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[King Zultan]

In order to make tantrum spirals more realistic now all dwarves run around in circles to indicate that it's happening.

[Starver]

Rewrite the code to attain O(1) time-complexity by the following simple changette:

Code: (Original pseudocode) [Select]

  while (true) {
    if (not Paused) {
      tick(); // container for each game-tick's worth of processing
      // This includes temperature propogation, liquid flow, any pathfinding requests, checking for miasma production, etc
      // Some of these things are O(N), maybe O(NlogN), could be O(N^exponential)!
      // The most significant of these is generally what governs the subsequent Order of processing time
    }
    ... // anything user-interactive goes here in its own little handler
        // Acts upon any input that entered the buffer in the background whilst servicing the tick() phase
        //  or before control goes back around the true-loop again...
  }


Code: (New version pseudocode) [Select]

  while (true) {
    epochSeconds=now();
    if (not Paused) {
      tick(); // container for each game-tick's worth of processing
    }
    while (now()-epochSeconds < 315567360) {
      ... // anything user-interactive goes here
          // Otherwise, do nothing. Just ensure a constant duration of sufficient length has elapsed before continuing.
          // This makes it virtually guaranteed to be an O(1) algorithm!
    }
  }

NB.: If I've actually been optimistic with the epochSeconds loop, I'm sure you can double it and cover problematic edge conditions!

[A_Curious_Cat]

Change the control scheme so that the only way to play the game is with a video game controller.

[King Zultan]

Change the control scheme so that the only way to play the game is with a video game controller.

And this controller is that of an Atari 2600.

[brewer bob]

Change the control scheme so that the only way to play the game is with a video game controller.

And this controller is that of an Atari 2600.

Also the game will be released on swappable cartridges.

[Starver]

Change the control scheme so that the only way to play the game is with a video game controller.

And this controller is that of an Atari 2600.

Also the game will be released on swappable cartridges.

One per Z level.

[A_Curious_Cat]

Change the control scheme so that the only way to play the game is with a video game controller.

And this controller is that of an Atari 2600.

Also the game will be released on swappable cartridges.

One per Z level.

Per in-game day.

[Magmacube_tr]

As we all know, a dwarf (or anything intelligent) can have preferences for things they have never seen before in their lives. With things like completely procedurally generated worlds in the distant horizon, this current situation must be improved.

I propose that a sapient being should not only be able to like things they never ever saw before, they also should be able to have preferences for things that do not even exist in their world. They may prefer things from other worlds, or things that are multiversally non-existant. Even things that can't exist. Like, maybe a pick associated with both deformity and beauty.

Mayors should also be able to mandate production of things wih such qualities.

[Eric Blank]

Dwarves shouldn't only be able to have preferences for non existent things, but lust after non existent creatures.

Urist McCentaurFucker cancels work; depressed about centaurs not being real

And "real" creatures (in their worlds) that they've never seen in person before, like deer people.

Dwarf fortress now simulates interactions between furries and the animal people that are horrified to meet them

[brewer bob]

Additionally, dwarves can absolutely detest non-existent vermin, and when they think of them they can start throwing tantrums.

[A_Curious_Cat]

Dwarves throw tantrums whenever they see someone throwing a tantrum.

[Magmacube_tr]

Intelligent beings are capable of lying to eachother. How about they all also lie to themselves? Since us realfolk do that when we internally say everything is going to be okay.

This would make the unit profiles very unreliable as they would reflect how a dwarf sees themselves as, and not who they actually are.

But hey, dem realism.

[King Zultan]

Everything the game tells you is a lie, do you have 300 units of drink or just one, are you being invaded by 100 elves or 2 horses, and do you have six extremely skilled dwarves in the migrant wave or just one guy with no skills?

[Egan_BW]

Everything the game tells you is a lie, do you have 300 units of drink or just one, are you being invaded by 100 elves or 2 horses, and do you have six extremely skilled dwarves in the migrant wave or just one guy with no skills?

technically already implemented, the game is just very good at lying consistently

[Mr Crabman]

Demons should be impossible to kill, unless a FOOLISH samurai warrior, wielding a magic sword, steps forth to oppose them!