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[Five chickens]

Thank you for your (helpful) reply.

[xZippy]

Sorry, I don't know where else to put this. What is the max avatar size on this forum?

[Bumber]

Sorry, I don't know where else to put this. What is the max avatar size on this forum?

80x80

[xZippy]

Sorry, I don't know where else to put this. What is the max avatar size on this forum?

80x80

Then why is your avatar 100×100?

[Bumber]

Then why is your avatar 100×100?

Anything over 80x80 gets scaled down.

If you want to know how large the source file can be, I don't think there's a hard limit. I've seen ones with dimensions in the thousands.

[anewaname]

For your avatar image, if you plan to use a large one, it is best to scale it down yourself, then everyone else is not paying for your choice with their computer's processing power and bandwidth.

[xZippy]

Can you overlap temple zones, so you can cram like 12 temples into one area and save yourself a lot of time and space?

[Fleeting Frames]

Kinda.

Dwarves location-seeking code has an early shortcut where if they're currently standing a location they can use, they'll keep using it and will not look for others. It looks through the list on oldest first basis.

So if the bottommost zone is a tavern - all dwarves can use a tavern, and will never pray.
-”- non-denominational temple - all religious dwarves can use it, and will not use other location zones
-”- specific god temple - all dwarves who worship that god fervently enough to pray to it will pray to that god and only to that god, even if they also worship someone else.

Thus, the second case is what you want (I guess). Make sure to include a reason for dwarves in tavern to go into it, such as drinks.

[xZippy]

If you completely change a dwarf's labor (ex: make one not a fisherman anymore, and instead make him a hunter), will said dwarf gain skills in hunting at a normal rate? Or is it slowed because that dwarf started out as a fisherman?

[anewaname]

He will gain at the same rate (usually 30 or 60 points each time).

[Flying Teasets]

Why does the world generator favor single poles over doubles?

[Ulfarr]

The standard world generator or the advanced? The advanced can be set to force having both poles.

[xZippy]

I've been reading everywhere how RAM frequency is important for higher FPS. I overclocked the living hell out of my RAM so it went from 8GB DDR3 1333MHz (9-9-9-24) to 8GB DDR3 2133MHz (11-13-13-24). Is this enough to see any good changes?

[Fleeting Frames]

I'd expect so, assuming cache or cpu weren't the bottlenecks. I recommend testing it out by using at least 3 measurements of in-game time taken until a predetermined event forcing a pause.

[feelotraveller]

Why does the world generator favor single poles over doubles?

Because there are two single pole settings (north, south) and only one double.  On a simple random pick the expected ratio is 2:1 single over double.

Edit: actually fact-checking there are five possibilities with a ratio of 3.5:1.5, but the point stands.