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[slothen]

The first half seemed like there was little direction on the part of the interviewer.  I did like the informality, but there could be more of an agenda without making it too much like the Q&A at the end.

[monk12]

Hooray! I eagerly await the transcript.

[dhoovr]

@slothen
Reading your signature link about military:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 It should be noted that one can get material to matter if it's set of Exact match. Otherwise It's just a recommendation. Also on the note of "replace clothing" and "over clothing" The latter is recommended as there is currently a bug (don't know if it's reported) where they get a bad thought from being uncovered despite wearing three mail shirts, a breastplate, greaves, high boots, a helm, three caps, and greaves. My whole military went berserk after like a year of that so I had to take away two of the mail shirts and put "Over clothing" rather than "replace" so that they could wear trousers and a shirt (just to complain about it being tattered). I'm not sure if they complain about the shoes though (they're probably wearing socks).

I don't see why people don't understand the military screen. I mean all the tools are defined at the top (where in Adventure mode you're just guessing which button do which, but there's a guide for that). I find it extremely resourceful. The only thing That could improve it is more control over what they can carry: Like being able to issue more than one water flask. Also the specific clothing/weapon assigning needs to be improved as it is currently (I think; I've only attempted it once) as list of every piece of clothing you have.
The automated system from the military screen would also be an extremely convenient tool for other industries (particularly food). I have problems balancing amount with diversity and other stockpiles that use barrels (dyes, soap, etc). I go through periods of overproduction and underproduction or where all my barrels are in food or all in drink.

Getting to the actual point of this thread, I thought the talk was informative, not totally new information, but at least very entertaining. It's interesting to hear about what's considered when delving into a feature and the reasons behind some of the aspects.

EDIT: Put unnecessary off-topic comment into Spoiler. I should've just posted it in the concerning thread, but I've decided against it.

[Spinal_Taper]

Was Rainseeker over webcam or something?

[Jwph]

Oddly enough I had just relistened to DF Talk 17 when I decided to check the site and there was this one up.

Aside from Rainseeker sounding quiet and the music being a bit loud over the speech in places it was great.  Nice to hear ThreeToe there too.  I'm sure it'll just take regular updates and getting back into the groove of things, assuming scheduling issues can be worked out.

[Toady One]

Transcript by mallocks

[monk12]

Hooray for the transcript! Thank you, mallocks!

Was also cool to hear about progress on the ESV, RE: Production Triggers. I'm also intrigued by the comment on how goblin cities don't have to make sense, which will make them good dungeons to explore.

[Greiger]

It's a little late but thanks guys!  I finally realized the DFTalk number increased by 1.

Wait....my question...my question was answered!  Oh happy day!  Group hug!

[Thorik]

My favorite part is when toady talks.  His voice is like morgan freeman's but white.