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[newguy12354]

Here is the situation, I have been playing dwarf fortress since 40d and was awaiting this new release, .13, to start a new fortress and become a no life cave dweller again, but I seem to have a great problem here or something I don't understand. Last version I played before this was .12 at its release so I highly doubt it is something new I missed.

Problem #1:When I tried starting a new fortress, it crashed on both my first and second tries. World gen is find, embark screen is fine, choosing equipment and skills is fine, but as soon as the game loads the site, I get a simple dwarf fortress.exe crashed without anymore infos. On my third try it worked and got to load a site where I could play which leads to:

Problem #2:I can order stuff around to be done, but nobody picks up equipment, nobody does anything but stand around the wagon and wait.

I also have very poor FPS issues with only my embarking 7 dwarves, 2 dogs, a horse and no other animals. Only other FPS eating thing is the brook, but I see nothing special about it. No cave-ins on embark either.

Now my question is: Why is all this happening suddenly?

I posted my thread here because I haven't tried aventurer mode nor legend mode, it is technically not a bug in itself since I seem to be the only one having this trouble at the moment and I already tried redownloading DF 13 from the main source. SDL version.

[Tommy]

Check for 2000+ z-level high adamantine spires, this sounds rather symptomatic of the last one.

[gtmattz]

You might also want to try some different print modes, maybe the default is having trouble with your video drivers with the new version?

[newguy12354]

Tommy - It isn't that, my map looks extremely normal and Z levels numbers are okay too. First layer of ground is soil so they shouldn't have any trouble digging in and if the problem comes from soemthing underground, then I can't see it, since I can't dig.

Gtmattz - And how do I change print modes? Never had to before so I have no idea. ^^

[krenshala]

Well, if its the same problem the Adamantine Space Elevator suffered from, you might start being able to do stuff (equip weapons, mine, etc) after the second migration wave arrives ... if its the same bug.

As for the print modes: open data/init/init.txt and search for [PRINT and that should take you to the print mode section.  The comments just above it list the valid values.  Try different ones to see if any work better for you.

You might want to make a backup of your region directory (zip it) in case it is needed for bugtesting (I don't remember where folks said to upload it, as I'm very new to DF).

[MaDeR Levap]

Problem #2:I can order stuff around to be done, but nobody picks up equipment, nobody does anything but stand around the wagon and wait.

If after reloading save this persists, report bug to bug tracker and upload save.

[newguy12354]

I don't have the save anymore as I re-downloaded yet again and somehow, it worked this time... Maybe it was something from unzipping. Anyway, now everything is working like it should(or not working like it should, like the overgrowth of farms), but one thing...

I HAVE A LIGHT SPEED RAT.

Yes, you heard me, the rat move at light speed, he stays on one tile for .0005s before moving to the next one, so overall he blinks all over my fortress and simply annoys me. I have another rat that is moving normally, only this one is Captain Lightspeed.

[Shoku]

If you pause and advance one frame at a time (. key) does he move a tile each time?

[newguy12354]

Yes, and sometimes, he even move several tiles away.

[Gnauga]

Get a cat.

[newguy12354]

I am not sure a cat would be fast enough to catch it unless it walks into the cat.

[Imakuni]

I don't have the save anymore as I re-downloaded yet again and somehow, it worked this time... Maybe it was something from unzipping. Anyway, now everything is working like it should(or not working like it should, like the overgrowth of farms), but one thing...

I HAVE A LIGHT SPEED RAT.

Yes, you heard me, the rat move at light speed, he stays on one tile for .0005s before moving to the next one, so overall he blinks all over my fortress and simply annoys me. I have another rat that is moving normally, only this one is Captain Lightspeed.

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[Kobold Troubadour]

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Get a white & black cat... preferably one with an odd speech. Or if you can a coyote...