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[greycat]

Lol there's goes my quick embark pallisade.

Depending on how sieges actually work, a quick initial palisade may be the perfect solution -- which you would upgrade/replace later, if needed.

[Sergarr]

Lol there's goes my quick embark pallisade. things to try include, moat/ditch and wall, double height walls, or walls with a bit of floor (or another wall) overhanging in front. They'd be quicker to build than double height walls because they can stand on the actual wall to build them, and not break up the ground like the moat idea. So the first thing to find out is whether this climbing/jumping lets enemies grab an overhanging "ledge"

Don't forget to cut down any trees near your precious wall, or the enemies may use them to circumvent your lazy defences.

[Reelya]

Lol there's goes my quick embark pallisade. things to try include, moat/ditch and wall, double height walls, or walls with a bit of floor (or another wall) overhanging in front. They'd be quicker to build than double height walls because they can stand on the actual wall to build them, and not break up the ground like the moat idea. So the first thing to find out is whether this climbing/jumping lets enemies grab an overhanging "ledge"

Don't forget to cut down any trees near your precious wall, or the enemies may use them to circumvent your lazy defences.

Anything within 4 tiles of the wall probably, depending on how much these trees spread out, if they do.

[Putnam]

Yeah, in total this version should be 0.38 or 0.39.

[Reelya]

Ahh, smoothed wall cannot be climbed. Not sure about jumping though, but looks like block walls will be ok for 1 z level defense.

[runetrantor]

What about constructed walls? I want my walls, and roofing everything sounds annoying...

Also, I heard something about... taverns/inns? Can forts build stuff for travelers on the surface? Like non-seasonal caravans and adventures to pass by the fort?

[Reelya]

What about constructed walls? I want my walls, and roofing everything sounds annoying...

Also, I heard something about... taverns/inns? Can forts build stuff for travelers on the surface? Like non-seasonal caravans and adventures to pass by the fort?

I don't think an active fortress will get such visitors ... yet.

[§k]

Maybe we can decorate walls with broken green glass longland beer pot, so trolls cannot climb.

[g2knee]

No more instantaneous attacks, melee attacks take place over a series of turns now. It's going to be great, and FUN!

I didn't hear of this, but I admit I haven't read everything.

This seems like it would be strange is dwarf mode, where combats can last for days/months already.
Any other news on this aspect?

[Putnam]

"Not instantaneous" is definitely the wrong phrase to use. Combat should be faster now, in fact, as punches only take 6 ticks and kicks 8 (while before both would take 9.5 ticks on average for dwarves). Combat speed is no longer the same as move speed, is what's been changed.

[Dunamisdeos]

what do you mean by world will progress after world generation?

The entire point of the game is to have a living, breathing world that the player can interact with using either a fortress or an adventurer.

The main problem is that, as of 0.34.11, the world is neither living nor breathing; it's simply a static, deteriorating world where nothing happens except deaths incurred by the player's hand or presence.

This release fixes that.

So that's the main feature. The entire point of the game getting its first step implemented. That's pretty big.

This is possibly the most exciting prospect of Dwarf Fortress to me. As far as I'm concerned no other game can match this.

[Reelya]

This is possibly the most exciting prospect of Dwarf Fortress to me. As far as I'm concerned no other game can match this.

I love the idea of being an adventurer and carving your own little kingdom out, so this version I think I'm finally going to get into Adv mode more than fortress mode. I wonder if the PC will be able to get married and have kids? then switch play over to my heir later. I'm sure this will be an option in upcoming updates if it's not possible already in the 2014 update.

That is the kind of CRPG campaign option I've wanted forever. This is becoming the closest game to a freeform pen and paper RPG ever.

[Canalan]

Also I am under the impression that his numbering scheme is representative of what percent complete the game is considered and I think he was quoted somewhere as figuring people would be surprised  by the numbering.

So does that mean the game is 34% complete right now... or .34%?

[sal880612m]

My understanding is that it is 34% done right now. This isn't to say that development will cease at v1.0 just that at v1.0 they will consider the core of the game complete. Again mostly based on things picked up and vaguely remembered so if someone pops up with a more definite source probably a good idea to go with what they say.

[Putnam]

Yeah, next version is vaguely around 0.38, almost surely 0.38 or 0.39. After 0.99 comes 1.00 in the scheme they're using. After 0.38.99 would come 0.38.100, I'd think, but that many too-small-to-up-second-number incremental changes would probably be indicative of larger problems.