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Author Topic: Farming became harder in 39e?  (Read 917 times)

Zruty

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Farming became harder in 39e?
« on: July 30, 2008, 02:47:09 am »
In previous version the 5x6 plot of Plump helment was more than enough to feed and keep drunk my 80-dwarf fortress. Now I'm noticing that I'm short of food/booze even with population of 39. Is it truly the change in 39e or it's due to another matters (farmer incapability, for example?).

The same question about FPS. Is it only me or 39e or DF really did speed up a bit?
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Nukeitall

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Re: Farming became harder in 39e?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 02:48:59 am »
I've noticed little change in farming - the earlier versions DID make harder, because of that damn cancellation bug. I've noticed no changes since it was fixed.

As for FPS, I've noticed slight improvements. Very slight. Toady mentioned he did some limited optimizations on rivers and they appear to have yield secondary dividends across the board.
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Jing

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Re: Farming became harder in 39e?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 02:55:18 am »
I've noticed no change in farming (I always make multiple 1xMAX plots)... In fact, I'm overflowing with booze and seeds.  You might not have enough harvesters, or something... or it might be rotting before you can cook/distill.  Dunno?

I've noticed a large improvement on FPS/stutter-lag and a corresponding increase in the game speed.  In takes much less time now for a year to roll around than it did before; It used to not be this fast except at the very outset of a new fortress.
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Zruty

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Re: Farming became harder in 39e?
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2008, 04:06:22 pm »
Thanks everybody.

I think the reason for a fast food depletion was that, in fact, my fortress grew to 57. I missed a wave of immigrants somehow :) Only after half a year I started worneding why everybody is sleeping on the garbage heap.
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Othob Rithol

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Re: Farming became harder in 39e?
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2008, 12:09:19 am »
This really belonged in gameplay questions.
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mossomo

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Re: Farming became harder in 39e?
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2008, 01:30:47 am »
Quote from: Othob Rithol on August 01, 2008, 12:09:19 am
This really belonged in gameplay questions.

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