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[GreatWyrmGold]

DF isn't that bad NOW. Throw in computing advancements and optimization, and you've got a net increase even with new features. Also, crashes are the first things Toady fixes.

[Lagslayer]

-Fixed a bug where liquids would sometimes not drain off the edge of the map.
-Atom smashing should produce significantly less radiation than before. Nuclear fallout should be limited to the current embark.
-Fixed a problem with data overflow when an object is moving too fast.
-Graphics should be much smoother near instances of physics-breaking phenomena.
-Deities should have far fewer children. No more worlds consisting entirely of gods and demi-gods.

[Starver]

...such as large statues or breakfast.

IRTA "large statues of breakfast".  And I approve.

[GreatWyrmGold]

What, giant granite granola and orthoclace orange juice? Sylvite-side up eggs and bauxite bacon on the side? Maybe some Honey Nut Chertios in marble milk?
...I am now hungry for some reason.

[darkrider2]

- Superpowers now work again.
- The pathing code has been updated to support pathing for flying creatures and dwarves.
- Fixed a bug where killing a dwarven childs parents would give the child superpowers.

[GreatWyrmGold]

--Elves no longer declare war on other species for forest fires caused by their own mages. On a related note, elves won't learn fire spells as much.

--Fixed bug where humans went into existential despair when they realized they were the "normal" race.

[assasin]

supermassive veins will spawn correctly in no embark, limitless worlds. Each one should last for years and should be found at least once every fifty kilometers squared.

[misko27]

--Fixed bug where humans went into existential despair when they realized they were the "normal" race.

Humans aren't "normal" their the biggest race, and their pretty damn greedy and expansive. Voracious logging, Large towns, etc.

[GreatWyrmGold]

--Fixed bug where humans went into existential despair when they realized they were the "normal" race.

Humans aren't "normal" their the biggest race, and their pretty damn greedy and expansive. Voracious logging, Large towns, etc.

The joke's still there. The assumption is that orcs were added, goblins are expansive, and dwarves are greedy.

[Pokon]

Evil boimes with flesh ground that cross into good biomes will only support hair trees and small meat vegitation now, and will not have normal plants growing in it. No, you do not have to have the mental image of a mangrove tree rooted snuggly into a giant plain of flesh any more. Also, blood river clots have been modified a bit so that they will have a smaller chance of occuring. Acid rain still causes the meat-ground to bleed, however.

[reality.auditor]

DF isn't that bad NOW. Throw in computing advancements and optimization, and you've got a net increase even with new features.

Predicting future is hard and linear extrapolation (like, say, that in 20xx there will be 128 cores for one processor) works only for first few years. But I can predict with reasonable % of success that future computing advances will not be friendly to single-threaded programs. In other words, DF is screwed. At some moment, starting Chapter III will be better than maintaining this mess. Preferably with multithreading and decent UI API from very beginning. I am not optimistic about it, though.

Also, crashes are the first things Toady fixes.

I think Mantis will enlighten you.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Crashes are AMONG the first things Toady fixes. Any game-breakers that cause the game to crash every seven minutes at best would be removed ASAP, if they even got into the released version. And Toady intends to multi thread eventually.

[miauw62]

DF isn't that bad NOW. Throw in computing advancements and optimization, and you've got a net increase even with new features. Also, crashes are the first things Toady fixes.

Well, given that we will have a CPU breaktrough soon, as DF cant multithread and cores are at their fastest atm.

[oven_baked]

-Capitalism now works... Well "works" as in a simulation of real capitalism. Still a few more years till somebody fixes the real capitalism. 
-Photons now have proper Wave-Particle Duality rather than the hacky fix used in earlier versions.
-World gen now terminates universes that won't support life earlier to speed up world gen.
-The strong force now correctly acts between 1fm and 3fm.

[Mr Space Cat]

-Fixed dwarven life insurance. Dwarves can no longer perform insurance fraud if they fake their own deaths.