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[Gullydwarf]

Hey all,
I've been around for quite a while and read lots of people talking about legends of their land and going to their fortress in adventurer mode, but I have never been able to use any of these features myself.
Is it possible to adventure a fortress which I have not abandoned? How do I check Legends on my fortress?
Also, is there and how do I know the population cap of my fortress?
Greetz!

[The Merchant Of Menace]

You need to abandon to check legends and adventure. And the pop cap is defined in d_init, I think

[Gullydwarf]

I am currently away from my DF but if I find my popcap insatisfactory can I change it without having to generate a new world all together?
And if I concurrently create fortresses around the same world will I be able to trade with my own fortresses or do fortresses that get abandoned just get all ghosty?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

I don't know about the pop cap, but when you abandon a fortress, everyone inside either dies or leaves, so you can't trade with them, no.

[moki]

I've read that fortresses which have become a mountainhome (by attracting the king) will continue to exist, all other fortresses will be empty. Not confirmed though, since I didn't test it myself.
You can also copy your whole save file, abandon the copy too look up legends and keep on playing the original. It will be to different worlds, but at least you can keep your fortress.

The pop cap can be changed any time. You only need to exit DF, change the init and restart - changing it while DF is running won't work. In DF 40d, changes only took effect after the next caravan/liason visited your fort. Don't know if it's still like that.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

The dwarfs all hang around, but the fort doesn't function, and all dwarfs give homeless responses ("Ask me when i've returned to my home!!")

[Psieye]

For reference, the easiest way to check out your (abandoned) fortress in adventure mode is to choose "Play NOW" immediately after abandonment. You will now get a no-skills human who spawns at the fortress itself with most of the dwarves just about to leave for wherever they'll go to.