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[Diablous]

I'm currently going investigating a Goblin fortress. I found a tower and entered by jumping off a cliff to get around the fortifications. I didn't have to, but I did. Explored it top to bottom, only found one goblin. Other than that, nothing. Killed the goblin. Noticed that he looked like this: "  ,at a distance. Guess that's what you see when you notice a sneaking enemy with the observer skill.


Now exploring another tower in the area.

[Vertigon]

"

I'm pretty sure that's their [GLOWTILE], although I have no idea what that is. I guess it's kind of an overlay/mask.

[Diablous]

"

I'm pretty sure that's their [GLOWTILE], although I have no idea what that is. I guess it's kind of an overlay/mask.

Hmm. I saw that, and when I looked at it, the game wouldn't tell me what it was. When I got closer, it turned into a goblin.

[BodyGripper]

I've only noticed that recently.  I assumed it was a glowing pair of eyes.

[Rumrusher]

wasn't that in 40d where goblins and koblods if move far from eye distance their eyes glow.
pretty much giving their position away.

I found out in arena that
bronze colossus + rock backpack + !!indestructible fuel!! + large body of water = mini moses
this could make building underwater easier.

[Greiger]

Way before that, it's been around since 2D at least.  Goblins and kobolds have a red and yellow glowing 'eyes in the dark' tile when you have line of sight to them but your vision range is reduced from darkness.

There is even a report of somebody finding a goblin with only one good eye showing up as a single apostrophe.  But I'm kinda skeptical about that.  It's possible to mod a creature to have something other than " as a glowtile and it makes me wonder how the game figures out what the symbol should be for a more unusual missing eyes glowtile.

[Toady One]

There is even a report of somebody finding a goblin with only one good eye showing up as a single apostrophe.  But I'm kinda skeptical about that.  It's possible to mod a creature to have something other than " as a glowtile and it makes me wonder how the game figures out what the symbol should be for a more unusual missing eyes glowtile.

It's a fixed behavior if your glow tile is a quote symbol.  It looks for missing sight parts with the left/right symmetry tags.  I'm not sure how much it'll work in practice now, if eyes mostly go red instead of black.  It should probably be based on function now.

[Greiger]

Wow, I didn't even consider the possibility of it being hard coded behavior with the quote symbol.  I guess I shouldn't be so surprised since the quote is all that is ever used in vanilla.

Thanks for the info Toady!

[Diablous]

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

[Lawec]

I am currently massacring an elven village.
My adventurer is now known as Dodók Boatface the Glittery Savior.
It sounds a bit feminine for a male dwarf axe lord

[Eric Blank]

That's because the elves gave it to you. Your name is also boatface.

oh well, mine is a PLAY NOW Tigerwoman named Anuseater, I was excited about the update and ignored everything while running through it . I took out the restrictions/preferences for names in their entity definition (and for the cobalds, or human-level intelligence, dwarf-sized kobolds who reject the traditions of their ancestors), and made them significantly more evil (goblin-level, stealing babies, stealing items, mass murder of anyone but civ members) So they often come up with strange, unattractive names, like Pissabbey, and now butt-muncher, the mighty warrior. Using DFLang I made language files for both them and the cobalds, the tigermens' coming from a mix of the Old English and the 4 vanilla language files that came with it, and the cobalds from names and parts of them that I collected into a file and ran through it.

Currently, she's hanging out in a Tigerman town after butchering a human town into ruins. Population at beginning: 5 little kids. What?

[monkeyfetus]

I haven't played adventure mode recently, but after reading this thread I think I'll start again. In my most recent adventure (several months ago) picked up a single companion from a town, an unskilled human. As I crossed the frozen tundra to get to the next civilization I was ambushed. Though it was still day, I could not see four tiles in front of me for the terrible blizzard that engulfed my adventurer. There was no sign of my partner, nor the ambushing creature. I took a step up the embankment nearby and walked a half-dozen hesitant paces forward, looking for any sign of life. Seeing nothing, I returned to my starting position for fear of getting lost.
I stepped down the snowbank. There I saw my companion, where I had been standing not a moment before. He lay dead in a pool of frozen blood. Blinded by the snow I had not seen his attacker. Deafened by the wind I hadn't even heard him scream. I ran. I ran fast and far, leaving my companion's body to the ice and snow, or to whatever creature had done this. To this day I know not what caused his end.

[Eric Blank]

That is pretty terrifying... Would make an excellent plot twist in one of those many epic tales that DF players are so good at conjuring up.

[Lawec]

Because the elves gave my adventurer the name the Glittery Savior, I shall now save their glittery skulls. I am currently collecting as many elven heads as I can, with my merry band of a macedwarf, a hammerdwarf, an axedwarf and a marksdwarf. My next target will be the goblins I think.

[Josephus]

Make sure to take an axe with you. Swords aren't as good for severing unless you first strip your target of all armor and clothing.

Or maybe that's just me.