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[Replica]

So I have been seeing horseshoes made out of leather and chitin.

Is this intentional?

[Lycaeon]

I left the leather tag in so they could be made out of chitin from the simplified leather mod.

Though now that you mention it, they're probably best limited to metal.

Work on robots and turrets is in progress, though quite bumpy.

[Indigo_Surprise]

I hope the turrets will be able to fire through fortifications and down Z layers.

How would we come across them? Would they have to be bought at embark or is there going to be some kind of reaction to build them out of scrap pieces? Not the scrap logs, but the stuff we get when it's processed, like the ammo boxes.

[Lycaeon]

The minigun turrets will fire through fortifications and down Z layers, but not the flame turrets (I guess you can see where I'm going with this).

I'm planning for a basic security turret purchased on embark or through trade caravans that can be upgraded at the Robronco assembly bench to one of the above turrets using similar components to the battle saddle upgrades. It'll be more fleshed out by the time development is done.

Edit: Added the version log and upcoming features to the second post on the front page.

[Indigo_Surprise]

Flame turrets will be a must for any self respecting murderhall.

[Clay golem]

oops. duble post...

[Clay golem]

In addition, add very cheep and week Turret or robbot that only the monitoring role like a scarecrow? 



(i'm using translation machine because i'm poor at English  )

[Pokon]

Flame turrets will be a must for any self respecting murderhall.

Even better, place them inside dining areas and such, in case a angry pony acts up and throws a fit. Boom, dead pony. Also, horrible fire. But still, dead pony.

[Lycaeon]

I've found I set up my creature frequencies all wrong ...which would explain the ghouls aren't showing up properly in evil and terrifying biomes. This will be fixed by the next version, along with balancing to reduce yield rates of high-quality salvage and skill rates for cutie marks.

[Khenal]

Speaking of creatures, my Unity alicorns tend to act odd.  They always go down to where the housing level is (I don't know why, there's no zone or anything there) and just hang out.  They'll bash a few doors/beds, but mostly just stay put if I don't send my army after them.  I don't think they're going after the various mothers with foals, they definitely aren't chasing anypony around who isn't attacking them.

Oh, also: Plasteel bars (and maybe other plasteel stuff?) doesn't seem to go to stockpiles right.

[Lycaeon]

Foalsnatchers are nonaggressive, so they tend to just hang around instead of attacking, but I've got a few ideas for fixing this. Have you been ambushed by alicorns yet, or are you just seeing snatchers?

I'm aware of the plasteel bug as well...I may just have to make them metal so they get sorted properly, though you'll be able to smelt them without the prismatic smelter/forge.

[Khenal]

Still just snatchers.  I haven't had a very long-lived fort yet, heh.  I am bad at having a military.  Making the plasteel go to the piles isn't too big an issue, I only noticed because I moved a depot from outside and say the bars were just sitting there.  The area was secure, so I didn't lose any of them.  Is their only use for scorpion armor?

[Lycaeon]

Just scorpion power armor for now.

[Indigo_Surprise]

I only seem to get Unity alicorns in the same fashion as when megabeasts show up. Or at least that's how I interpret it since they very rarely show up.

[Lycaeon]

Alicorn ambushes don't arrive until later as they're difficult to defeat without a well-developed stable. I am however reworking the requirements a bit for the next version. There are also going to be fixes to the cutie mark system and high-quality salvage frequencies.

Robo-brains, protectaponies, and Mr. Macintoshes are mostly done. You'll be able to purchase a protectapony for basic stable security, and upgrade it into an armored protectapony later for better performance. Wild robots are rare, but they are quite dangerous when they do show up.

Mr. Hooves and Nurse Redheart are proving to be a bit more tricky...but I've managed to get it to where if a doctor activates a terminal near a wounded pony in bed at the hospital, the Nurse Redheart will administer painkillers and healing potion to stabilize the patient. You'll have to keep the Nurse Redheart chained or pastured in the hospital, as it tends to wander off, leaving the wounded patients helpless. It's also no substitute for actual surgery should it be necessary.

I'm trying to make Mr. Hooves into a maintenance robot for other robots, but that's not turning out as well...I may have to just leave each robot with a bit of natural healing.