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[Bumber]

is there some sort of new link? old one 404'd

Check just a few posts above yours.

[Draco18s]

Quoting for visibility now that the thread has moved to a new page.

The link in the first post doesn't work, 404 Not Found.
For those who don't know, the real one is: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/eternal_voting.php

[Grey45]

Why dwarf fortress still single-threading game? Single core performance stop increase 5 years ago, and game plan to be more and more heavy.

[LordBaal]

Why dwarf fortress still single-threading game? Single core performance stop increase 5 years ago, and game plan to be more and more heavy.

Basically because is a hell to change a code so far down the road to multi-threading. And since Toady works alone it would mean months if not years of code updating only, no new features, which kind of keep the game (and donations) going and would mean in the end an stop altogether for the game. At least that's what I speculate. Perhaps he don't know how to do it, or simply don't want to do it at this moment or never.

[Grey45]

Why dwarf fortress still single-threading game? Single core performance stop increase 5 years ago, and game plan to be more and more heavy.

Basically because is a hell to change a code so far down the road to multi-threading. And since Toady works alone it would mean months if not years of code updating only, no new features, which kind of keep the game (and donations) going and would mean in the end an stop altogether for the game. At least that's what I speculate. Perhaps he don't know how to do it, or simply don't want to do it at this moment or never.

I dont think so. Perhaps i not work in such big projects, and dont know anything.
By the way, why Toady work alone? Dont he want to brign dw to opensource?

[Random_Dragon]

I dont think so. Perhaps i not work in such big projects, and dont know anything.
By the way, why Toady work alone? Dont he want to brign dw to opensource?

Go see the discussion for the latest version: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=158868.0

Just getting 64-bit compiling is proving to be a nuisance, even to Toady himself. And while I do wish he'd open it up to Github so I'd have something worth doing on Github, I can understand his reasoning for not doing so yet.

[jecowa]

Is the DF Eternal Suggestion Voting page still in use?

I noticed that "Retire a fortress" is a voting option, but that feature was added back in v0.40.01. "Center on Announcement" was added in v0.31.01.

It'd be kind of cool to see this list with notes added that indicate when those features were added.

[PeridexisErrant]

Is the DF Eternal Suggestion Voting page still in use?

It's been dead since 2009, and the ~hundred posts above this are largely just discussing that 

[LordBaal]

And for some reason beyond comprehension it's not removed, replaced, updated.

[Draco18s]

And for some reason beyond comprehension it's not removed, replaced, updated.

That's because it is eternal. Right there in the name.

[Random_Dragon]

And thus the thread will go forever unloved and forgotten, much like giant desert scorpions and bugfix updates.

[dorf]

As intended.

[hops]

Why not use it though? I don't see what's wrong with the concept.

[lethosor]

The issue is that there are a lot of old suggestions, and not many new suggestions or votes.

I would like to point out that it appears that someone (maybe Toady) has purged a few implemented suggestions, such as "Job priorities" and "Standing production orders". There isn't much information about when that happened, but I'm fairly certain it wasn't in 2009.

[Draco18s]

I would like to point out that it appears that someone (maybe Toady) has purged a few implemented suggestions, such as "Job priorities" and "Standing production orders". There isn't much information about when that happened, but I'm fairly certain it wasn't in 2009.

That was me.
When the system first got introduced I was able to go in and create every single suggestion that had been in the recent forum-based winnowing polls at the time.
I took the stance that I would be able to manage those very popular suggestions such that when they got worked on, I could purge the votes, mark them as "complete for now" and get those people to reassign their votes elsewhere.

I also own (current) #2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 15, 42, 46, 47, 51, 74, 91, 94, 121, 122, 187, 193, 212, and 223.

I haven't been keeping up with the devlog (to the point at which I went in about a year ago to figure out where I left off and gave up), so I don't know the status of the game right now, but I'd be happy to go in and clear the votes from those if they've been worked on recently (or remove the "don't vote" 'flag' from any of the others).