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[Doomshifter]

My understanding on Steam is that it's in the same boat as biological waste - because of its controversial nature, it would need to have an init option to disable it, and Toady doesn't want to prioritize something that a bunch of people would just turn off anyway.

Steam power isn't being excluded because it's controversial amongst the players; it's being excluded because Toady doesn't want to include it. He's made statements about that plenty of times.

This is what I get for leaving Dwarf Fortress alone for three months. Not by choice, gentlemen.

But, at any rate, I leave it alone and come back to all this wonderful news!

[Jiri Petru]

Actually, I'm curious to know if the deforestation caused by human settlements is currently related to the amount of lumber demanded for the construction of buildings.

IIRC deforestation in history wasn't caused so by buildings, neither by house heating - those consume too little wood to have much impact. The main causes were charcoal burning for metal industry (should get in the caravan arc), ship building (far from in the game), and simply burning the woods to make more land for farming (which I guess is the current in-game deforestation).

[Chthonic]

Haiti was deforested largely to provide fuel for cooking.

[Kogut]

Haiti is island with high population density [EDIT2: lets rephrase - is located on part of quite small island. Mine English failed here.].

EDIT:

What was connected with the worst method of charcoal making ever

Rather than using techniques which could make forestry more productive for fuel, like coppicing and pollarding, the lack of title on much land results in charcoal burners digging up and using tree root structures. (sic!!!) [from enwiki].

[Gnoll Fortress]

Haiti is island with high population density.

EDIT:

What was connected with the worst method of charcoal making ever

Rather than using techniques which could make forestry more productive for fuel, like coppicing and pollarding, the lack of title on much land results in charcoal burners digging up and using tree root structures. (sic!!!) [from enwiki]

I feel the need to correct you here like some kind of geography jerk. Haiti only occupies half the island the other half, The Dominican Republic is still heavily forested thanks to that nations policies.

[Cardinal]

Actually, I'm curious to know if the deforestation caused by human settlements is currently related to the amount of lumber demanded for the construction of buildings.

IIRC deforestation in history wasn't caused so by buildings, neither by house heating - those consume too little wood to have much impact. The main causes were charcoal burning for metal industry (should get in the caravan arc), ship building (far from in the game), and simply burning the woods to make more land for farming (which I guess is the current in-game deforestation).

Wood is used in everything in a pre-modern society, such that wood as fuel--whether for cooking or for bricks or for meta--was not the only significant draw, and wood for scaffolding in the construction of stone structures consumed much more wood in the late Greek and early Roman period than earlier construction projects for mostly wood structures.  Still, deforestation was not simply caused to get wood, it was also caused to create farmland or simply deny ecosystems services of forests to groups who were better suited to them.  Urbanizing powers found that both their own people and competing, less advanced societies, were made weaker by large-scale destruction of forested regions, regardless of whether the wood was put to good use.

On the other side of things, oftentimes primeval forests could not regrow due to environmental changes (whether climate or soil regime) so any damage done to certain forests was, by their very nature, permanent.

[Mel_Vixen]

I don't think it's funny, enlighten me please

Heffer was the cow from "Rockos modern life" which is a US american cartoon from the 90's. Adopted Son of a pair of wolfs which at first intended to eat him ironicly.

See as much i like this one character i like to refer to an old old old limb man. An lonely man who created a family for himself, a man with an extraordinary mind and sense for art, a man forged in the first fires of the universe itself. Or so the story goes. Nothing more to it and sadly not funny.

[Pnx]

 Isn't it about time you created the 2011 page of the devlog?

[jimi12]

will only herbivore animals be eating now or will carnivores and omnivores be hunting or scavenging meat?

[freeformschooler]

Isn't it about time you created the 2011 page of the devlog?

BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN 10% OF THE CURRENT ONE DONE YET

 

[TheDJ17]

Isn't it about time you created the 2011 page of the devlog?

BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN 10% OF THE CURRENT ONE DONE YET

 

Just change 2010 to 2011 obviously

[MrWiggles]

Neato, now we have clay!

Once we get some pies, I'll be able to my tribute fort to both SOAD and crazed Chinese emperors.

[thvaz]

There still something to be done about trade and the caravan arc for this release? What do you still want to implement before a release?

I know you aren't good with release dates (no one is) but if a release is near, I won't start a fortress now (though I really want to play one)

[Miko19]

There still something to be done about trade and the caravan arc for this release? What do you still want to implement before a release?

I know you aren't good with release dates (no one is) but if a release is near, I won't start a fortress now (though I really want to play one)

I started 3 fortresses in the last few days
You can always get a new one, hehe

[thvaz]

There still something to be done about trade and the caravan arc for this release? What do you still want to implement before a release?

I know you aren't good with release dates (no one is) but if a release is near, I won't start a fortress now (though I really want to play one)

I started 3 fortresses in the last few days
You can always get a new one, hehe

I don't really have too much time to play. And as a long time player, I usually get burned up few months by DF after a long fortress.