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[Pathos]

Toady seems to be about three days away, and we're forty-five pages from 1000! Come on, guys! Last push!

There once was a dwarf named Urist...

( Carry on the story. A single sentence / statement is what works best. )

[Doomshifter]

... who decided to take a nap RIGHT when he needed to be defending the fortress, so...

[Neruz]

A Dragon got into the booze!

[Acanthus117]

And then Footkerchief went on the FotF thread and said that dragons...

[HexagonalBolts]

Please could you release a list of new creature names so that those making tilesets can prepare them in advance?

Unfortunately a lot of people in the Dwarf Fortress user base find the game unplayable without one. I'm aware that you might be hesitant to reveal all of the creatures, but perhaps you could provide the list only to the reliable figures who have made tilesets in the past, and who ask for it in exchange for their secrecy? (I'm sure someone who loves the game enough to make one of the better tilesets is not likely to break such a promise)

[darkflagrance]

Please could you release a list of new creature names so that those making tilesets can prepare them in advance?

Unfortunately a lot of people in the Dwarf Fortress user base find the game unplayable without one. I'm aware that you might be hesitant to reveal all of the creatures, but perhaps you could provide the list only to the reliable figures who have made tilesets in the past, and who ask for it in exchange for their secrecy? (I'm sure someone who loves the game enough to make one of the better tilesets is not likely to break such a promise)

As long as the tilesets we currently have can be quickly adapted to the new version (which is a matter of resolving changed directories at most), I don't think the game will be unplayable for those who need graphics without the tiles for new creatures. Nearly everything in the new version would then remain as graphically facilitated as it would be in the old version.

Will it be so horrible to go underground, and in the middle of your tiles see a Giant Cave Spiderman represented as an "S" instead of a small picture?

[Pathos]

And then Footkerchief went on the FotF thread and said that dragons...

...appeared to be mammalian, according to tags, and so...

[Neruz]

And then Footkerchief went on the FotF thread and said that dragons...

...appeared to be mammalian, according to tags, and so...

WE CAN MILK THEM.

[HexagonalBolts]

Please could you release a list of new creature names so that those making tilesets can prepare them in advance?

Unfortunately a lot of people in the Dwarf Fortress user base find the game unplayable without one. I'm aware that you might be hesitant to reveal all of the creatures, but perhaps you could provide the list only to the reliable figures who have made tilesets in the past, and who ask for it in exchange for their secrecy? (I'm sure someone who loves the game enough to make one of the better tilesets is not likely to break such a promise)

As long as the tilesets we currently have can be quickly adapted to the new version (which is a matter of resolving changed directories at most), I don't think the game will be unplayable for those who need graphics without the tiles for new creatures. Nearly everything in the new version would then remain as graphically facilitated as it would be in the old version.

Will it be so horrible to go underground, and in the middle of your tiles see a Giant Cave Spiderman represented as an "S" instead of a small picture?

Aaah ok, I don't know particularly much about the tilesets, I presumed the pictures would be in a different order (or something) and the tileset would be broken

[Acanthus117]

And then Footkerchief went on the FotF thread and said that dragons...

...appeared to be mammalian, according to tags, and so...

WE CAN MILK THEM.

An army of milkers ran to the booze room, their *adamantine heat suits* on...

[Footkerchief]

^^^ Please cease the spamming.

Please could you release a list of new creature names so that those making tilesets can prepare them in advance?

Unfortunately a lot of people in the Dwarf Fortress user base find the game unplayable without one. I'm aware that you might be hesitant to reveal all of the creatures, but perhaps you could provide the list only to the reliable figures who have made tilesets in the past, and who ask for it in exchange for their secrecy? (I'm sure someone who loves the game enough to make one of the better tilesets is not likely to break such a promise)

This question was already addressed:

Is it possible to get a list of the new undergrounds creatures so that graphics packs can get an early start on creating sprites for them?

Nah...  something needs to be kept back for people.  Of course, people can just break out the raws once they download it and enable the arena and spoil everything for everybody.  I don't know.

Anyway, as mentioned above, current graphics sets will only need some minor modifications to be usable in the upcoming version.  Also I doubt Toady's eager to get the artists officially involved in that way.

[RedKing]

Will healthcare options cost dwarves money in the economy?

The current economy needs to be obliterated when I start working with the caravan stuff, so I haven't done anything more there.  It's all free.

Go figure...not only has Toady created a kickass game, he's found a way to implement universal free health care! 

[Neruz]

Will healthcare options cost dwarves money in the economy?

The current economy needs to be obliterated when I start working with the caravan stuff, so I haven't done anything more there.  It's all free.

Go figure...not only has Toady created a kickass game, he's found a way to implement universal free health care! 

Well it's long been known that Dwarves are heartily Communist.

[Haen]

Its not about the existence of such things - its more about how hard it is to achieve such things.

Or how hard to get. The roots of a mountain is kind of the odd one out because granite technically forms the base of the continents and if you dig deep enough....

I think the general idea is that the chain is made out of things that don't exist, because if it doesn't exist, you can't break it!

Yes. The point is they don't exist. The giant slavering beastie is held back by nothing. Which as noted, is unbreakable. And fortunately for everyone involved, he doesn't know it's nothing, and thus isn't there to be broken or (more to the point) hold him back.

As far as I remember nordic mythology correctly, the chain is the reason why these things don't exist. The Gods used all women's beards, all sounds of cat paws etc. for the chain, so there are no cat paws' sounds and no women's beards anymore.

[nogibator]

And then Footkerchief went on the FotF thread and said that dragons...

...appeared to be mammalian, according to tags, and so...

WE CAN MILK THEM.

An army of milkers ran to the booze room, their *adamantine heat suits* on...

...dragon doesen't like it. not-one-bit...