I'd contribute, but none of my ideas are very original, if they are even my own concept in the first place.
Still, there is no turn system this time around, so anyone who wants to can directly contribute. Or just pitch ideas or suggestions in the thread.
Or maybe even try play-testing the mod and just mention how their fortress/adventure is going.
E: decided to try a fort in the Sci-Fi version. Current version according to the changelog file is V 21, with the last update being Cerapter adding a crop.
Errorlog upon starting the fort:
*** Error(s) found in the file "data/save/region1/raw/objects/plant_BUG.txt"
LEMBDAS_PLANT_BUG:Unrecognized Plant Token: ALCHAHOL_PLANT
*** Error(s) found in the file "data/save/region1/raw/objects/body_DVNO.txt"
PETAPALP_RIGHT_DVNO:RLA:Unrecognized Creature Bodypart Token: CATAGORY
*** Error(s) found in the file "data/save/region1/raw/objects/creature_CER.txt"
CHIRP_CER Color Mod Ending With (GOLDEN_YELLOW,1) Was Not Used
CHIRP_CER Color Mod Ending With (BLACK,1) Was Not Used
CHIRP_CER Color Mod Ending With (LIME,1) Was Not Used
BUTTERFLY_HOUND_CER Color Mod Ending With (SCARLET,1) Was Not Used
WIDOWINWHITE_CER Color Mod Ending With (BLACK,1) Was Not Used
*** Error(s) found in the file "data/save/region1/raw/objects/creature_GRM.txt"
Unrecognized Personality Facet Token: PERSEVERANCE
A few things first: I have realized that I've forgotten what it's like to play with ASCII. And with a non-square font. With a few unfamiliar or odd keybindings. But that's all easily fixed. One thing of note was that the scroll wheel on my mouse would shift the Z-level view up when you scroll down, but scrolling up would simultaneously cause the screen to zoom out and shift the Z-level view down.
Now on to the embark.
My group is of the Pure Shields. And it appears that we have no trade. We will have to rely solely on whatever we can create. Though it may not be too bad, as it appears nothing can reach us here, so hostilities from other entities seem unlikely.
*Looks like the Dretch file is missing [OBJECT:ENTITY], so they will not be in any worlds genned.*
It is Spring in the newly-found outpost of Stillsecrets, and the water is still frozen from the harsh Winter. Blue sand stands out amongst the vegetation of this place, creating a the illusion of many small pools of water across the landscape.
Our Chirps are not alone in this journey. Accompanying them are two butterfly hounds and two widows in white.