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[MetalGear]

Hello everyone.
I haven't played DF in about a year and just decided to come back to the newest version. I got two questions.

On the bay12games website, on the download page, there's two options to download "SDL" and "Legacy". I went with "Legacy" and it works, but what's the difference between them?

I heard that in this version dwarfs have more body parts for more detailed damage. Examining the dwarfs in game, they seem to have the same parts as they did in the older version. Am I missing something or was I lied to?

[nbonaparte]

SDL is more current and as stable as Legacy. I don't know exactly what the difference is.

And the dwarves do have more body parts. check combat reports or their injury screen once they're injured. It only shows a few when they're healthy.

[Untelligent]

Well, the dwarves have the same actual body parts, but now they have tissues and stuff for more detailed combat. You won't see anything new on the injuries screen, but when they're injured you'll notice this in the combat reports and in their description (which has a lot more other stuff in it now, most of it's just for flavor though).

Remember back toward the end of 40d when we had all those versions like 40d9 and 40d16 and whatnot? The SDL version has all the graphical and keybinding updates from that. Might run a bit faster.

[MetalGear]

Thanks for the quick reply. It seems like SDL is better, so I guess I gotta restart my fort. Dangit!

[nbonaparte]

no you don't. just move the save file.