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Combat drugs, chemistry, venoms and antidotes

Domestic robots (healers, cleaners, cyberdogs, robobrain)

Overhaul of good areas (terraformed)

New semimegabeast and megabeast types

Secrets and mutations (vampires, pyromancy, telekinesis etc)

More minor races (slavers, treeminders, evil ghouls)

More industry (concrete factory, cryogenics, trading post)

Advanced adventure mode crafting

Post-war geology (concrete, debris, radioactive waste, stashes)

Dfhack (poisoned weapons, companion order, other plugins)

[Big_James_B]

You need a Recorder so you can determine how much food and drink you have. I don't know about a doctor; you'll get somebody eventually and if you don't do many crafts you have no fear of raids.
I'd stick with the 2 Miners, go 1 Woodcutter (IF the area has wood), 1 Mason, 1 Farmer, and the Overseer (has most of the administration skills; he'll be the trader) and a seventh member of your choosing.

Remember you can always repurpose Vault Dwellers that arrive to suit your industry and needs; and in the words of the wiki "Do not split your efforts yet."
Also, try taking enough food and drink to last until a caravan comes, and bring along a large bag filled with alcohol-making plants. Actually along those lines what is the best plant to use for booze making? I am quite partial to vodka so initially took along some yams and potatoes.

[Aseaheru]

I tell the doctor to be the general noble when we get there.

[Ivan Issaccs]

Also read "Game tips" in the first post, there's quite an info.

Read it.  Aside from embarking with a robot, it has no tips on a good embark profile.

Generally speaking, anything that is good on a vanilla DF is good here.
Its actually easier in some regards as breaking scrap piles yeilds you most of the metals you will ever need and the sawmill allows you to mass produce coal from standard wood so even if you got shitty metal spawns you'll be good for industry.

[Markus]

Quick question about this fine mod.

Do the Vault Dwellers need booze as much as Dwarves do? I can understand the depression of seeing the world around you go up in smoke, but these are normal humans, after all. . . Then again, most of the water is irradiated anyway.

[Big_James_B]

Most of it is booze, but there is a "tea", and nuka-cola....
But Yes, you still need booze. My newest fortress took about 120 food and booze; lasted me until the caravan came when it came to the last drop of booze.

[Deon]

Yep, the "booze" is actually an assortment of various alhocolic drinks, sodas, tea etc. I left ALCOHOL_DEPENDANT on purpose, because your vault citizens are used to fine beverages and purified drinks, and they don't like to drink "dirty" natural water "like those barbaric wastelanders".

[Aseaheru]

perhaps there can be a option to "clean" the water so that they can drink it without qualms... perhaps a workshop that takes it from below and "processes" it into clean water.

[PTTG??]

Interesting. Maybe a robot that can be "milked" to produce "bottled water".

[Aseaheru]

I was thinking of a workshop, but that might work.

[JediaKyrol]

"Mr. Farmy"s make Sailent Paste which can then be processed into Sailent Green...which can be drank or used to make random food plants...Though I think Deon said he was scrapping that...so might suggest the purified water replacement?

[Bodyless]

My bronze and iron boots and gauntlets are degrading incedibly fast!
I didnt know armor would degrade at all. But this was its almost impossible to keep my military armored.
I ddint try any other materials yet, but the boots and gauntlets i made were gone or at XX after a few months of use with no combat.

Are you fighting caustic geckos and there're pools of acid here and there? Or some acidic animals like xenomorphs? Only strong acid can cause it.
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No animals. i think they stayed inside most of the time. there may have been some supermutant thief, but no acid i can remember.
I am actually having the same problem in masterwork atm. Does orc blood count as acid? Otherwise i am really puzzled what i going on here.
Maybe it is some drink that is causing this?

[Aseaheru]

perhaps the mods are conflicting.

[Deon]

Do you use multiple mods, Aseaheru? It won't work.

[Aseaheru]

No i am not. not here anyways.

[Big_James_B]

Yep, the "booze" is actually an assortment of various alhocolic drinks, sodas, tea etc. I left ALCOHOL_DEPENDANT on purpose, because your vault citizens are used to fine beverages and purified drinks, and they don't like to drink "dirty" natural water "like those barbaric wastelanders".

Doesn't stop them from trying to give thirsty friends water when there's no booze...
What about having Brotherhood of Steel caravans (if you have them) carry the Fallout 3 bottled water? Or have Wastelander caravans carry the same bottled water. It'd be one that you can't make yourself and can only buy from passing caravans.