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[Quatch]

Are there also updates in the future to make building furnaces and forges out of things like Lignite, Coal, and the like a 'Bad Plan (tm)'?

I think that this is still not happening, otherwise magma would melt everything and take over the world.

[CobaltKobold]

Are there also updates in the future to make building furnaces and forges out of things like Lignite, Coal, and the like a 'Bad Plan (tm)'?

I think that this is still not happening, otherwise magma would melt everything and take over the world.

If you weren't paying attention, you aren't allowed to build a furnace of any sort from flammable materials.

[smjjames]

Toady outright stated the Scamps hates that hat in the topic announcement for DF Talk #4 and attempted to sneak up on Scamps with the hat while Mr. Scamps was sleeping in order to minimize hat-related claw wounds. So yes, its not just you.

Yea, in that third or fourth pic that he posted of Scamps (the last one), Scamps looked like he was trying to say 'Get me outta this thing!' or something like that.

[Demonic Gophers]

And the second looks like a pretty clear "I shall have my revenge!"

[LordNagash]

If there is one way to earn the eternal disdain of a cat, it is to try and get it to wear clothing

[Dante]

In my experience, cats have vast oceans of pent-up disdain that it takes very little to unleash.

I once stroked a cat backwards and it looked at me so scathingly, my eyebrows burned off.

[nagual678]

Just two small curiosities:

What will happen to the past year of bug reports? Do you still read those at all? Are you just going to go tabula rasa for your next release, as a lot of the game will have changed by then and a number of problems won't apply anymore?

Also, same question but for the suggestions. I remember you commenting on a lot of those, but today you seem to have a less directly open and interactive policy. Have you simply run out of time to read them?

[smjjames]

As for the bug list, maybe they should be archived since there are many that are still unresolved. True, some will become obsolete because of the game changes, but it is still useful to find out the status of the bug and whether its a new one or an old one cropping up.

In fact, I just found a bug, or at least an extension of a bug that was suppousedly fixed back in version 33e. It seems to be an extension of it or at least AI related (seemed to be mainly a dog thing) since it's intermittent and not all creatures do this.

[Neonivek]

It is more then possible for a kingdom to have no ruler right?

I just Genned a world where humans have no rulers... oddly enough

Also I got a human name like this: Fat b Sloshguard

[smjjames]

I think I've seen that before, it was some civ called the confederation of something (something like that) which seemed to be an alliance of various warlords (weaponmasters). Did you notice this in legends or in the civ screen of those which you have contacted (goblin POWs count as contacts apparently)? If its the civ screen, what does it look like? I'm just curious.

Human civs usually have a Merchant baron or Merchant prince/princess (I had the merchant princess once) or something though. The noble structure is different for human civs.

[Neonivek]

Namely I am checking the Region folders outside of legends mode (because they are a lot easier to read)

Though I will say that the Humans are getting AWSOME Civilisation names! (Heck all of them are... This is the most consistant Awsome Civilisation name cluster I ever had)

-The Blotted Union (so far so bad right? just wait)
-The Kingdom of Alchemy
-The Realm of Assaults
-The Magical Confederacy

The Lamest goes to the Dwarves: "The Post of Naming"

[Neoskel]

Questions about castes:

Is it possible for different castes of creatures to live in different biomes? For example a single 'Tiger' creature that is orange with black stripes in tropical biomes while a white with black stripes caste of the same creature lives in taiga and temperate forests.

Also, will we be seeing melanistic leopards and jaguars ('black panthers') in the next version or will we have to mod that in ourselves?

[G-Flex]

That wouldn't really make much sense. If you have swamp-tigers and desert-tigers, the desert-tigers will still give birth to swamp-tigers and vice-versa. You might as well just make them separate creatures.

[smjjames]

Sometimes though the human civs will come up with a racist sounding name such as the white league. I know its just a game and the RNG has no concept of racism, so its really nobodys fault.

There's definetly worse names that the RNG has tossed out though.

[Footkerchief]

What will happen to the past year of bug reports? Do you still read those at all? Are you just going to go tabula rasa for your next release, as a lot of the game will have changed by then and a number of problems won't apply anymore?

This got me curious about how much of the bug list is likely to become fixed/obsolete, so I went through the list and picked them out.  It's all guesswork on my part, and probably errs on the side of optimism, so don't take the numbers too seriously.  Below are 99 of the the 490 unfixed bugs:

Likely (51):

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# 000037 □ [dwarf mode][combat]   missing limbs make permanent rest jobs, this must be handled when the shadow limb pain is corrected

# 000120 □ [dwarf mode][military]   soldiers follow their old patrol patterns after being reassigned sometimes, related to Bug300 

# 000121 □ [dwarf mode][military]   soldiers don't replace clothes that are worn when they are standing down

# 000129 □ [dwarf mode][nobles]   nobles do too many different menial jobs

# 000163 □ [dwarf mode][interface][status]    cookable extracts are not counted as "other" food, not that those categories are good anyway

# 000220 □ [dwarf mode][thoughts and preferences]   king/queen have no preferences

# 000222 □ [dwarf mode][trade]   human bodyguards don't go insane and starve to death if they get stuck on the map

# 000228 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][military]    a drafted migrant hunter had axe selected but started with a crossbow and marksdwarf skill

# 000245 □ [dwarf mode][trade]   sometimes a dead dwarven caravan guard's icon turns into a normal dwarf icon

# 000267 □ [adventure mode][town]   king/queen and consort unequipped when encountered in adventure mode

# 000271 □ [dwarf mode][interface][stocks]    item corpse and tree-based ash are separated on the stocks screen

# 000296 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    dwarf wearing a leather cap becomes confused when told to wear plate, the dwarf will put on the helm and then stand and starve

# 000331 □ [dwarf mode][military]   once dwarves reach elite status they don't become champions or change type if they learn another weapon skill

# 000423 □ [dwarf mode][trade]   human caravan brought "carp leather" (and other fish leather)

# 000435 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][building construction and destruction]    burned wood was selectable for buildings but they wouldn't use it

# 000449 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][building construction and destruction]    you can build with inappropriate 'bar' items like ash

# 000514 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][cooking and food]    butchered head produced bones and not a skull, and headless corpse produced skull, hydra only had one skull

# 000518 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    soldiers observed carrying two waterskins

# 000528 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]   wrestlers with crossbows don't grab bolts but grab bolts once they become marksdwarves, an elite wrestler set as a marksdwarf also continued to spar after grabbing a crossbow

# 000535 □ [contaminants] contaminants on severed body parts still remain with a creature

# 000543 □ [dwarf mode][military]   wrestlers that became legendary axedwarves were never promoted to champion status

# 000550 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    wrestler that pulled off somebody's armor during sparring carried it around forever

# 000557 □ [dwarf mode][interface][stockpiles]    stockpile screen does not group adamantine properly

# 000602 □ [dwarf mode][military]   (Report) soldiers with one patrol point set stand at that point as if it is a high priority station point

# 000636 □ [map features] (Report) underwater pool/magma pool started without water

# 000637 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    markdwarf was carrying 100 bolts

# 000645 □ [adventure mode][environment]   (Report) snow was generated on the bottom of the ocean

# 000659 □ [map features] (Report) cave river pit can split river itself

# 000676 □ [sites] (Report) cave created with pit entrance that cannot be accessed without jumping

# 000679 □ [dwarf mode][interface][announcements]    (Report) custom profession "cook&brewer" shows up as "cookrewer" in announcements

# 000763 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) if a soldier holding an artifact is told to pick up another weapon, they do, but they don't drop the artifact

# 000821 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) dwarf ended up with various gauntlets involved with both hands in an unusual way

# 000879 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][constructions]    (Report) placing a construction over muddy/vomitous ground transfers the mud and vomit to the construction

# 000935 □ [map features] certain map features like pits and volcanic shafts look different depending on how much of the map you select

# 000941 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) dwarves set to hold one weapon will pick up and then drop two-handed weapons

# 000948 □ [map features] (Report) underground rivers can start out exposed

# 000954 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][fishing]    (Report) fisher dwarf -- "There is nothing to catch in the magma pipe."

# 000960 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][designations]    (Report) dwarves can engrave about the historical event of release a demon when they've breached the pits but the demon hasn't been revealed

# 000966 □ [map features] (Report) underground rivers can appear above ground

# 000971 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) if the water in a soldier's waterskin freezes, they'll keep trying to refill it, even if the water continues to freeze

# 000976 □ [sites] (Report) glacial cave was filled with water

# 000985 □ [contaminants] (Report) after pulling out a stuck-in after traveling, blood covering didn't report body part correctly

# 000991 □ [map features] (Report) there are a few problems with the stone layout around magma pipes

# 001021 □ [dwarf mode][pets]   (Report) cats announce that they are cancelling hauling jobs over injuries

# 001027 □ [map features] (Report) chasm and other bottom tiles can be undercut in subsequent plays

# 001029 □ [dwarf mode][interface][announcements]    (Report) when entity appointee and related positions "X" change their base profession, it says "X has become an X"

# 001036 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) wrestler/woodcutter dwarves get confused about the axe

# 001042 □ [dwarf mode][interface][announcements]    (Report) obsidian walls around magma pipes lead to discovery announcements before the pipe itself is visible

# 001061 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) dwarven soldiers collect live vermin in their backpacks

# 001065 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) one champion stuck hundreds of food and drink in her backpack

# 001073 □ [dwarf mode][interface][unit view]    (Report) insane dwarves can still be made to drop their equipment through their preferences

Somewhat likely (42):

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# 000122 □ [dwarf mode][military]   taking joy in the slaughter shouldn't apply to sparring partners, this applies to tantrumers as well

# 000310 □ [dwarf mode][environment]   seeds and other items are destroyed by rain when held by units

# 000318 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][animal handling]    Animal Caretaker skill is used even when a dwarf is critically wounded and resting in bed

# 000334 □ [dwarf mode][justice]   hammerer uses mouth when unable to carry hammer, carries around severed limbs in mouth for years

# 000355 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][healthcare]    water item freezing currently messes up some jobs, and it doesn't tell you it's frozen

# 000360 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][healthcare]    dwarf attempting to rest cancels rest job when unconcious and bed is used by others, dwarf becomes tired and unhappy

# 000383 □ [dwarf mode][environment]  ice boulder that fell into a non-freezing area turned into water but was still a boulder item, ice constructions also turn to water without melting

# 000394 □ [dwarf mode][interface][stockpiles]    there's no option to store ice boulders in the stone or any other stockpile

# 000395 □ [dwarf mode][interface][text]    it says "water" instead of ice during construction selection and in the look screen

# 000419 □ [dwarf mode][interface][announcements][message spam]     gives several cave-in messages as a floor falls step by step down a magma pipe

# 000445 □ [dwarf mode][military]   non-recruit peasant hunter became a marksdwarf after gaining crossbow skill

# 000456 □ [dwarf mode][stockpiles]   meat spoils in stockpiles

# 000467 □ [dwarf mode][buildings]   wagons fall into lava/chasm/other hazards at the beginning

# 000501 □ [dwarf mode][diplomacy]   insane liaison made if off the edge of the screen, then came back insane next year

# 000511 □ [dwarf mode][interface][stockpiles]    wooden blocks are missing from custom stockpile list

# 000545 □ [dwarf mode][interface][unit-job screen]    creatures that die in unexposed cave features should not be listed on the unit screen

# 000547 □ [dwarf mode][interface][tasks]    no option at jeweler to cut clear/crystal glass

# 000578 □ [dwarf mode][environment]   (Report) snow doesn't melt if you cover it up with a roof

# 000592 □ [creatures] (Report) dead iron men sometimes fail to leave statues when they should

# 000594 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][cleaning]    (Report) dwarves do not clean muddy engraved floors after completing a clean job at the location

# 000601 □ [dwarf mode][interface][announcements]    (Report) "(name) is now a guard" message given when a dwarf is removed from the guard

# 000615 □ [dwarf mode][nobles]   there are various problems with the captain of the guard vs. the guard itself

# 000642 □ [dwarf mode][migrants]   soldier migrants arrive on duty and choke up the edges

# 000670 □ [dwarf mode][skills and professions]   (Report) children that get skills still grow up to be peasants

# 000759 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][military]    (Report) former royals guards lose all of their professions

# 000784 □ [dwarf mode][reclaim]   (Report) after reclaim, magma pipe stops filling up and magma buildings not available

# 000795 □ [dwarf mode][military]   (Report) group of marksdwarves ignored lethal threat from hippo that killed them one by one

# 000831 □ [dwarf mode][interface][manager]    (Report) can't weave adamantine cloth from manager and cloth stockpiles don't have adamantine cloth/thread options

# 000840 □ [dwarf mode][trade]   (Report) butcherable etc. corpses are worth nothing to traders

# 000846 □ [dwarf mode][items]   (Report) after reclaim, dog corpses on former stockpile do not rot

# 000872 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][hunting]    (Report) hunter intent on killing an elephant beat it with his crossbow for two months before dying of thirst

# 000873 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][hunting]    (Report) hunters move slow all the time, instead of just when they are sneaking on the hunt

# 000937 □ [dwarf mode][military]   (Report) dwarf removed from the fortress guard loses all labor preferences, included basic ones like hauling

# 000957 □ [dwarf mode][interface][announcements][message spam]     (Report) resting dwarf spammed rest cancellation when confronted by a goblin

# 000974 □ [dwarf mode][artifacts]   (Report) artifact turtle shell cage invisible when not a building

# 001000 □ [dwarf mode][diplomacy]   (Report) liaison with missing foot brings a new sock and shoe every time, dropping them at the map edge

# 001011 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][equipment]    (Report) dwarves refuse to use artifact picks

# 001014 □ [dwarf mode][nobles]   (Report) lack of work complaints always reference the miners guild

# 001033 □ [map features] (Report) caravan guards go after tame map feature creatures like mole dogs and giant olms

# 001075 □ [dwarf mode][military]   (Report) if a dwarf cancels a sparring job, the sparring partner doesn't necessarily stop

# 001082 □ [dwarf mode][pets]   (Report) tamed feature creatures can become hostile even without having previously attacked dwarves

# 001088 □ [combat][target selection]   (Report) giant bat pups born during adventure mode were immediately attacked by their mother

Likely if 40d## stuff goes in (6):

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# 000276 □ [technical] sometimes keys get 'stuck', pressing them unsticks them

# 000253 □ [technical] when a full screen mode switch fails, the mouse reports the wrong locations

# 000474 □ [technical] minimized full screen dwarf fortress centered wrong upon reselection

# 000507 □ [technical] 0 key doesn't work on manager screen with numlock off

# 000674 □ [technical] (Report) NVIDIA XP driver V 169.21 "High Performance" option incompatible with DF graphics

# 000938 □ [technical] (Report) when the window is restored after being minimized from fullscreen on a widescreen monitor, it only shows up in the top left