was thinking of doing a Let's Play for Dwarf Fortress. I've played this game plenty. I was struck by a fey mood many a times over the last year and a half that I've started playing, tried making something amazing then falling melancholy as my fortress fell apart (though thats the fun of course and I've always gone back.) Anyways I've always been interested in the design of the fortress. The room layout, defense positions, and of course the grand dining hall which I always make to big.

What I've also always been interested in is how people create sewer systems in their forts. How they have waterfalls creating mist down hallways and in dining halls and even in dwarf rooms creating happy thoughts.

What I want to do with the fortress for my LP is to add things I've never done before. I don't think I've ever seen video of a fort with waterfalls inside, a working sewer system, and even rooms with plumbing. I just like the idea of making the fort more "real" and making every dwarf as happy as possible. I've usually focused on military and not on fort design then had my military fall anyways.

So I'm curious if there are any videos or images of forts with these sorts of features. Things that are there to make dwarfs happy or make the fortress look good. On top of that what about intricate traps, defenses, and really anything interesting in a fort. I've looked through everything on the wiki and most of it I have seen before or attempted. I'd just like my fort to be a little more interesting with design and it wold just be nice to know how to do these things ^^.

http://www.youtube.com/user/WeBmaster767?feature=mhee For the sake of shameless advertising so people can watch the LP when I get enough of a plan brought up for it.

Thanks,

Hawk