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[Ancient_Sleeping_Dude_Rei]

I have ordered a new computer from dell, just to be able to play. And yet another first post on the page goes to me, GLEE!

It's a shame really when most of the post goes "I got first comment, yay" or such things, or pointing out what a shame it is to do so.

[Eagleon]

*groans* Don't joke about that.

I had an idea for miners. You could have a tool to mark an unknown area for surveying, with walls that connect to the area marked as a clue. A miner would then spend a moment per known wall to consider what might be behind where you're planning to dig next, with his experience level and the range from the wall determining its accuracy per section.

The disadvantage, of course, being that they might decide that something you don't want to dig into is there, but it actually isn't. Useful for digging out areas that have a good chance of intersecting rivers, and such.

You could also have a small chance when a skilled miner passes a wall that he figures out what's behind it, one section adjacent.

[ussdefiant]

Is there any effects on the fortress that comes from these meetings, or is it just stuff like those parties in the demos?

[Toady One]

These were all meaningful, at least somewhat meaningful...  people can complain to the mayor, or to their guild, and this can lead to new work orders and regulations from the mayor.  You can also meet with a few diplomats from outside, but that part is very weak and will be until world map armies are in.

[ussdefiant]

Dwarves have guilds? Are they anything like unions? Can they go on strike for benefits?

*begins composing the Internationale for Dwarvern Miner's Guild Local 351*

[Toady One]

They can organize work slow downs, but it usual just involves prison time...

[The_Hawk]

Clearly, we need goblin and kobold slaves.  They're not going to organize on you.  (Well, maybe for a slave revolt.  But you don't need jails to deal with that problem.  )

[Toady One]

Why have the dwarves become so evil...  whistle while they work....  dum dee dum dum dum dee dum...  whistle while the kobolds work...

[The_Hawk]

Let's not forget, these are the same dwarves that locked poor Daralez in his room to starve to death rather than to allow him to disrupt the good function of the fortress.  They are, above all, pragmatists.  

[Captain_Action]

I do wonder, can a dwarf that has gone crazy be brought back?

[Toady One]

You can't fix them right now, though I think there's a req/bloat to make the states of mind more fluid.  For the time being, you just have to be mindful of the warning signs and try to keep everybody happy if you don't want them to be lost.

[Aristharus]

Bloat: Frontal lobotomy, dwarven style (ie. including a pick-axe?)

[The_Hawk]

Wow.  That's quite a lot of stuff you knocked out there, Toad.

[Toady One]

He he he, that's what you get when you throw away your career for art.  16 hours of bug fixing.

We had something written down about brain damage effects, though that might have been for Armok.  You really need to have better personalities coded before you can start having lots of fun with it.

[Gezol]

fixed an erroneous prison freedom thought from being carried to a bed

Um... did a couple things get jumbled together there, or is that an actual bug description?

Anyway, impressive list. About the lag thing you mentioned before, I've been a little worried about how well it will run on my antiquated laptop, so that was good to hear. Do you have an idea of what the general system requirements are?

(The antiquated laptop is running Windows 98, has 256MB of RAM, and I can't remember the exact speed of it off hand but it's in the 500-700 GHz range.)