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[smjjames]

In other words, the size of a z-level is a really abstract one.

Saying that its about size 7 (something like 2 meters) does help to get an idea of the scale.

I understand what he is saying as far as multi-tile critters, especially for something as complex as a dragon since the game would have to make sure that none of the creatures cubes become disconnected, for every single move it takes.

[SirPenguin]

Being abstract is really the only way to make sense imo. It's for both Toady's sanity and our own

[AbacusWizard]

I spent a lot my middle school years reading the Redwall novels (brief summary of most of the books: semi-anthropomorphic "good" forest animals living in Redwall Abbey defend it from semi-anthropomorphic "evil" forest animals), and got to meet the author, Brian Jacques, a couple of times when he came to a local bookstore to sign books. I had noticed frequent problems in the novels with size inconsistency, so once I asked him "Exactly how big are the characters, anyway?"

With a smile and a twinkle in his eye, he said "They're as big as you imagine them to be."

Bit of a cop-out, I thought, but it's as reasonable an answer as can be expected for a situation like that, and he had enough "cheerful older relative" style charisma to make it work.

[Neonivek]

Well to answer you AbacusWizard it varries

In fact the world changes fundementally between books as it is.

[Sinergistic]

I've added the ability to specify in the world gen params the number of sky z-levels, the number of z-levels minimum between each layer (it'll often be more because of elevation changes), and the number of extra z-levels down at the bottom. It doesn't yet allow dynamic resizing but this should be enough for the requests I've heard about.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I love you toady. This is going to be one of the best changes in the new version. I absolutely can NOT wait for this now.

[Dae]

suddenly everything needs to make sense. I'm not ready to do that;

Basically, DF is so insane that, at times, it just can't handle making sense ?

[AbacusWizard]

suddenly everything needs to make sense. I'm not ready to do that;

Basically, DF is so insane that, at times, it just can't handle making sense ?

Urist McFortress cancels Make Sense: went insane.

[zchris13]

Process DwarfFort cancels task: Gone Insane.

[Moose Fisher]

Process DwarfFort cancels task: Gone Insane.

By Armok... It's developed sentience!

[AbacusWizard]

Process DwarfFort cancels task: Gone Insane.

By Armok... It's developed sentience!

If computers ever develop sentience, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Dwarf Fortress is the first one to make it.

[Arkose]

This Z-level option is nice; I hope it handles very low Z-level counts relatively gracefully, I'd like an ultra-compressed world with eight Z-levels something like this:

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Z8: The Open Sky
Z7: Mountain Peaks
Z6: Rolling Hills
Z5: Wide-Open Plains
Z4: Valleys and Beaches, Just Above Sea Level
Z3: Upper Layer Stone and Minor Gems
Z2: Deep Stone, Metals and Rare Gems
Z1: Hidden Fun Stuff

( Although actually, I would imagine that we'd end up with more interesting results if DF doesn't handle limited Z-levels gracefully.  )

[Rawl]

Toady... I, I didn't think it possible that you could make this release anymore awesome. Then you keep on springing non-note surprises on us. Burrows, awesome. More HFS style stuff, awesome. Sky's the limit no longer...

[Rawl]

*snip*

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Z8: The Open Sky
Z7: Mountain Peaks
Z6: Rolling Hills
Z5: Wide-Open Plains
Z4: Valleys and Beaches, Just Above Sea Level
Z3: Upper Layer Stone and Minor Gems
Z2: Deep Stone, Metals and Rare Gems
Z1: Hidden Fun Stuff

( Although actually, I would imagine that we'd end up with more interesting results if DF doesn't handle limited Z-levels gracefully.  )
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z2: Sky
z1: HFS

... WHAT HAVE WE DONE!??

[CobaltKobold]

( Although actually, I would imagine that we'd end up with more interesting results if DF doesn't handle limited Z-levels gracefully.  )

Sort of like the "wizard fortress" that resulted from removing all the soil layers.

[Sysice]

z2: Sky
z1: HFS

... WHAT HAVE WE DONE!??

That's not too bad.
z1: HFSky.