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[Anonymax]

62 hours to go. Hype, hype, hype!!!

Bug filled, unplayable, save corruption, broken combat, broken dancing, epic loyalty cascades.....
Ok, calmed down a bit now.

HYPE!!1!

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[lethosor]

Any sense of how quickly a new LNP would follow?  It looks like last time the new version was released in January and the LNP followed  in July. 

That would be something to ask individual LNP maintainers. There are three different currently-maintained packs, which wouldn't necessarily be released at the same time.
The last major version (0.40.01) was released in July 2014, and from what I remember, two of those packs were released within a few days but missing some features they had in 0.34.11 (particularly utilities).

[Button]

In the middle of my workweek?! Are you trying to get me fired, Toady? 

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Are you trying to get me to fail my college course? 

[Shonai_Dweller]

I'd be thankful really. By the weekend we'll be at version 02 or 03 and the inevitable release day killer-bug-rendering-game-useless will be long gone.

[lethosor]

It's worth noting that Toady doesn't always break compatibility because of save-corrupting bugs, particularly less-common ones (like one in 0.40.20, I think), so be sure to make backups of fortresses you care about regularly in case some can be salvaged even if your most recent copy is broken.

[Amperzand]

I'll probably just use a different computer for the new version, since this one needs replacing anyway.

[Nasu Toad Snatcher]

An improvement in the UI would make the game a lot more accessible to other people. What priority will UI that take in development?

[Bouchart]

We don't want DF to be accessible.  It helps to keep the riff-raff off of the forums.

[Nasu Toad Snatcher]

Bouchart, that's not a good answer.

Uh, but I'm not trying to start an argument here. This IS where questions for the next Future of the Fortress reply are to posted, right?

[Button]

This IS where questions for the next Future of the Fortress reply are to posted, right?

Yep! Highlight the question in limegreen to make sure Toady sees it.

That said, in answer to your question -

An improvement in the UI would make the game a lot more accessible to other people. What priority will UI that take in development?

Low. Toady's development priorities prioritize "what Toady feels like working on," not making the game accessible/expanding the userbase.

That said, stop being a douche Bouchart.

[cochramd]

Hey, at least he didn't say "casuals".

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Far more than the UI keeps the casuals and riff-raff away anyways.

[Mephansteras]

Well, it's not like Toady has a problem with expanding the user base. It's mostly because UI takes a huge amount of work and it's work that will have to be redone as he adds in more of the features that he is planning.

So, yes, low for now, but specifically because he doesn't want to spend a full development cycle doing work that he's going to then immediately break and have to redo when he adds in the next set off features.

[LordBaal]

I think the effort to refine the UI, while the game is still on development is not that much worth it, specially when almost anything is set in stone yet and there are a lot of features that are incomplete or even place holders (removed).

Toady will probably work to refine the UI once he fells he's done with most features or have a clearer picture on it. In the mean time it's good of us to exercise our minds

EDIT: Oh well, I didn't say anything that Mephansteras didn't said on his post already. Yeah that would be the reason.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Hi Toady! There's a bit of a... dispute over at the suggestions forum about whether you intended treesplosion.

1. Did you intend for the tree density to increase quickly over time (and not just some of the time in some embarks, but always)?

2. If so, was this to remove strain on hardware?

3. Do you currently have methods in place to prevent tree density from increasing? If so, what?

4. Have those methods, if any, changed from DF2014 to DF2015?