I had a massive fortress with a king going when I quit around 2017ish. I wanted to get back into it and loaded the new version (44.12 to 47.04) and moved my world over.
When I opened my old save, it was clear why I had quit! a GCS had gotten loose from my web farm, a forgotten beast had gotten up from a hole in the floor (when you chop down a mushroom and it leaves that opening - ugh!) and I had the game paused with 230 dwarves and a bunch of madness about to ensue.
I thought rather than rebuilding from scratch trying to save this disaster might be !fun so I let nature take its course. Got down to 39 dwarves before things got steady. Got everyone buried, got food and production sorted out, cleaned up...
Then I notice my king is dead, and all the nobles are gone and off the N screen. The king was placed in his tomb (although he was listed as peasant on the tomb) so I know he actually died, it didnt seem like the nobles died because their tombs were unused, but they were off the N screen. However, I seem to still be the mountainhome because I can't offer any goods to dwarven caravans.
Once I am over 140 will a new king be chosen?
Is there some screen that will show me who the leaders are in this newer version? I couldnt see it
I tried retiring the fortress and reclaiming but yikes, it rips up all the furniture and everything in bins/barrels is gone, stockpiles are broken and would take me 3 real days to sort through and reorganize so I went back.