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[Eric Blank]

DFhack updates have been made for 34.06. Initiate lairification!

[Girlinhat]

.07 DFHack is out, it was a minor update from .06 to .07, so hack away.

[Pranz]

posting to watch

[Garath]

maybe people can post from which parent civ they embarked and some short histories. Not asking for a month by month report but things like
"unexpected high number of undead."
"Goblins must be closeby as ambushers showed up fast."
"Lot's of steel armor, ordered militia to leave it behind in case someone ever comes here to reclaim the site."
Ideally, a short description of the layout:
"caverns heavily populated and we sealed it with a bridge, lever is located at xxx, but we made a seperate one at the bridge itself. We made sort of signposts to help navigating the underground area. Levers used for traps, magma or water are sealed behind a wall, we do not want to risk the whole area being burned by anyone, or the fort to end up flooded. The treasure room is behind a flooded tunnel, we can drain it at will with the lever located (here), but to get there you need to do something (here)."

heh, dwarven treasure puzzles

[Eric Blank]

Yeah, rule #4 already states that posting some info about your fort is a good way to get more love. The game's only just begun, though.

Also, since GIH's description of her own fort wasn't enough for Poindexter, why don't we write about it? Unless GIH demands that nothing be said or information is limited, this could go in the second post of the OP:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

FORTRESSES

1. The Pit of Depth – 301-306 – A human settlement several days travel from any others, nestled between the Permanent Forest and a mountain range. It was founded by the Glacial Coalition of The Glittery Nation. The settlement is well-known and named for its design; a massive, artificial open pit a kilometer across, and 16 stories deep. It can be accessed from the north via a large glumprong building housing some domestic structures and a single staircase leading into the pit. At the bottom are many structures built from the quarried stone. Some of these buildings are several stories tall and rather impressive on their own. In the center of the city is a massive dome housing a communal dining and meeting hall. The city has experienced much civil unrest since 306, with no official, stable government remaining, and no outside parties attempting to take control, and it is thus considered to be in ruins despite having many living residents. The populace, despite having no currently active military or guard, is still rather wealthy, and many valuable goods can be acquired within, including quality food and drink and copper military equipment. It boasts little art besides the goods produced by it’s various highly-skilled craftsmen, including mason Unir Cobarnadmi. There are no other noteworthy stone quarries, mines, or structures apparent besides the settlement in the pit. It is swamped in wooden logs, and a profit could be turned by the cunning merchant.

- I wrote that up during my visit a couple weeks ago. I was an adventurer coming from the Glittery Nations, so I was accepted openly.

After each fort is done and uploaded the creator or someone who visits the fort can write as much information about it as the creator will permit.

Poindexter! We need your post-editing powers! Mostly because they're your posts...

According to Rule #4, GIH still needs to provide some information: Is the fortress reclaimable or forbidden to future overseers or participants? Is the survey I did acceptable or do you want to edit it?

[WillowLuman]

Can I sign up for this? If so, I foresee Communism, giant echoing halls, and huge hoard vaults filled with adamantium coins, caged wamblers, as well as some steel gear I guess.

[Spish]

Hey Loudwhispers, your time is up after tonight, techinically speaking. How will you be able to sleep at night knowing your days are now being subtracted from Poindexterity's?

[WillowLuman]

Oh just thought I'd mention, this needs more testing, but in my experience when there are multiple entities with [CIV_CONTROLLABLE], none of them (except your home) show up to trade. That's why you don't get caravans from other dwarf nations. If you want trade, remove that tag from all entities except the one you want to play with. When switching games, it's entirely possible to switch who has what tag as well.

[Eric Blank]

Sorry, but that's completely inaccurate: the CIV_CONTROLLABLE tag does not exclude or even affect trade. You don't get caravans from other dwarven civs because the game is coded to only permit one civilization of each entity (MOUNTAIN, for dwarves) to interract with your site, determined by the closest ones to it, except for your own civ choice which overrides the others of the same entity. That's why you're always visited by the same elven, goblin, human and kobold civs when caravans/invaders come.

I have run my own mods for the past year with several other civs using the CIV_CONTROLLABLE tag, and they will all come to trade/invade just fine. There's no evidence on the wiki to the contrary, or in Toady's notes to suggest anything has changed recently. In fact, elves and humans both showed up to trade whilst I was playing in the succession world save.

[WillowLuman]

Sorry, but that's completely inaccurate: the CIV_CONTROLLABLE tag does not exclude or even affect trade. You don't get caravans from other dwarven civs because the game is coded to only permit one civilization of each entity (MOUNTAIN, for dwarves) to interract with your site, determined by the closest ones to it, except for your own civ choice which overrides the others of the same entity. That's why you're always visited by the same elven, goblin, human and kobold civs when caravans/invaders come.

I have run my own mods for the past year with several other civs using the CIV_CONTROLLABLE tag, and they will all come to trade/invade just fine. There's no evidence on the wiki to the contrary, or in Toady's notes to suggest anything has changed recently. In fact, elves and humans both showed up to trade whilst I was playing in the succession world save.

Huh, weird. Then again, this always happened with my modded civs in 31.25. Haven't tried new version yet, and I probably managed to accidentally damage my 31.25 game early on with inept use of outside utilities.

[Poindexterity]

Hey Loudwhispers, your time is up after tonight, techinically speaking. How will you be able to sleep at night knowing your days are now being subtracted from Poindexterity's?

consider my turn to have started at the correct time and ill just pick it up when LW uploads it and go from there.

[Loud Whispers]

Will upload the save today, can I be put on the end of the list after my go's up?


*EDIT

Make that tomorrow.

Devastating crash that has made me lose all the will to live, for a day at least. Will post tomorrow instead.

[WillowLuman]

Can I go at the end of the list? :3

[Poindexterity]

Will upload the save today, can I be put on the end of the list after my go's up?


*EDIT

Make that tomorrow.

Devastating crash that has made me lose all the will to live, for a day at least. Will post tomorrow instead.

so, ummm...

[Loud Whispers]

Releasing the save.
Also got a present! 5 legendary miners and 4 legendary masons for whoever's next.