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Just have nameless blocks that you mine into. That’s the game.

stares at minecraft pre-alphas . . .

the game remains three dimensional, but the player can only interact with a single z-plane, like the old versions. This z-plane is selected at embark and cannot be changed. creatures above and below the z-plane cannot be targeted. and all dwarves must be burrowed on that same plane.

im in . definitely.

Let me do a quick doodle here. These? Oh these are birdemic birds. They're a nightmare, trust me. What do you mean they look like turkeys?

good GOD the turkeys are DRINKING his BLOOD!

Gimmie a task to handle on my turn (or turns) and I'll set to it.

build a terrible torture tower of turmoil ..

If we cut the trees, the hippos (and worse) are going to come for our blood!

do NOT underestimate this hippo threat. These invading denizens of the wild untamed forests are second only to werebeasts in the danger they pose to a new outpost.

I'd be willing to help with any installation issues regarding tilesets, as I recall the quirks of manual editing inits

i haven't seen too many workshop mods, but I take it you were intending to use 47.05 ? then it would be a matter of reading through the 'released mods' subsection. a lot of buried but interesting mods can be found... making them all work together can be a paid depending on what edits were made to vanilla raws

Cyclops, ez

are goblin sieges a thing here? that could be worrysome

what is that noise, in the distance? it can't be the wind, no, something much more horrible...

its the sound of ten thousand duplicating purple monsters, arriving to fuck your day up

nice 

“There's that, too,” the ostrich man chuckled, looking at Dimbulb who wasn't paying attention -- the hippo man was mesmerized by a small cave spider climbing a wall.

hah

Pife Staffpicks, a rather inconspicuous hedgehog man

Ah, yes, Pife! My old friend. . and translator.

Osod was a worshipper of Mater, the god of rainbows, and he had spent a long time living in seclusion next to a waterfall, where he had built his home and a shrine to his deity. But now it was time for him to move, for the god had spoken to him, shown a sign in the sky: a great rainbow directed to the south.

this made me consider how much weather is present in DF, and yet, no rainbows! not sure at all how that would work but. this Osod may be onto something..

You're not supposed to have any direct control over an already established world and the enemies that live in it, yet that one new button does.

you know, I kind of agree with your general sentiment that the world itself should dictate the difficulty of any given embark. this is a pleasing solution that hands the power to the players.

however, i believe the new difficulty settings are an accessibility thing. new players who are afraid to lose progress etc. that itself may go against the hardcore mythology of this game, but honestly, who cares?

luckily we can just ignore it, or turn it up to max...

you can no longer criticize DF in terms of an idealized simulation without acknowledging the development has shifted towards playability and gameification. At least in the temporary moment.  That this shift will continue to dictate options / settings / "4th wall buttons" that might contradict historical understandings of what this game is meant to be.

so yeah, while I agree these settings sort of ruin the mood, and that in-universe explanations (the gods have gone crazy! the gods are asleep! the gods look fondly upon your settlement!) might be a good addition, in the end there will be more and more settings like this, so its best to either ignore them, or learn how to develop meta-narratives that override your soured impression of a holistic fantasy universe. aka roleplay

Anyone know how treasure maps work? I bought a couple in an auction. The description mentions hidden treasure.

Using one brings up a chunk of your map (although in black and white), with a bright red "X".

So I've found the spot on the map marked by the "X", but I can't find anything there that looks like either a treasure chest or somewhere I can dig. Do I need a shovel or something?

there should be a 'press f to dig' popup. iirc