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DwarfGirl

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Pausing the game for mandates
« on: October 06, 2010, 04:42:30 am »
Hi everyone :)
I've been playing DF for about 8 months now and I'm hopelessly addicted! I've finally come across a problem I can't find any help for by searching the threads and scouring the wiki. Is there any way to pause the game when my mayor/annoying noble sets a new mandate? I've searched through announcements.txt but I simply can't find anything relating to mandates. I like to set my dwarves a task and then get on with *things I have to do that don't involve DF* and have customised my announcements quite a bit so that I can pop back and check on things often and not worry about too much going horribly wrong, but this is the one thing I can't control! Thanks in advance for any help :)
« Last Edit: October 06, 2010, 04:44:55 am by DwarfGirl »
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2010, 06:46:58 am »
Not that I know of, but I think you could disable mandates with a small amount of raw tinkering. 
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2010, 07:07:13 am »
You could also disable, you know, your nobles.
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2010, 07:22:57 am »
Quote from: DwarfGirl on October 06, 2010, 04:42:30 am
Hi everyone :)
I'm hopelessly addicted!
And Dwarf Fortress snares another victim.
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2010, 08:42:06 am »
Quote from: o_O[WTFace] on October 06, 2010, 06:46:58 am
Not that I know of, but I think you could disable mandates with a small amount of raw tinkering.

Unfortunately, you can't get rid of the ones in your current game by raw editing alone. You need to generate a new world.
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2010, 02:47:27 pm »
Thanks for the replies guys :) I didn't think it was possible but I had to ask to be sure. I don't mind the mandates too much as long as they're not impossible that is! They add a little more *FUN* when I have a smooth fort up and running. It's annoying to have to keep checking my nobles screen as I don't always notice the messages at the bottom. There's nothing more annoying that one expiring because I didn't notice it :/
Thanks anyway though guys :)
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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2010, 03:19:36 pm »
If the mandates are annoying or impposible, do the dwarven thing.  Engineer "unfortunate accidents" like locking them in their room with a goblin.  Or stick a mess of upright spears in their room and have their spouse pull the lever for it on repeat.
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2010, 06:40:27 pm »
do nobles have to be awake to make mandates? If so, I have an idea. it rhymes with rain spamage...
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2010, 07:31:11 pm »
The easiest thing to do is to not appoint a Captain of the Guard, and then you'll be free to ignore stupid mandates, and only fulfill the ones you find easy/fun.
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2010, 07:39:55 pm »
Keep your population below 40 so you don't ever get a mayor--or higher noble--would also work, and has the advantage of keeping your framerate higher on slow computers.
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Re: Pausing the game for mandates
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2010, 09:53:41 pm »
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