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[FourierSeries]

Apologies as this shades into "game modifications we'd like to see" territory but this all got me thinking so I'll roll with it.

It'd be amusing to see a once in a lifetime fortress announcement, or event rather, that adds something rare & FUN. More so from the guaranteed "What the hell just happened?" forum messages that would be forthcoming. Events that played on some chronicles from forums for posterity's sake would be a gas.

An internal counter that kept track of total constructions? A few hundred to few thousand accumulated & there's a one time chance you'd get an "Earthquake!" or "Everything is melting!" announcement if you went hog wild with ice.

The "Boarmurdered Elephants!" thing could involve a proper siege / camping group who drop a pile of *<<*Cave Spider Silk Socks*>>* followed by about 1/3 of your fortress succumbing to a quasi strange mood "I require socks!" & doing anything & everything to get at that pile. Including digging / de-constructing their way out - orders, burrows, & tantruming overseers be damned.

"Keas!" should be followed, with the game first checking available processing power, by a slightly modded horde of 3,500 who scream in. They proceed to nab everything - stockpiles, garbage dumps, locked doors, penned livestock, bridges, cats, worn clothing, the on-screen FPS & idler counters, a baby or two, & that siege of husks that you've been trying to figure out what to do with for the last three seasons. All gone, followed up with a season or three of quietude to recover.

[knutor]

"No baby inspector?"
Diagnosis not assigned on anyone.
Baby's yield Diagnosis xps? Don't think they do, they should.

"There is play in the Playground." Similar to Party at the dog restraint.
Playground is an activity zone, like hospital, stackable storage for toys.
Time travel in playground is possible.  Kids age faster, with every party.

"There is drama in the Theatre." Similar to Party at the dog restraint.
Theatre is an activity zone, like hospital, stackable storage for musical instruments.
Comedians gain xps.

"Have you seen my wife?"  Cheating spouses.
Low soul traits.

[dexxy]

"The enemies have retreated" or something similar when a siege ends.

You sort of get that now, the *SIEGE* thingy disappears when they run away.

[orius]

''Urist is about to do something stupid!"

The game would constantly crash from the resulting spam. 

[dexxy]

I would like a "stop and zoom" when somebody makes a demand or mandate, but I can't figure out how to do it.

[Charlylimph]

I just wish announcement would spam less, something like * announcement* x4.

[Telgin]

I'd just like to be able to zoom to more stuff.  The worst offender is "Urist McDwarf cancels store owned item: item inaccessible."  Thanks Urist, now how about tell me what you're looking for and where it is, so I can fix the problem?

Pausing on mandates would be nice too, I've had a few cases of Fun because I never knew a mandate was issued.

[knutor]

Maybe a seperation, by font or something, between game alerts, such as "A vile hoard.."  and dorf action alerts, such as "Canceling Hunt: Hunter has run out of ammunition."

Or just tell us just which msgs are filtered with the 'some' vs 'all' messages setting.  The SCIENCE figuring out which messages were which in that setting could be worse than a fight with Chuck Norris.  Is it on the WIKI?