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[Putnam]

starting situations

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[Cruxador]

starting situations

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Just for adventure, though. It's only a slight elaboration on the current "be part of a civ or be an outsider" thing.

[DG]

You can also start as a crony for one of the town lords if you want

Can you retire your fort and then start an adventurer who is a crony of your forts leader?

[Mopsy]

You can also start as a crony for one of the town lords if you want

Can you retire your fort and then start an adventurer who is a crony of your forts leader?

Adjacent human/gob sites now squabble between themselves and each other in world gen

This seems to indicate that only human and goblin sites will be involved in local power struggles. Perhaps Toady doesn't find petty squabbling culturally appropriate for dwarves and elves. My understanding that goblin occupations were only for human sites turned out to be incorrect, though, so I might be wrong about this too.

[hermes]

starting situations

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Just for adventure, though. It's only a slight elaboration on the current "be part of a civ or be an outsider" thing.

But what an elaboration!  This new release is going to kick an unbelievable amount of butt.  This is such a cool feature in itself, I cannot think of any other game that allows  this kind of freedom in starting... Skyrim appropriately modded may allow something similar?  But not really to the same degree nor with the infinite variety of outcomes.  (Or, in my case, the singular outcome of adventurer death by boar).

The next release is huge and I can only imagine the effort required to tie all the ends together as Toady is doing now.  Whilst adding new features.  I think I might start donating for this release now to spread payments out over a few months.

[thvaz]

Will companions now be able to find you if you lost them? Some change on their AI?

[monk12]

Ooh, good question, especially given the new tracking information. I don't think he's addressed it yet.

[Parisbre56]

Ooh, good question, especially given the new tracking information. I don't think he's addressed it yet.

Generals return to their responsibilities after being chased out of their camp. Maybe something similar happens with all entities? They try to return to where they're supposed to be?

[MrWiggles]

I dont think ToadyOne has spoken about the AI being able to use the tracking information.

I think that would mean moving forward on the Justice Arc, which he's paused on to get this release closer to, actual release.

So, mostly likely they can't.  I wouldnt be surprised that generals /just/ know where their encampments is. They dont 'track' their way back or 'find' their way back. I wouldnt be surprise when the AI can use tracking information, or more reliant on it, that AI  Agents can get lost. Including generals.

[Trif]

The AI will use tracking information. From the Bay 12 report of August 2012:

Yep, next up is tracking information and having goblins use it to hunt you down.  Once you've got some ways to evade them, we'll move back to getting these new features tied into the overall arc of the hero role, from hearing rumors of war to some villain exposition, since before any release is possible it'll be important to understand what is going on and where you can go.

[MrWiggles]

The AI will use tracking information. From the Bay 12 report of August 2012:

Yep, next up is tracking information and having goblins use it to hunt you down.  Once you've got some ways to evade them, we'll move back to getting these new features tied into the overall arc of the hero role, from hearing rumors of war to some villain exposition, since before any release is possible it'll be important to understand what is going on and where you can go.

And he stopped moving forward with the Hero Role and Justice Arc.  The Gobbos are the only one that does invasions at this point too.

[Toady One]

Was hoping to have the next fotf reply up around now, but it'll be a few days late.  I should still have the B12 report up in bit.

[Mesa]

Mid-November?
Jesus damn Christ.

And I thought that waiting for Team Fortress 2 or Terraria updates took long.

[Farmerbob]

Mid-November?
Jesus damn Christ.

And I thought that waiting for Team Fortress 2 or Terraria updates took long.

It's hard to say this and not sound like a fanboi, especially considering my signature, but I don't think you have a strong understanding of exactly how tightly tied together all this stuff is.  Toady probably spends half of his coding time (or more) simply making sure what he adds doesn't blatantly break anything else.

When he works on A, he has to work on B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, R, W, and Z in order to prevent problems.  When he works on B due to working on A, he has to do the same thing.

DF isn't a simple game, it's a world emulator.  What Toady is doing is probably fairly close to early AI system design in complexity.

[Mesa]

I know, but damn.
I've been regularly following the thing since, what, November 2012?

Anyway, I know that it is complex, and I can see why the updates take so long.
But still, by that point Toady probably surpassed everyone's guesstimates (from one point or the other).

Also, mid-November, IIRC, is not even the actual date of release (but rather the point at which Toady expects to be finished with the notes for this update).