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[Blastbeard]

I didn't even know this game existed when DF2012 was released, so I have no idea what fresh hell to expect. Exactly what went down on release day last time, and what should I expect this round? Joke responses are welcome here, I need something to pass the time.

[Dbuhos]

I vaguely remember having massive hordes of mosquitoes that may or may not have been husked invade my sites. Either way, DF bugs are fun. 

[Owlbread]

I didn't even know this game existed when DF2012 was released, so I have no idea what fresh hell to expect. Exactly what went down on release day last time, and what should I expect this round? Joke responses are welcome here, I need something to pass the time.

When DF2010 came out I didn't play it for about 6 months because of the bugs. I had to wait for the bugfixes. Keep your DF2012 to hand to play in the meantime until the game becomes stable enough for you.

[My Urist Eternal]

I plan to basically quit playing fortress mode and to starting playing in bug fixing mode instead, finding and reproducing bugs and reporting them on the bug tracker, in order to help Toady out.

[thvaz]

You can expect people complaining about the state of the game, saying how they expected the game for so long to find it in a bugged state. People complaining about old bug that weren't fixed. And people complaining about the focus on adventure mode.

[The_Fool76]

You can also expect the site to go down frequently due to the traffic. A DF release is basically a self inflicted DDOS.

[SmileyMan]

I plan to basically quit playing fortress mode and to starting playing in bug fixing mode instead, finding and reproducing bugs and reporting them on the bug tracker, in order to help Toady out.

This.

And the more of us that adopt the same attitude, the better off the community as a whole will be. There's a real sense of satisfaction when you help squash a bug that's making people's lives miserable.

[Casp]

Let's just hope the 'bugs' don't take the form of literal bugs this time.

The giant mosquitoes, ye gads. They barely even did anything, they just loitered.

[sensei_shade]

haha I remember my first game in DF2012 crashed because it tried to spawn 200 giant mosquitoes at once. Good times.

[Blastbeard]

Let's just hope the 'bugs' don't take the form of literal bugs this time.

The giant mosquitoes, ye gads. They barely even did anything, they just loitered.

You see that as a bug(heh heh), I see something like that as a challenge. Add some hostility-inducing tags into the giant mosquito raw and you would have had my idea of a fun time. The reduced lag from killing them all would be my reward.

[Cobbler89]

I'm pretty sure it was a raw issue and could therefore be brought back if you're thinking of modding them anyway. If I recall correctly, the problem was caused by MOSQUITO having [CLUSTER_NUMBER:100:200] and GIANT_MOSQUITO having [COPY_TAGS_FROM:MOSQUITO]. And, if I recall correct, it was resolved by adding [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:1] to GIANT_MOSQUITO. So, remove [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:1] from GIANT_MOSQUITO and you should get the flocks of 100-200 giant mosquitoes again. (This is in creature_bug_slug_new.txt) That said, most players concluded that the mild nuisance they were as a sort of substitute for badgers (in frightening dwarves) was nothing compared to the nuisance they were as a sort of substitute for catsplosion (in devouring FPS), so you might instead want to change [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:1] to something like [CLUSTER_NUMBER:50:100] (rather than removing it so as to use MOSQUITO's 100:200) among other changes if you want to make them some sort of threat to be fought.

I recall that around the same time there was a bug that vampires, which are supposed to accuse others of their own crimes in order to throw off the trail of justice, would accuse wild animals. These two bugs combined were the butt of some jokes that, along the lines of the yak general, sometimes the "bug" would have made sense -- i.e. if Urist is found drained of blood, how implausible is it really to blame the giant mosquitoes that swarm over the fortress like a biblical plague?

[Barrel Roll]

Gather ye plump helmets while ye may.

[Tawa]

What is to be expected?!
Probably something like this:

DF worlds have negative zip codes, see.

[misko27]

There is a good chance forums will be down from the sheer number of people who want to play DF (such pressure on Toady, I can't even conceive of it properly). The wiki will struggle to work fast enough to check whether information is current and update appropriately; that will take much longer then just release day. An early picture of the bug-damage will emerge very, very quickly, but we won't know the real state of things for longer. Also IT'S HAPPENING will get posted at least once if forums are up during the day.

[Mapleguy555]

Pretty much what misko said.