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[IlFedaykin]

Wow.
Starting now the new save is up for grabs!
Using the tons of material Meph wrote i'll update the album and enlarge our universe.
Anyway, if no one claims the save in the next few days, i'll take another turn...

[Arcturus]

Wow.
Starting now the new save is up for grabs!
Using the tons of material Meph wrote i'll update the album and enlarge our universe.
Anyway, if no one claims the save in the next few days, i'll take another turn...

I would like to sign up for a turn. This seems like it's right up my alley. I'm tired of playing dwarfs, so many crashes when I breach the cavern level. Underground trees growing too tall inside. Can I be added to the list? I'm ready for humans.

I really want to grab that save but there are people already on the waiting list. I don't want to be an ass.

[IlFedaykin]

Please go ahead! A lot of time actually passed from when we started and a lot of them probably lost interest...
Actually I think I'll restart picking list from zero.
The save is in the main post along with the files to update the tileset (shoụd be in the same zip)

[Meph]

Yeah, go for it. I didnt clean up much, but at least laid a good foundation for future fun.

There are ambushy elves with iron on the hunt, besides that I've only seen cavern monsters and 1 kobold thief. No other attacks.

[Arcturus]

Please go ahead! A lot of time actually passed from when we started and a lot of them probably lost interest...
Actually I think I'll restart picking list from zero.
The save is in the main post along with the files to update the tileset (shoụd be in the same zip)

Alright thanks grabbing it now.

Yeah, go for it. I didnt clean up much, but at least laid a good foundation for future fun.

There are ambushy elves with iron on the hunt, besides that I've only seen cavern monsters and 1 kobold thief. No other attacks.

Yeah they really toned down the attacks in vanilla. That's probably why. It's not that much !fun! anymore from sieges. Here's to hoping they're all killed by some slow and excruciating death!

[Arcturus]

Spring 192

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2nd Of Granite

The year has begun under my leadership hopefully we can set ourselves to some great work and be done it by years end. My first order of business is getting some permanent soldiers. After all what great things could we make and sell if everyone is dead? Even if you win the argument, you must also win the fight. So we will designate a military commander as leader of the ranged unit and captain of the guard as leader of the close combat unit.

3rd Of Granite

Gicast the hunter is now Gicast the Ranger Captain. As stated before his duties will include military command."Fedaykin" was already captain of the guard and has been made the executioner as well. He will get his own office and bedroom above the trade depot. This is going to be an industrious year, I can tell. I have assigned several men to each squad and they will be training full time to counter any threats which face the fort.



Also nobles were rearranged. We got rid of a position and now "Imic" is the bookkeeper as well as being the manager. "MCreeper" is the chief of medicine being the best diagnoser in the fort. The jobs were also set differently on everyone. Too many of them were set similarly and it bothered me. It took an hour to get it the way I wanted it.

6th Of Granite

Traded with the orcs that were in the depot before the start of the year. Got some nice sand to make some glass with. I traded them mostly useless garbage for it, including some clothing that was left in the depot from the death of someone. I could tell because the clothing was actually forbidden. Anyway, they seemed pleased with the trading and walked away with a decent profit.



15th Of Granite

I am beginning construction of two towers at the west end of the fortress, this should help guard the main entrance against threats. I plan to put a archery range above the main entrance so the rangers can quickly go from training to guarding our front. I will also put a third tower on the north flank of the main entrance, just need an idea of where the first tower will end up in the corner.

20th Of Granite

The orc caravan is leaving. I will miss them, they were such friendly orcs.



23rd Of Granite


Goblin caravan left. The announcements are telling me they stole some animals. So much for good relations.

The walls of the second floor are still being built. Seems Meph left me with the plans for the second floor when he passed it over to me.

I have decided to build a tavern in the northwest corner just south of the tower I'm placing there. Hopefully I can brew enough drinks to keep everyone happy and most importantly drunk!

1st Of Slate

War puppies!



10th Of Slate

Migrants have arrived. Let's hope we can get some skilled workers and fighters.

11th Of Slate

Our population went from the mid sixties to 90. There are a high number of hunting and related people among them. We added 1 to the rangers squad and 1 to the guard squad. This has been a fruitful migration.

21st Of Slate

A cheese maker has begun making something in a carpenters workshop. I wonder what it will be.



25th Of Slate

The cheese maker has made a wooden armor stand! 4 days of sweating and he's finally done. It's called the fair justice.



13th Of Felsite

Not much happening so far this month. Began work on the middle of the towers. The turkeys are growing up and laying eggs. Everyone in the entire fortress is working all day. We're producing a little more armor. Making wooden and copper arrows. Guards sparring sometimes, Rodi leading the combat lessons for the guards. We will be prepared if a threat ever comes.

Possibly the most confusing combat report ever :



25th Of Felsite

Very uneventful. Running low on stone, the middle of the towers are nearly built. Will provide picture when it's finished. Added an archery range above the front entrance, that is nearly done as well.

The work just never stops, even with more specialized job settings there is too much to haul for them to have a moments rest. Deconstruction of certain areas of the second floor to put the tavern walls in are also not being done. I just wish I had a few more people.

[Arcturus]

Summer 192

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1st Of Hematite

We started off the season with the discovery of a dead miner in the moat. I wonder how long he's been there never heard of him.

Peasant got in a fight with a coral snake and knocked all it's fangs out. That'll teach that stupid snake about messing with us.

3rd Of Hematite

Invasion! The succubus and nagas have chosen to attack. I'm not sure my guards and rangers can handle succubus, they lack experience. I will station my troops near the front entrance and let most of the enemy be caught in traps. It is terrifying! There is no need to feel vengeful!



The naga and succubus are attacking each other and a fire has been set. A helmet snake man traveling with the nagas bypassed the traps and wounded a carpenter. He was beaten to death with a war hammer shortly after.

This time a naga bowman crossed the bridge without getting hit by a cage trap. There is definitely something about snake-like creatures that cancel out traps. Anyway he fled and I don't think we'll see him again anytime soon.

Three succubus were captured while trying to cross the bridge. I wonder what to do with all these prisoners... maybe we can open a zoo or put them on display in a dungeon?

The succubi left behind a wall of fire. It doesn't look good for the trees to the south of the river.



12th Of Hematite

A caravan has arrived! Hey I can't see it. Where is it?

I only see one little human there. His name is Dur which is fitting because "hurrr durrr I forgot to bring the wagons with me guys". Let's hope he's got a ridiculous amount of gold coins in his pants. I mean seriously how did he get he get here with no guards? Surprised he didn't get eaten by something large, feral and smarter than he is.

13th Of Hematite

The wall of fire continues to engulf the southern forests. There's really nothing I can do about it now.



17th Of Hematite

Mayor Copnut has been reelected. Break out the celebratory wine!

20th Of Hematite

Mayor Copnut was attacked by a giant langur. Seems to be a torn muscle in the foot from the combat report. Let's hope there's no motor nerve damage. I have sent the guards to kill the langurs. The will no longer be tolerated near the fort.

25th Of Hematite

I have a very odd situation now. The langurs are trapped beneath a bridge interrupting our attempts to recover the mayor. They cannot be killed because the soldiers refuse to into the water to kill them. I will try stationing the rangers at such an angle as they can kill the langurs with arrows.

28th Of Hematite

The mayor finally recovered to the point she could stand up and walk to the hospital. The rangers didn't seem to be able to station themselves anywhere near where I wanted. The fire may be interfering with their ability to move to certain locations. I hope the langurs will no longer be a problem. I cannot be bothered to kill them right now.

1st Of Malachite

May this picture be forever a symbol of unexpected victory against langurs. One came out from under the bridge and was caught in the fire.



It's taking a long time to die but has suffered some injuries from the fire. It's taking a long time to die.



2nd Of Malachite

The langur is melted. Let's hope the other one left under the bridge won't give us any trouble. I can't be bothered to go kill him.

The fire has also subsided. Now to the south we have a field of ash.



10th Of Malachite

Our shipment of new migrants has arrived! I added 1 to each elite squad because of our growing numbers. The migrants weren't great but at least we have 97 humans at the fort now.

The middle of the towers and archery-range-on-high are nearly complete. This should be a big win when it comes to responding rapidly to threats. I hope we'll never need it but it's good to have it.

The mayor is also fine. Just a torn muscle in the foot. No nerve damage is good, I wouldn't want a mayor that needs a crutch to get around.

16th Of Malachite

Everything is being built at record speed. The tavern walls are going up faster than expected. Now if only they would put the finishing touches on the middle of the towers!



21st Of Malachite

The middle of the towers and archery range are complete. Our next task is to complete the tavern, it should be done pretty soon. I will also build an armory and a training room below the archery range.



24th Of Malachite

A child has begun a mysterious construction... Is he making himself a toy?



This is such a rare event. I don't believe I've ever seen a child make an artifact. I hope it's got a funny design on it or something.

27th Of Malachite

I have begun to put beds into the tavern. I have also designated the tavern and named it "The Fatal Cake". This should be an interesting recreational facility. I plan to recruit a mercenary unit to send against anything I think may be fatal to the elite units. They will train just as often.

1st Of Galena

Our first guest has arrived. Strangely the only one so far that wants to come the tavern is a badgerwoman thief. I hope the tavern doesn't get a seedy reputation. If it brings crime instead of entertainment and mercenaries this will be a total flop.



The child has finished the artifact it's a wooden amulet. Let's hope he grows up to be one of our best woodcrafters. On the amulet is a picture of a book.



10th Of Galena

All the furnishings have been added to the tavern. It is now complete and ready to serve bad wine and mystery fish surprise. The surprise is no one know exactly what kind of fish it's made from.



The training room and armory are also complete. Now we can swiftly defend the front gate in the event of a surprise attack. Not far from the tavern though, which can result in drunken brawls involving weapons.



16th Of Galena

Work has begun on the new bedrooms. We will build them over the old training facility and along the eastern wall. This should make the people happy to have proper bedrooms. We need to house 97 humans, so really this is going to make more than a year to complete and is my final project to work on. I will no compromise on quality.

20th Of Galena

Began what I call "grid mining" which is mining 2 squares wide in a grid so so that you can mine the maximum amount of stone while still supporting the ceiling. This should help us keep up with our need for stone and metal. Many are mining now despite the fact I designated the partial deconstruction of the second floor above the old training area. Kind of annoying but I may have to change job settings a bit to accommodate for this.

Tried to save a day or two after the auto save, there was a failure and masterwork crashed. I tried to debug msvrc100.dll which was the source of the crash. dbghook.c was needed and I don't have the necessary skill and files to make a debugger hook so I left it alone. Wish I could figure out why it crashed.

[Arcturus]

Autumn 192

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3rd Of Limestone

I found the most useless trader I could and made him tavern keeper. Aslu is 22 years old and will be responsible for serving the drinks and chatting up the guests. I hope he can handle it, this will be his only job and has been taken off of all other duties. Hopefully he can entertain the other men as well and raise their spirits a bit.

10th Of Limestone

Nothing interesting going on. Just building rooms and expanding the second floor over the old training rooms.

Here, have a look :



The guards continue to train, Rodi has become an adequate teacher. In a year they should be exceptional fighters from all the training. For now I don't feel confident in confronting a threat with them. With the exception of Rodi not one of them is ready for heavy combat. I wish there was some way to speed up this training process.

15th Of Limestone

It's says a dwarven caravan has arrived. I don't however see a caravan or any merchant dwarves. Seems to be a glitch invloving any caravans showing up at all. I will try to get a caravan to come in the merchant guild workshop. This has happened two times already, I hope this is not a persistent problem.

20th Of Limestone

Bought a musket a while ago and decided to copy it in the inventors workshop. Finally all the material are in place after 15 days and the copy of the musket is being made. I will create 10 muskets in all and forge bullets for them so that my rangers can truly rule in ranged combat. I will try to attach a bayonet to each of them.

2nd Of Sandstone

The walls of the rooms are nearly complete, it was done fairly quickly. Now I just have to add ceilings and a couple more levels. We want to house our 97 people in this area and I hope I can get it done before the end of the year.



10th Of Sandstone

Copies have been made of the steel musket. Now I just have to attach bayonets and they should be ready for my rangers. This will be a glorious squad once they get going. A couple of years and they will be a very elite very musket wielding unit.

13th Of Sandstone

I have built two gunsmiths near the forges. This should enable us to produce musket balls faster to keep up with the demand for training. This will be excellent when it comes to manning the walls. The increased range of the muskets will most surely help us kill lots of enemies.



22nd Of Sandstone

More migrants have arrived! We now have 106 humans at the fortress. The elite soldier squads now have 7 each thanks to two new additions including a fairly skilled bladesman named Uthra.

Work continues on the bedrooms and all the walls are nearly built as well as most of the ceiling put in. I decided to expand the bedrooms to the southeastern corner, making the first level of bedrooms double the size of my original plan. We're going to need the extra rooms for all these people.



7th Of Timber

Progress is slow on the bedrooms. It seems there are so many jobs to do right now that deconstruction isn't a priority. There is also a tree in my way which has the potential to crash the game if I try to build something on top of it. I designated all trees to be cut near the fortress just in case. The bedrooms will probably be the first priority for the next overseer. I hope we can house all the humans in the future. It would an achievement to house our current 106, let alone anyone that might come in the future.

Picture of the tree impeding the work :



15th Of Timber

A forgotten beast has come! Luckily he's underground... wait, will he break through the floor that was put in place to seal off the caverns? Even after nearly a year of training the soldiers are not ready to defeat this beast without some casualties. Between the guards and rangers there are 14 of them and they are the best fighters in the fortress. Hopefully this is enough to beat back the beast while only suffering fairly minor injuries.



The forgotten beast ran into a cave ghoul and bit off it's head and then slithered off into the darkness. It suffered some minor injuries.



20th Of Timber

I began training some langurs we captured. Hopefully they have some use. It's better than letting them just sit in cages. I might sell them if any merchants show up. At least now we have some knowledge of training langurs which is something at least.

Work continues on the bedrooms, I have a roof over 18 of them now.

Not much else happening, the forgotten beast has not been seen since it slithered away. I was going to open the caverns at some point. I don't think I will now I know that a strong enemy is lurking somewhere down there just waiting to taste some human meat.

27th Of Timber

I spotted the forgotten beast again. It's just slithering around down there. Whoever opens that cavern up be warned! : some humans are going to die unless the guards are very good at fighting. the guards keep on training. They are vital to defeating powerful enemies so hopefully the next overseer will take good care of them and continue training them.

The walls of the new set of bedrooms are nearly built. They still have not cut down the tree that is hindering construction. Need to allocate more people to woodcutting.

[Meph]

How is mayor Copnut doing?

[Arcturus]

How is mayor Copnut doing?

He's alive and has been reelected. I put some statues in his room and gave his old room to the guard captain. Apparently he had one assigned above the depot. I believe I also put a table in his room.

[Arcturus]

You know someone should have put the masterwork version in the original post. I'm not sure but I may be running 1.13 because I downloaded it in August...

The game folder 404'd and that's why I can't get the proper version.

This explains why I'm running into glitches. Now it's just better if I start the year over again to avoid issues.

[Meph]

No. You downloaded a new save, all the files necessary are in that folder. Yes, your mod might be 1.13, but that save is 1.22. No worries.

What glitches are you talking about?

[Arcturus]

No. You downloaded a new save, all the files necessary are in that folder. Yes, your mod might be 1.13, but that save is 1.22. No worries.

What glitches are you talking about?

The traders would say "we're still unloading" even when they were about to leave and I couldn't properly save, only the auto saves worked at all. I would have to play an entire season just to save. There were other small glitches too like animals wanting to enter my dungeon and roam around in it for no reason. I'm redoing my year and if I can't properly save then I'm just passing on my turn.

I'm going to use version 1.22 to see if it helps. Sometimes there are issues when you try to use a version of DF with and older or newer save. Should be true for masterwork as well.

[Arcturus]

No. You downloaded a new save, all the files necessary are in that folder. Yes, your mod might be 1.13, but that save is 1.22. No worries.

What glitches are you talking about?

One difference I notice will the new version is that I can see a level below, so obviously there is some sort of difference in output. Hopefully it fixes the save issues I was having. I wish I has a can of glitch-be-gone or something.

[Meph]

You dont use quicksave?

Animals run around randomly in vanilla too. Sometimes to places where people stayed or died.

The traders are also something I cant affect through modding.