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Download version 1.0.4 for 0.47.05

   Dwarf Fortress's musical instrument procedural generation system is cool. However, it has a few problems. Every time you generate a new world, you have a new set of opaquely named instruments to (not) learn. Every player has a different set of instruments, preventing a shared cultural connection to form between players. Every instrument is uniquely boring, offering no gradient between simple instruments that are easy to mass-produce and cool instruments with a complex tool chain.
   Better Instruments replaces Dwarf Fortress's procedurally generated instruments with a set of bespoke instruments designed to address those issues. This mod adds 21 new instruments (9 available in fortress mode by default) designed to be recognizable, reasonably challenging to create, and thematically appropriate. Better Instruments avoids altering the vanilla raw files as much as possible to avoid mod conflicts, and should work correctly with any mod that changes which species you play as.

Features

21 new instruments!
   

*         Instrument         *	*   Dwarves   *	*    Elves    *	*   Humans    *	*   Goblins   *	*   Kobolds   *
Ocarina	<< X >>		<< X >>
Pan Flute					<< X >>
Crumhorn	<< X >>	<< X >>
Bagpipes	<< X >>
Shawm		<< X >>
Horn	<< X >>	<< X >>	<< X >>		<< X >>
Bugle			<< X >>	<< X >>
Sackbut			<< X >>
Dread Horn				<< X >>
Lute	<< X >>	<< X >>	<< X >>
Hurdy-Gurdy			<< X >>
Lyre		<< X >>
Saneramí		<< X >>
Harp		<< X >>
Resonator Lute	<< X >>
Harpsichord			<< X >>
Marimba	<< X >>
Tambourine	<< X >>
Enormous Suspended Gong	<< X >>
Kazoo					<< X >>
Flute		<< X >>			<< X >>

   
   Any of these instruments can be easily added to any civilization you want by copying in the instrument's entity tokens. They should all work, even in fortress mode.
   
Two new plants!
   This mod includes two new plants, Giant Reed and Cave Reed, for the construction of reed instruments.
   Giant Reed can only be found in savage wetlands, and it can be cultivated in the summer.
   Cave Reed can only be found deep underground (in the third cavern layer).In addition to being used for instrument-making, it can also be ground into a low quality midnight blue dye.

Spoiler: Installation (click to show/hide)

   Copy the raw folder to your dwarf fortress directory. The only file that should be overwritten on a new install is entity_default.txt.
   If you have already installed a mod that modifies entity_default.txt, you will have to manually merge the changes. You can merge the changes with a comparison utility like WinMerge, or you can copy the relevant entity tokens from the example_entity_changes_bi.txt file (be sure to comment out any instrument generation tags).
   In order for the new instruments and plants to appear, you must generate a new world. If you update to a new version of this mod and copy the raw files into the raw/ directory of the save game, then updates to existing instruments will take effect, but new instruments and reactions will not.

Spoiler: Credits (click to show/hide)

   Trainzack - design, implementation
   Maddpipper - consultant
   
   Made with the help of the Dwarf Fortress RAW visual studio code extension.
   Thanks to Disco Witch, Cross Lament, and Quietust for their assistance on the Discord and forums.

Spoiler: License (click to show/hide)

   This mod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. This means that you can use the contents of this work (as-is or modified) in your own work, even if you benefit financially, so long as you give proper attribution and license the work under the same license. You don't need to ask me first (though I would appreciate a heads up!).
   The license terms are explained here and are listed in full here.

Spoiler: Changelog (click to show/hide)

1.0.4 - Minor Patch - DF 0.47.05 (2022-11-30)
       Tambourine changes:
         * Rim and zill reactions now generate 3 reagents.
         * Rim and zill component base value reduced to 3.
       Bagpipe changes:
         * Blowpipe component base value reduced to 5.
       Marimba changes:
         * Restricted stone marimba materials to shale, slate, phyllite, and schist only (rocks with high fissility).
         * Increased bar component cost to 3.
       Harp changes:
         * Increased frame component material requirements to 3
       Saneramí changes:
         * Striker reaction now generates 3 reagents.
         * Striker component base value reduced to 3.
       Harpsichord Changes:
         * Increased string component size to 800.
       Fixed Cave Reed not appearing. Cave Reed will now generate everywhere in the third cavern layer.
       Added descriptions to marimba, tambourine, ocarina, lute, and resonator lute.
   
1.0.3 - Minor Patch - DF 0.47.05 (2022-11-29)
       Dwarven Lute changes:
        * Renamed to resonator lute.
       Bagpipe changes:
        * Added blowpipe component.
       Gave horns and tambourines to humans.
       Gave flutes to elves.
       Prohibit frets from being made of wood (except by elves).
       Multiplied string set component's size by 20 and material cost by 80.
       Removed automatically generated component lists from instruments that have premade descriptions.
       Include required skill in reaction descriptions.
       Increased enormous gong material requirement from 1 bar to 5 bars.
   
1.0.2 - Minor Patch - DF 0.47.05 (2022-11-27)
       Fixed reaction category names and descriptions.
       Fixed inadvertent raw duplication.
       Fixed 'assemble instrument' reactions generating no product.
       Fixed plural named components being described as singular in menus.
   
1.0.1 - Minor Patch - DF 0.47.05 (2022-11-27)
       Restricted some instrument component materials.
       Fixed incorrect pan flute timbres.
       Added description to crumhorn, bagpipes, shawm, horn, and saneramí.
   
1.0.0 - Initial Release - DF 0.47.05 (2022-11-27)
       Added instruments:
         * Hurdy-Gurdy
         * Bugle
         * Sackbut
         * Harpsichord
         * Dwarven Lute
         * Lute
         * Horn
         * Ocarina
         * Crumhorn
         * Bagpipes
         * Tambourine
         * Marimba
         * Enormous Suspended Gong
         * Shawm
         * Harp
         * Lyre
         * Saneramí
         * Terror Horn
         * Kazoo
         * Pan Flute
         * Fute
       Added plants:
         * Cave Reed
         * Giant Reed
   

Spoiler: Known Issues (click to show/hide)

     * Instruments have the wrong weight.
     * Descriptions are placeholder for the hurdy-gurdies, bugles, sackbuts, harpsichords, enormous suspended gongs, harps, lyres, dread horns, kazoos, pan flutes, and flutes.
     * Some instruments made by other sites (and generated in adventure mode) have incorrect component materials.
     * Some instruments do not correctly list their components in the built instrument description.
     * Some instruments are made out of absurdly small parts of thread, cloth, etc.
     * All assembled instruments are assembled using the Wood Crafting skill, even if that's not appropriate.

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I've released version 1.0.3. Some minor balance changes and qol improvements.

Spoiler: Changelog for version 1.0.3 (click to show/hide)

1.0.3 - Minor Patch - DF 0.47.05 (2022-11-29)
       Dwarven Lute changes:
        * Renamed to resonator lute.
       Bagpipe Changes:
        * Added blowpipe component.
       Gave horns and tambourines to humans.
       Gave flutes to elves.
       Prohibit frets from being made of wood (except by elves).
       Multiplied string set component's size by 20 and material cost by 80.
       Removed automatically generated component lists from instruments that have premade descriptions.
       Include required skill in reaction descriptions.
       Increased enormous gong material requirement from 1 bar to 5 bars.
   

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Version 1.0.4 is out. More minor balance changes and bugfixes.

Spoiler: Changelog for version 1.0.4 (click to show/hide)

1.0.4 - Minor Patch - DF 0.47.05 (2022-11-30)
       Tambourine changes:
         * Rim and zill reactions now generate 3 reagents.
         * Rim and zill component base value reduced to 3.
       Bagpipe changes:
         * Blowpipe component base value reduced to 5.
       Marimba changes:
         * Restricted stone marimba materials to shale, slate, phyllite, and schist only (rocks with high fissility).
         * Increased bar component cost to 3.
       Harp changes:
         * Increased frame component material requirements to 3
       Saneramí changes:
         * Striker reaction now generates 3 reagents.
         * Striker component base value reduced to 3.
       Harpsichord Changes:
         * Increased string component size to 800.
       Fixed Cave Reed not appearing. Cave Reed will now generate everywhere in the third cavern layer.
       Added descriptions to marimba, tambourine, ocarina, lute, and resonator lute.