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tilly

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Is it possible to mod starting dwarf numbers
« on: April 01, 2012, 10:10:48 pm »
As the topic states, is it possible to only start with one dwarf?
Turn off seiges?
Stop immagrants from appearing at all?
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Re: Is it possible to mod starting dwarf numbers
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2012, 10:36:11 pm »
No.
Yes.
No.

More specifically...

It isn't possible, without heavy memory editing, to alter the number of dwarves you start with. IIRC, the DFusion module in the DFHack memory editing tool library allows this, though I'm not entirely certain how.

If you were to edit your dwarf fortress folder/data/init/d_init.txt on the line where it says [INVADERS:YES] so that it said NO instead, you'd never get any sieges, ambushes, or most other form of hostile attack.

Two migrant waves will arrive regardless of all else. If your population when the dwarf caravan leaves the map is less than the POPULATION_CAP setting in d_init.txt, no additional migrants will come until the cap is increased or your reported population drops.
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Re: Is it possible to mod starting dwarf numbers
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2012, 10:38:44 pm »
Try killing 6 of the 7 starters. Get one guy stacked with skills and 6 peasants, and kill them with a cave-in, magma, starvation, etc. Use your imagination.
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Re: Is it possible to mod starting dwarf numbers
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2012, 11:48:39 pm »
I remember there was a utility that did this...
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Re: Is it possible to mod starting dwarf numbers
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2012, 11:52:02 pm »
Quote from: zombie urist on April 01, 2012, 11:48:39 pm
I remember there was a utility that did this...
DFusion. Now part of DFhack. Not sure on it's current state now, but last time I checked it was not updated.



Aside from that, I remember a hex edit that you can do to the executable of Dwarf Fortress to change the number of dwarves. And it definitely worked based on my experience. Though I'm not in the mood to look it up.
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Re: Is it possible to mod starting dwarf numbers
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2012, 12:06:26 am »
Quote from: Tarran on April 01, 2012, 11:52:02 pm
Quote from: zombie urist on April 01, 2012, 11:48:39 pm
I remember there was a utility that did this...
DFusion. Now part of DFhack. Not sure on it's current state now, but last time I checked it was not updated.



Aside from that, I remember a hex edit that you can do to the executable of Dwarf Fortress to change the number of dwarves. And it definitely worked based on my experience. Though I'm not in the mood to look it up.
DFusion works with DFhack now. I've been using it with the newest version of LFR.
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