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Single Giant library workroom. Takes a bit of set-up but once done is done.

90 (40%)

Specific Library sections. Books are in the library and the menu is managable.

111 (49.3%)

Generic library sections with free floating books. Messy, but flexible.

19 (8.4%)

Other: Describe (keep in mind the limits of modding)

5 (2.2%)

Total Members Voted: 224

[Patchouli]

Hey, Meph, I've seen Deon note (in another thread) that reactions can now check in containers.  Does that mean the placeholder materials (inorganic_workarounds_cf) and other such things are no longer technically necessary?  And, if so, are you coming out with a fix for that shortly?  Just asking, cuz I'm starting a new game and all, and trying to see if I should delay for another version. 

(Plus, I seem to get a number of dorfs with preferenced for "oil filled alchemical" and such.)

Out of curiosity, couldn't odd preferences like "oil filled alchemical" be avoided by giving it separate STATE_NAME and STATE_ADJ?

[drayath]

Packaged up the new version of civforge with the Phoebus graphics pack.

http://www.brightsoft.net/df_31.12_civforge_graphics_pack_V2.rar

31.12 V2 (26/07/10)
- Removed: 3rd party tools (i.e. now just dwarf fortress + things that modify the raw and graphics files)
- Updated civforge: 2.21 => 2.22
- Updated Phoebus: 0.31.12v00 => 0.31.12v01
- Added: Drayaths Seed Brewery
- Added: Female caste names for common animals (for easier caging and breeding programs)
- Fixed: Errors from Civilization Forge Graphics Pack logged to errorlog.txt
- Fixed: Missed the higher learning mod entries from the entity_default.txt file!

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Dwarf Fortress 31.12 (win-graphics)
  by
Toady One

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

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Graphics Sets

  Phoebus Graphic Set 0.31.12v01 [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=57557.0]

  Civilization Forge Graphics Pack by Undeadstag [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1119]

  Drayaths mods to civforge to use Phoebus graphics for all non-creature civ forge additions.
    - No new graphics have been added for this, but all new minerals/gems use appropiate graphics and in use groups of minerals seems to stand out from there surroundings.

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Mods

  Civilization Forge 2.22 by Mephansteras [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=31157.0]
 
  Dwarven Higher Learning Mod by Shukaro (v2.1) [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60853.msg1377358]
 
  Crematorium Workshop by Lazureus [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=54058.msg1159978]
    - Drayaths tweaks to add Magma Crematorium, normal crematorium now needs fuel, new reactions to burn fat/tallow, outputs tweaked
 
  Profits Stone Annihilator (2.00.000)
    - Drayaths tweaks to support civforge stone types and to add a new set of reactions to crush boulders into sand.

  NoExotics by madk [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59411.msg1332644#msg1332644]
    - THIS HAS NOT BEEN RUN. Run to train exotic animal without dungeon master.

  Drayaths Gem Splitting Workshop [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=62608.0]
    - New mod, allow the cutting of large gems and gem crafts into a number of small gems.
    - If you have a legendary gemcutter this can result in significantly more gems as they produce more gem crafts.
      - Uses Gem Cutting skills (only affects speed)
      - Crown => 5 small gems
      - Scepter => 3-5 small gems
      - Figurine => 2-4 small gems
      - Large Gem => 1-5 small gems
      - Earring => 2 small gems
      - Amulet => 0-4 small gems
      - Ring => 1-2 small gems
      - Bracelet => 1-2 small gems

  Drayaths Seed Brewery [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=62433.msg1431166#msg1431166]
    - New mod, allows brewing of seeds directly to alcohol.
    - Each brew operation uses up 5 seeds of the appropiate type.
    - Once 25 seeds have been used you will get a barrel containing 25 of the appropriate alchol.
    - If a plant does not normally produce alcohol you will get sewer brew.
    - Use to safely reduce your seed stockpiles and recover bags and space (e.g. use job manager to brew 20 pig tail seed jobs will consume 100 pig tail seeds and produce 4x25 dwarven beer)
    - Support for the civforge plants.

  Domestic and some other start animals have specific names for members of the female sex. (base and civforge animals)

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Hope you enjoy
Drayath

http://www.brightsoft.net/df_31.12_civforge_graphics_pack_V2.rar

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31.12 V2 (26/07/10)
- Removed: 3rd party tools (i.e. now just dwarf fortress + things that modify the raw and graphics files)
- Updated civforge: 2.21 => 2.22
- Updated Phoebus: 0.31.12v00 => 0.31.12v01
- Added: Drayaths Seed Brewery
- Added: Female caste names for common animals  (for easier caging and breeding programs)
- Fixed: Errors from Civilization Forge Graphics Pack logged to errorlog.txt
- Fixed: Missed the higher learning mod entries from the entity_default.txt file!

[Mephansteras]

Hmm, hadn't heard that Toady had fixed that. I'll have to check it out.

Sadly, my laptop is officially dead at this point. So my development speed is going to be reduced a bit as I get my desktop back in proper modding order.

[Mephansteras]

Dwarves can now menace with spikes. I've added in a punch dagger called a Fist Spike for dwarves that used the striking skill. It's a decent enough weapon with good armor penetration ability. Plus, it's good for those rookie dwarves who have general fighting/wrestling experience but no real weapon skill.

[majikero]

Can I ask a question? What how strong is mithril as a weapon and armor? I have truesilver every where. In my work shops, forge, magma chambers, bedrooms even the main stairs. I wanna know before use them for my future army.

[Mephansteras]

Mithril is one of the best metals in the game. I wouldn't bother making maces or hammers out of it, since it's pretty light, but for everything else you'd need to get Elementium or Adamantine to do better.

Bright Silver (which you get by merely smelting truesilver) is only slightly better than Iron, so only smelt the truesilver if you really need metal for your army. Otherwise you're better off making Emen Aren and separating out the mithril.

In modding news I discovered what's wrong with the Magma Jarmaker's shop and the Magma Tempering Chamber. They're missing the [NEEDS_MAGMA] tag that actually makes them magma workshops. *sigh* So that fix will be in the next version. Easy enough to add in yourself, though, to fix your current forts.

I also learned that the Longarm, since it's a crossbow type weapon, seems to confuse the dwarves. They keep sticking the wrong type of ammo in their quivers. Very annoying. The only workaround for it right now is to make it so my squad only used longarms or crossbows, not both, since then I can specify the correct ammo for the squad. I'll have to play with it some more to see if I can fix that. I like the Longarm, having hammers flying around smacking people is fun, but I'm not sure it's worth the hassle if I can't get them to carry the right ammo.

[Mephansteras]

Other news:

I've created the 'filler stone' file that will reduce the richness of sites. It basically adds in a bunch of clusters of the layer stone. You'll get messages about striking granite and whatnot, but that shouldn't be a big deal.

It'll be in a folder of Optional Stuff in the download, so those of you who want to use it will have to specifically copy/move it out.

I'll also be releasing a stand-alone version for normal Dwarf Fortress. Note that this version will NOT work right for Civilization Forge, so you'll need to use the _cf specific version.

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Got a Wolfman diplomat this morning, but no merchants. Since I didn't tell the primitive civs to have merchants yet, this is a good sign. It means that I can have truly neutral races who only interact with you if you're at war with them.

Would people like me to move the Hobgobilns, Dyansauri, and Frost Giants over to the neutral status? They're technically EVIL races, so they probably shouldn't be trading with you. On the other hand, having Frost Giant merchant guards rampaging through ambush parties is a lot of fun....

New Poll time, I guess.

[majikero]

trying to get mithril but seperation chamber says no materials/fuel? How do you use it? My hope is riding on it working or the dwarven caravan comes with the ward iron. I already have everything. All the native silver is making me rich enough to attack

[Mephansteras]

Should just require one boulder of Truesilver and one Jar of Emen Aren. You'll get Mithril bars about 20% of the time, and silver bars 100% of the time.

[majikero]

I have several veins worth of true silver and bins worth of emen aren

[Mephansteras]

Hmm...it should work just fine.

Oh! What version are you on? There was a bug with one of them where the separation reactions were happening in the Tempering Chamber, not the Separation Chamber. Try there.

[ChickenLips]

Hey, Meph, I ended up cutting some modding teeth working on an expansion of your hobgoblin entity file for a friend who wanted to play, in essence, Hobgoblin Fortress.

It gives them a full slate of thematic nobles (including a couple of twists like making EXECUTIONER also MORALE_BUILDER), and assigns all allowable techs to them (at least in its current stage).  I was sorta wondering if it's worthwhile at all for anyone else, and curious to know if you'd like to take a look at it and implement anything from it.  No worries if not, but if you'd like to see it, lemme know.

[Mephansteras]

No harm in releasing it. I think I did some stuff with the Hobgoblin culture already, but I haven't fleshed them out too much at this point.

Flavor-wise, they're sort of Anti-High Elves and vaugely Eastern in culture. Sort of the epitome of the evil-but-honorable Chinese Warlord/Japanese Shogun.

[ChickenLips]

No harm in releasing it. I think I did some stuff with the Hobgoblin culture already, but I haven't fleshed them out too much at this point.

'K.  I suppose I can either throw the code up in a thread, or put it up on DFFD.

Flavor-wise, they're sort of Anti-High Elves and vaugely Eastern in culture. Sort of the epitome of the evil-but-honorable Chinese Warlord/Japanese Shogun.

Yep, that's sort of my take on it, though my friend preferred the Japanese elements be toned down, so the flavor as I've got it is more about Mongol-ish advanced tribal structure than a more settled feudalistic structure (i.e., more the Chinese Warlord theme than the Japanese Shogun theme).

[Mephansteras]

I've created the 'filler stone' file that will reduce the richness of sites. It basically adds in a bunch of clusters of the layer stone. You'll get messages about striking granite and whatnot, but that shouldn't be a big deal.

It'll be in a folder of Optional Stuff in the download, so those of you who want to use it will have to specifically copy/move it out.

I'll also be releasing a stand-alone version for normal Dwarf Fortress. Note that this version will NOT work right for Civilization Forge, so you'll need to use the _cf specific version.

Quick note on this. While it does in fact reduce the overall mineral wealth of an area, it doesn't necessarily reduce the mineral wealth on any given z-level. Due to how dwarf fortress calculates things you may still have z-levels chock full of ores and gems and whatnot. It just means that you should also have levels where it's mostly the layer stone and nothing else.

Not ideal, maybe, but good for time when you want levels to build on and levels to mine out.