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Will new versions of 2014 DF require a new world gen?
« on: August 13, 2014, 11:53:23 pm »
I've been having some good ideas for mega projects lately. But I don't really wanna start a big project only to find that the newest set of bugfixs will require me to gen a new world. Any thoughts?
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Re: Will new versions of 2014 DF require a new world gen?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2014, 01:03:29 am »
Save compatibility has been stable since 0.40.03. So you could have had your mega project going for a month already without having to toss it. (Not that you could know it would be that way)

Mostly, save compatibility is broken when there is a major save corrupting bug. There is such a bug that Toady mentioned he had tried to track down in the devlog last Saturday, so it's possible that when he fixes that, he will break save compatibility. And there's always the chance that another bad save corruption bug is discovered or accidentally added then fixed. But mostly, these come from crash bugs, and aren't many crash bugs open.

I'd say go ahead and start the project.
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Re: Will new versions of 2014 DF require a new world gen?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2014, 01:11:02 am »
I suggest waiting. There are a lot more bugfixes to come I believe and ToadyOne wants to also work on testing 64bit DF. Anything is possible at this point and ToadyOne already made a comment how their might be odd interactions between versions...
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Re: Will new versions of 2014 DF require a new world gen?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2014, 03:39:18 am »
Quote from: mnjiman on August 14, 2014, 01:11:02 am
I suggest waiting. There are a lot more bugfixes to come I believe and ToadyOne wants to also work on testing 64bit DF. Anything is possible at this point and ToadyOne already made a comment how their might be odd interactions between versions...

Yeah thats what I thought.. I might still give it a try I'm not sure yet.
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2014, 09:20:06 am »
I was kind of beginning to invest in a fortress, but Toady seems to really be on a bug-fixing streak and each release is getting more bombproof than the last.  I'm gonna wait for the streak to come to an end, where we'll have a diamond strength DF that'll never crash and never make a mistake in a decade of runtime.  Kind of like the programs NASA puts on satellites they fling out of the solar system.  The next one won't have the gold plate, just a screen and a keyboard running DF.  So, er, I'd wait if I were you.
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Re: Will new versions of 2014 DF require a new world gen?
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2014, 09:54:24 am »
Quote from: hermes on August 14, 2014, 09:20:06 am
I was kind of beginning to invest in a fortress, but Toady seems to really be on a bug-fixing streak and each release is getting more bombproof than the last.  I'm gonna wait for the streak to come to an end, where we'll have a diamond strength DF that'll never crash and never make a mistake in a decade of runtime.  Kind of like the programs NASA puts on satellites they fling out of the solar system.

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Quote from: hermes on August 14, 2014, 09:20:06 am
The next one won't have the gold plate, just a screen and a keyboard running DF.  So, er, I'd wait if I were you.

It really depends on what else you were planning on doing with your time, and remember the old version continues to work even if a newer version is released.  Just keep a backup of your save when changing versions even if no compatibility issues have been identified.  At worst you continue using the older version.
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Re: Will new versions of 2014 DF require a new world gen?
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2014, 06:42:37 pm »
Quote from: Dirst on August 14, 2014, 09:54:24 am
It really depends on what else you were planning on doing with your time, and remember the old version continues to work even if a newer version is released.  Just keep a backup of your save when changing versions even if no compatibility issues have been identified.  At worst you continue using the older version.

Yeah but those new features!
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