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[veok]

So Toady's made it no secret that after the (what I assume to be nearly imminent) caravan release, he plans on a major bugfix patch before moving on to the War Arc.

So my question to you, BayTwelvers, is what bug would you most look forward to being fixed? What one are you the most looking forward to, whether it's a major bug (Dwarves die when within 5 feet of a cat)*, minor annoyance (hospitals and soap, anyone?), accidental "feature" (self-referential; artifacts get added as valid art targets when the mood *starts*, not when it finishes) or just something you find abnormally irritating (I am tired of Mayors with preferences for Cardinal Leather!)

As mentioned, I have a great dislike for dwarves with vermin food/leather/bone products, as they are, for the most part, completely unobtainable. I don't care if you like Cardinal Leather, Mr. Mayor -- you've just got to dwarf up and admit that BIRDS HAVE FEATHERS!

Also bad are dwarves who prefer to eat seeds.

And a quick death for any mayor who prefers Slade.

What grinds *your* gears?

*Note: I am not aware of any such bug currently, but I wouldn't put it past them. Devious as cats are...

[Untelligent]

Liquid glob attacks being solid. Very irritating. Would be nice if once they actually come out liquid they splattered the material on the target.

[Stoup]

I think crutches should be one of the highest priorities, followed by a fix for random terminally bedridden dwarves. I've had a FB blood epidemic that had many in my fortress bedridden, despite a total lack of any injuries. No nerves severed, bruised, or injured in any way. Never even any scars. Just refusing to get back up for the rest of their lives.

Dropping them caused total paralysis, which didn't much help after they suffocated.

[AzureAngelic]

Bugs/grievances that need to be fixed:

-dwarves using adamantine threads for surgery
-butchers not butchering despite being surrounded by dead things
-the dwarven socks-over-boots dilemma
-dwarves never changing clothes
-dwarves ignoring orders and running into sieges to pick up pants that they will never use
-elves winning wars, skirmishes and football matches

Bugs/grievances that need to never be fixed:

-planepacked artifacts
-dwarven atom smashers
-goblins stupidity

[Uristocrat]

The worst bugs for me are:

* Hospital problems (assign crutches, fix soap / "can't clean self" spam, fix apply cast when you don't have a full bucket sitting by).
* Grime fixes (contamination should not spread infinitely far; yes, the init option helps a lot, *maybe* fixing clean self would be enough).
* Assigning bolts (you have to micromanage or if they have the wrong kind of bolts for training/combat, they don't reload).
* No DM (I miss the guy; the only useful noble of 40d, even though I just use noexotic for now).

And though they're not technically bugs, I really want improved hauling and other FPS fixes so that building cool things doesn't take forever.  There might be a few bugs for long-running forts, too, but I can't think of them right now.  I want to be able to run 200-year forts someday, assuming proper management, and not die to FPS death or running out of something non-renewable.

[Uristocrat]

Bugs/grievances that need to never be fixed:

-planepacked artifacts
-dwarven atom smashers
-goblins stupidity

Amen!

*Goes back to watching the goblin thief stuck in the grinder who has been there for a month or three*

[darkflagrance]

The worst bugs for me are:

* Hospital problems (assign crutches, fix soap / "can't clean self" spam, fix apply cast when you don't have a full bucket sitting by).
* Grime fixes (contamination should not spread infinitely far; yes, the init option helps a lot, *maybe* fixing clean self would be enough).
* Assigning bolts (you have to micromanage or if they have the wrong kind of bolts for training/combat, they don't reload).
* No DM (I miss the guy; the only useful noble of 40d, even though I just use noexotic for now).

And though they're not technically bugs, I really want improved hauling and other FPS fixes so that building cool things doesn't take forever.  There might be a few bugs for long-running forts, too, but I can't think of them right now.  I want to be able to run 200-year forts someday, assuming proper management, and not die to FPS death or running out of something non-renewable.

I pretty much agree with this post. The biggest issues hurting the playability of DF for me is that it is not sustainable in any kind of long-term due to the bugginess of contaminants. If we could have the grime system of 40d where contaminants vanished after a season, along with something that allowed us to designate cleaning of stuff like walls, floors, items, or creatures, that would be great.

[yarr]

The worst bugs for me are:

* Hospital problems (assign crutches, fix soap / "can't clean self" spam, fix apply cast when you don't have a full bucket sitting by).
* Grime fixes (contamination should not spread infinitely far; yes, the init option helps a lot, *maybe* fixing clean self would be enough).
* Assigning bolts (you have to micromanage or if they have the wrong kind of bolts for training/combat, they don't reload).
* No DM (I miss the guy; the only useful noble of 40d, even though I just use noexotic for now).

And though they're not technically bugs, I really want improved hauling and other FPS fixes so that building cool things doesn't take forever.  There might be a few bugs for long-running forts, too, but I can't think of them right now.  I want to be able to run 200-year forts someday, assuming proper management, and not die to FPS death or running out of something non-renewable.

Oh yes, signed!

[Lex Talionias]

a 'bug' of sorts is cats... they annoy the fuck out of me. what i would LOVE is a cat mandate where if the dorf-cat ratio gets too out of whack the mayor has the guard go around pounding the kitties into the ground untill there is less of them. with a bonus of less misery produced by the pet deaths of a cat mandate.

that would be an awesome solution to my current frame rate killing cat infestation.

[Kogut]

Military dodging into pools. I just lost 2 squads.

[Grimlocke]

Roomless dwarves claiming clothest they dont actualy wear is one.

And there is conaminants endlessly multiplying, making it impossible to get rid of that poisenous forgotten beast crap even when using dfhacks mapclean.

[RenoFox]

1. Contaminants - Eternal forgotten beast extracts tend to kill forts.
2. Crutches - Having to design hospitals especially for killing patients seems superfluous.
3. Training & Combat ammo - Obvious reasons. It would also be nice to assign marksdwarves to go resupply rather than engage in melee.
4. Clothes - They've been overlooked for a long time, but having dwarves wear your new products feels nice.

Arranged by priority. Basically only the contaminants are a true game breaker.

[martinuzz]

accidental "feature" (self-referential; artifacts get added as valid art targets when the mood *starts*, not when it finishes)

That's not illogical at all. Most artist have an image of what they are about to create in their minds, before even touching their materials. When for instance a great stonecarver looks at a block of marble, he does not see a block of marble, but he sees what it could be, as a statue.

As for bugfixes. Well, it's not really a bug, but I think that seasonal map clean-up should return, and not only clean floors, but also items with bloodspatters and other muck on them. As it is now, even auto-forbidden goblin loot still drains FPS if there are bloodspatters on the items, forbidden or no.

I guess for a real bugfix, I'd like to see the soap bug fixed as a priority. Second place to fixing the arrival of dungeonmaster/hammerer etc.

[jellsprout]

The worst bugs for me are:

* Hospital problems (assign crutches, fix soap / "can't clean self" spam, fix apply cast when you don't have a full bucket sitting by).
* Grime fixes (contamination should not spread infinitely far; yes, the init option helps a lot, *maybe* fixing clean self would be enough).
* Assigning bolts (you have to micromanage or if they have the wrong kind of bolts for training/combat, they don't reload).
* No DM (I miss the guy; the only useful noble of 40d, even though I just use noexotic for now).

And though they're not technically bugs, I really want improved hauling and other FPS fixes so that building cool things doesn't take forever.  There might be a few bugs for long-running forts, too, but I can't think of them right now.  I want to be able to run 200-year forts someday, assuming proper management, and not die to FPS death or running out of something non-renewable.

For hospital bugs, I would also like to add wounded dwarfs refusing to stay in the hospital. With some micromanagement the hospital works somewhat decently, except all the dwarfs go back to work before they've had any treatment. Dwarfs should also follow the settings you set for the hospital. It is very annoying to have your dwarfs stuff all the chests in the hospital with cloth and threat, but refuse to put in any soap or cast powder. Otherwise I agree completely.

[Phenixmirage]

I second (or third, or fourth) Uristocrat's list, and add a pet peeve of my own.

*Dwarves not using their assigned rooms.

I enjoy giving my dwarves nice rooms, the least they could do is use them.  This gets especially annoying with nobles as they'll get pissy about sleeping in the hospital or barracks, but ignore the elaborate bedrooms I've assigned to them.