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[lastofthelight]

So, with all the enormous amount of changes coming soon (hopefully soon, at least) - what mods do you think will no longer be necessary, and what mods do you think will be useful?

I know for instance that animal-men of all stripes get more attention, apparently, and with the changes to megabeasts and HFS, we /might/ not need to worry about modding in specific versions of either, depending on how its done.

Where do you think modding for DF is headed?

[Untelligent]

and with the changes to megabeasts and HFS, we /might/ not need to worry about modding in specific versions of either, depending on how its done.

No such thing as too much.

[lastofthelight]

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Well if the HFS is randomly generated, then adding in more would be beside the point, wouldn't it?

[snelg]

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Well if the HFS is randomly generated, then adding in more would be beside the point, wouldn't it?

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Well, it's not like they're a 100% random. I'd say there's still space over for plenty of custom made madness too. Or expanding on the templates they will be using if those are in the raws (I think they were but not sure).

I think there will be more modding going on after this release, than ever. And with the new stuff there will be more variation too. 

[Deon]

It looks like you're a bit disinformed. While stuff is generated randomly, Toady One showed us that the templates are in the raws, thus you still have to mod if you want to change those guys. It's not like it's magically hardcoded, and I hope Toady One never goes this way. In fact he goes the opposite way with the every release: MORE TO THE RAWS!

So the new version won't make any mods unnecessary (well except for some obvious fixes like cat mouth bug fix), instead it will give us much more possibilities to expand on those mods.

P.S. And I wouldn't talk about HFS yet. We have no clue which kinds of HFS we'll see in the next version at all. There's a reason it's called "hidden". I wouldn't count on seeing the same clowns as we have now, although they may survive the version change and be a part of other cool new stuff.

[ungulateman]

A fairly large amount of mods will be salavageable for DF2010 - the creature mods are changing significantly, but they still have a lot of common info. I'm guessing stone/gems/soil are fairly similar to this version.

[wilsonns]

I'm going to update my turtle fortress mod ^^

[The13thRonin]

Dig Deeper shall roll into the new millennium... For no matter how deep you dig you can always DIG DEEPER...

At least until you get to the core of the world or HFS or your miners decide to mine the tile they're on.