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[Deon]

Oh crap, it started as good fortress... But then skeletal camels came.

[Meanmelter]

Why dont you add some more prepared meals,EVERY mod i download,not many people add them,add stuff like pizza,cookies,goulash,pancakes,salads,sandwich.

[Deon]

I offered my mod for this.

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+ Deon

I usually play my own mods but here on work I have a very crappy computer. I mean really. 8 mb videocard and 256 RAM are DF killers.

However your mod adds much less races and probably there's something else happening (probably I've added too many entities for this PC to handle well), and it's a good thing. I've found that I get better FPS with your mod, I mean it's playable and mine is not.

So I gave it a go, and it's really nice. Ol'good DF with stuff.

I've noticed that a variety of food doesn't cause a perfomance impact, so if you're interested there's "TYE" mod of mine you can use (it adds a lot of different food types). I thought that it would go along the lines pretty nicely, with all new toys and instruments.

[Dwarf]

A GFX pack is really necessary.

[Deon]

Why don't you use it then? This mod is mostly about raws, you can apply it to any gfx pack out there.

[eviscerator]

Is there a reason bismuth bronze isn't as good as regular bronze in this mod?  It's poorer for armor (75% vs. 111%) and isn't worth as much either.

Also, it could use a smelter reaction for patterned steel from steel bars.

Personally, I think metals in DF could use a revaluing; silver should definately be worth more, and no metal should be cheaper than ultra-common obsidian.

[TigerPlushie]

This is going to be interesting. My first dwarves were overrun by giant termite guys. Those guys do tear apart civis pretty nice. Now i finally got a reason to avoid savage territory for a while

[Meanmelter]

i took out trapavoid on the Orcs as they are a unbelievable dog slaughter-domestic-hating-super-killing-squad. (takes about 12-18 war dogs to obliterate 1)
but i learned to NEVER ATTEMPT TO JAIL THEM,they managed to kill a peasant without any armor or weapon...
those things are like DAEMONS!

but now i have a very very sudden erdge to see what would win,a spirit of fire,or a Boworc...

[meowmix]

if i had the invasions options under the ini off would sieges and invasions restart after i turn it back on again in this mod? ive heard that sieges supposidly start after u hit 80 population but since im already at like 120 or so would i have missed the chance for the siege triggers and stuff to activate. 

I mean like since economy, magma smelters and stuff seem to work under this activate on something happened thing i just want to make sure that sieges and invasions are gona happen cause if they arnt im just gona start a new fortress.

[Deon]

You can switch them on/off in the same fortress.

[meowmix]

if there is a newer version of this mod would i be able to put a save game from an older version and play it on the newer one or would i have to start a new game.

[The13thRonin]

Why dont you add some more prepared meals,EVERY mod i download,not many people add them,add stuff like pizza,cookies,goulash,pancakes,salads,sandwich.

Dude there's more than 10 new meals added including pizza, salads and sandwiches...? Are they not working? I must go and check this phenomenon.

i took out trapavoid on the Orcs as they are a unbelievable dog slaughter-domestic-hating-super-killing-squad. (takes about 12-18 war dogs to obliterate 1)
but i learned to NEVER ATTEMPT TO JAIL THEM,they managed to kill a peasant without any armor or weapon...
those things are like DAEMONS!

You can do what you like with them but they're meant to be murderous, rampant killing machines. Compared to a human an orc is a grave, grave menace and compared to a puny dwarf which a single orc bred for KILLING towers over... They could rip your Urist's arms off and beat him to death with them!! I didn't feel it was appropriate for these slaughter machines to all be killed by a corridor filled with traps (huge exploit) which is what people would and will do if trap-avoid is removed. Considering they have no ability to tunnel and can be stopped by a 1 tile wide ditch I believe they deserve the ability to smash through puny dwarven contraptions in their fell rage. Yes dwarves will die... By the droves... Welcome to war... Casualties are with this mod a part of life. The good thing is there will always be more unsuspecting migrants  .

Is there a reason bismuth bronze isn't as good as regular bronze in this mod?  It's poorer for armor (75% vs. 111%) and isn't worth as much either.

Also, it could use a smelter reaction for patterned steel from steel bars.

Personally, I think metals in DF could use a revaluing; silver should definately be worth more, and no metal should be cheaper than ultra-common obsidian.

Sounds like I overlooked tweaking Bismuth Bronze. Good pick-up. I'll look into it and see if I can thrash out exactly why that particular irregularity is hanging around. Thank you very much! I appreciate it when people scrutinize the mod in this manner as I am only one man and not perfect and I require feedback to recognize areas that need tweaking  .

well ive let the game run for like 4 -5  hours after i activated invasions and i got nothing except for like 1 goblin thief event.

also if there is a newer version of this mod would i be able to put a save game from an older version and play it on the newer one or would i have to start a new game.

Always best to gen a fresh world upon upgrading to a newer version of the mod. Otherwise you won't get all the features. Also I don't recommend messing with the init file and turning things like invasions off and on because I'm pretty sure it does something screwy with the orc AI and declaring war on civilizations and such.

This is going to be interesting. My first dwarves were overrun by giant termite guys. Those guys do tear apart civis pretty nice. Now i finally got a reason to avoid savage territory for a while

Good to see those guys are working as intended! I find different players have different 'threats'. One player seems to be plagued with malignant green slimes! Giant termites definitely should be nasty though... Those things are just crazy, crazy bad-ass  .

[Rose]

well, I have to say, I got my first orc invasion with this mod (also my first invasion ever on a prepared fort) and I was sorely disappointed.

they managed to kill a baby donkey before getting wiped out.

and my military consisted of 2 archers.

what am I doing wrong?

[The13thRonin]

well, I have to say, I got my first orc invasion with this mod (also my first invasion ever on a prepared fort) and I was sorely disappointed.

they managed to kill a baby donkey before getting wiped out.

and my military consisted of 2 archers.

what am I doing wrong?

How many orcs were there and how did you manage to wipe them out so easily?

The great thing about the orcs is that every time you beat them they will regroup and come at you even harder next season. Sometimes you will be able to pick them off using ditches and archers but most of the time they will keep you inside, stuffing up your farming endeavors, preventing supplies from getting to you and killing migrants (aka - what a real siege does). You however raise an interesting point about the archers thing being too easy...

I am tempted to either (or possibly both):

- Retard the effectiveness of dwarven crossbows (or crossbows in general).

- Scrap underground farming and force dwarves to farm above ground.

I will continue thinking upon this problem until I reach a satisfactorily painful conclusion.

PS - I may also look into flying/web shooting/door smashing/amphibious mounts for the orcs so that they can more appropriately **** you up.

[Rose]

is was about a dozen or so orcs, my archers were not all that good, and I has a walled off courtyard for my farming anyways.

I think the problem was that the orcs had no archers with them.