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[KittyTac]

It seems that there are various things in DF that are always the same (dwarves, elves, counts, barons, swords, halberds... etc). Will there eventually be a feature that procgens civilization structures, weapons(like instruments) and civilized races(like clowns)? I could imagine a 'randomness' scale that controls the races, weapons, cultures and so on, but not geography, history gen, and stuff like that. It would probably scale between "Alien Culture" to "Familiar Places" or "Entirely Random" to "Very Predictable".

You basically described part of the mythgen update, which is coming in ~4 years. You know, Toady may add those exact values in the sliders for myth.

[5crownik007]

You basically described part of the mythgen update, which is coming in ~4 years. You know, Toady may add those exact values in the sliders for myth.

Yeah, I know about the mythgen thing, but I was wondering if generation was specifically going eventually extend to weapons and other stuff. (can't wait for mythgen gonna be the best thing ever)

[Shonai_Dweller]

I'm curious as to how you're considering sorting out the baby survivor issue. Is it not possible to just imprison them (presumably they'll starve or something)? Are you thinking of adding something detailed later (orphanages, temples, foster families, sacrifice at dawn) to deal with them?

I'm assuming goblin raider babies can just be 'babysnatched' to keep them in place...

[Untrustedlife]

Will sea creatures be expanded upon when boats are out?
Will there be such a thing as Sea FB?
Will FB have access to magic?

Toady has talked about more variable sea monsters in the past, and we already have sea-based titans.
Not to mention he has several types of water based night creatures planned.
So probably.

[Untrustedlife]

Are the expeditions and squads you can sent out directly controlled by the player, or is it all a weighted RNG thing?

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I've been curious for some time.

You send them off your map, then the AI takes control (the world is alive so it's actually a simulation not just "weighted rng") they do their mission and come back if they survived, then tell you what happened.

[Untrustedlife]

Will we be able to be recruited by traveling NPC adventurers and act as their subordinates?

I took the liberty of coloring your text for you. Make  your text lime green if you want toady to answer it.
Also, maybe eventually.
You can already join artisan troupes/be subordinate to lords/be subordinate to bandit leaders and toady mentioned in a dev log that the NPC questers can pick up companions themselves. So it's only natural to extend this to allowing them to ask players to join them.
Doesn't mean it will be in on release though.

[Untrustedlife]

It seems that there are various things in DF that are always the same (dwarves, elves, counts, barons, swords, halberds... etc). Will there eventually be a feature that procgens civilization structures, weapons(like instruments) and civilized races(like clowns)? I could imagine a 'randomness' scale that controls the races, weapons, cultures and so on, but not geography, history gen, and stuff like that. It would probably scale between "Alien Culture" to "Familiar Places" or "Entirely Random" to "Very Predictable".

You basically described part of the mythgen update, which is coming in ~4 years. You know, Toady may add those exact values in the sliders for myth.

Magic is meant for next after the artifact release and we are close to
The artifact release, so less then four years, maybe 2 . But it's a pretty huge update.

[KittyTac]

It seems that there are various things in DF that are always the same (dwarves, elves, counts, barons, swords, halberds... etc). Will there eventually be a feature that procgens civilization structures, weapons(like instruments) and civilized races(like clowns)? I could imagine a 'randomness' scale that controls the races, weapons, cultures and so on, but not geography, history gen, and stuff like that. It would probably scale between "Alien Culture" to "Familiar Places" or "Entirely Random" to "Very Predictable".

You basically described part of the mythgen update, which is coming in ~4 years. You know, Toady may add those exact values in the sliders for myth.

Magic is meant for next after the artifact release and we are close to
The artifact release, so less then four years, maybe 2 . But it's a pretty huge update.

TWO?? YEARS?? WELL, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST THING EVER.

[StagnantSoul]

Will we ever see an expansion on the cavern plants like we did for the aboveground? Or keep them more basic for newer players?

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Speaking of underground plants, will the weird seasonal-plant inversion ever be fixed? (I refer to the fact that despite the cave river being long dead and gone, the underground plants still only grow during certain seasons, while the aboveground plants can grow at any time. This is exactly the opposite of what you would expect, and what makes sense.)

Are the expeditions and squads you can sent out directly controlled by the player, or is it all a weighted RNG thing?

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I've been curious for some time.

You send them off your map, then the AI takes control (the world is alive so it's actually a simulation not just "weighted rng") they do their mission and come back if they survived, then tell you what happened.

So the battles are truly simulated, and not treated as worldgen/offsite battles are (those are just randomly decided)? That is, gear and skills of each side make a difference?

[Shonai_Dweller]

Worldgen battles are simulated, not randomly decided. This next release deepens the simulation a little by taking into account individual dorfs equipment (and ensuring babies sit out the fight).

(The worldgen battles are certainly simple, basically a series of one on one fights - perhaps a little more complex than that. But definitely not random.)

[Paxiecrunchle]

Will there be a lot of Kobold Quest references in the new kobold caves?

Why can't I give this man a gold medal?

[Untrustedlife]

Speaking of underground plants, will the weird seasonal-plant inversion ever be fixed? (I refer to the fact that despite the cave river being long dead and gone, the underground plants still only grow during certain seasons, while the aboveground plants can grow at any time. This is exactly the opposite of what you would expect, and what makes sense.)

Are the expeditions and squads you can sent out directly controlled by the player, or is it all a weighted RNG thing?

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I've been curious for some time.

You send them off your map, then the AI takes control (the world is alive so it's actually a simulation not just "weighted rng") they do their mission and come back if they survived, then tell you what happened.

So the battles are truly simulated, and not treated as worldgen/offsite battles are (those are just randomly decided)? That is, gear and skills of each side make a difference?

Skills and numbers are taken into account in world gen battles. They are definitely not random.

[Untrustedlife]

Worldgen battles are simulated, not randomly decided. This next release deepens the simulation a little by taking into account individual dorfs equipment (and ensuring babies sit out the fight).

(The worldgen battles are certainly simple, basically a series of one on one fights - perhaps a little more complex than that. But definitely not random.)

Wish I could upvote this.

World gen battles even take into account possible damage types.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Worldgen battles are simulated, not randomly decided. This next release deepens the simulation a little by taking into account individual dorfs equipment (and ensuring babies sit out the fight).

(The worldgen battles are certainly simple, basically a series of one on one fights - perhaps a little more complex than that. But definitely not random.)

Speaking of underground plants, will the weird seasonal-plant inversion ever be fixed? (I refer to the fact that despite the cave river being long dead and gone, the underground plants still only grow during certain seasons, while the aboveground plants can grow at any time. This is exactly the opposite of what you would expect, and what makes sense.)

Are the expeditions and squads you can sent out directly controlled by the player, or is it all a weighted RNG thing?

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I've been curious for some time.

You send them off your map, then the AI takes control (the world is alive so it's actually a simulation not just "weighted rng") they do their mission and come back if they survived, then tell you what happened.

So the battles are truly simulated, and not treated as worldgen/offsite battles are (those are just randomly decided)? That is, gear and skills of each side make a difference?

Skills and numbers are taken into account in world gen battles. They are definitely not random.

Wait, what?! When did this change? Last I knew, retired fortresses were falling to ridiculously weak invaders because it was a 50-50 chance for the defender to win (or something along those lines).