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[CobaltKobold]

ew MS. (234 095 - 143 431) / (365 + 366 + 20 + 31 + 6) = 115.055838 lines of code added per day. Note that this will not count actually-replaced code, but will count commented out code.

[Dante]

So yeah, it doesn't seem like there's much left on the list now. I wonder what's going to take so long that Toady doesn't think he'll get it out by year's end? All the testing that'll need to be done?

There are a bit more than 30 items left on the list.  If he kept up his current rate through all of them, he would get done sometime in December.  If the average time per item goes up to much more than a day and a half, it will take until the new year to complete them all.  Personally, I expect the release between Christmas and the New Year, but I am overly optimistic. 

Don't forget some of those are already blued-out! Man, it would be so great if each one left on the list did take a day.

I don't know how complex the squads stuff is, but I expect it'll be the last three items in "final" that will take some of that extra time.

[Kobold6]

Are Kobolds tailless though?

Edit: yea they're tailless. I tend to imagine them as having tails sometimes.

...*hides tail under cloak protectively*

Tails would be interesting as a genetic trait for Kobolds.

The kobold language is based entirely on how we used to talk to our cats growing up.  The nonsense words would have a roughly consistent meaning for days at a time, but it was very fluid overall, and it's not really about communicating novel ideas to people, especially those that weren't around when a given word became attached to a given object.

So, do kobolds not have the capacity to learn other languages, period? I'm asking from a world perspective, not the effect-of-[UTTERANCES] perspective.

The way I interpret this is that the Kobold's language has a culture of change. So a Kobold would forget a language quite quickly until it realises how its language differs from 'normal' languages. Given that Kobolds don't naturally communicate ideas, this makes a very steep inital learning curve, but it shouldn't be impossible for a Kobold to learn a 'normal' language.

Assuming Toady one has implemented proper Kobolds, I wouldn't expect to see Kobold liasons or diplomats except under unusual worldgen conditions.

Traders might be likely, since accepting or declining a deal can be easily communicated with gestures. Though Kobolds might bring pet Rhesus macaques or something taught to steal like NetHack kittens. Which would be amusing and frustrating.

[CobaltKobold]

Asidonhopo, Kobold Merchant

[Jay]

I've done some calculations, and estimated a release date.
I won't state it here, for fear of overhyping...
Suffice to say, it happens to be the very same date that I'm performing a major upgrade to my computer.
This should be interesting.

[Sysice]

Well, it comes out when it comes out.

But it better come out sooner rather than later...

[TheDJ17]

Quetsion for Toady: How would you add to your game something like say this fish? The fact that such a thing even exists is amazing to me.

[Ixoran]

The compiler thing is pretty much rhetorical, I'm pretty sure you use MCVS, I think.

I asked him about this at the meetup.  He does use Visual Studio, as I recall (formerly MSVC; MCVS is a funny typo though).

Eh. I only used MSVC in school back when it was MSVC. code::Blocks has always has everything I needed, and for free, though granted, linking a compiler to a fresh install (without a built in one) can be a pain.

[Ixoran]

ew MS. (234 095 - 143 431) / (365 + 366 + 20 + 31 + 6) = 115.055838 lines of code added per day. Note that this will not count actually-replaced code, but will count commented out code.

Isn't that assuming he worked on DF every day? For quite a while he was taking weekends off. So it would probably be more like 260-300 days a year which would have a big effect on that average for those number nerds

[Draco18s]

Reactions don't know how to handle buckets of water as reagents in terms of getting somebody to fill an empty bucket at a water source as an intermediate step.  You can get at the materials in terms of products or simple reagents (like a boulder of ice).  You can set your custom still to be magma-fueled, at least, or to use regular fuel for the reaction.

Its unlikely I'll actually see the response to this, but can we specify that a workshop needs to be over water, the same way we can over magma (like some of the old 2D buildings)?

That would cause an implied "requires water" ingredient (or at least that water is necessary to the process, such as a workshop that takes in dirty clothing and produces clean clothing).

[QuakeIV]

So much green in the first post!

IM SO EXCITED 

[Sagabal]

Okay, I laughed.

[Neonivek]

So much is filled in frankly I am just wondering what the slowdown that will delay the game will be.

I mean the rest (minus one map section) just seem like finishing it up.

My Guess is fixing the Cat Bug!

[Rockphed]

Squads (last changed Jul 26)

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• Familiarity with individual weapons, attachment to them, weapon mentions in legends
• Ability to create formations and have squads hold a given formation at a position or during movement
• Formation drills, with training having an impact on the ability to hold formation and overall military discipline
• Check out sparring injury rates vs. new wound system
• Update archery training and some associated settings
• Ability to use free time for additional practice/drills if so inclined
• Personality effects on training

Final

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• Merge with the 40d# stuff

I beleive the above should provide a sampling of things that either aren't started at all, or are barely started, that will probably consume considerable time.

[QuakeIV]

I predict sixty-two days until its released.