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[Carn]

The easter egg was a

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Special operations pigeon. No man left behind!

and I was very confused when I first saw it. Made me smile.

[TwilightWalker]

The easter egg was a

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Special operations pigeon. No man left behind!

and I was very confused when I first saw it. Made me smile.

Heh, I just started this game up, and saw it too. Very interesting! I'll be on the lookout for more.

And yeah Narhiril, I wasn't suggesting it to you in particular, but mentioning it to those who keep asking of ways to do fiery stuff. 

Edit: I currently have

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an angry badger

chasing around one of my dwarfs. Hilarious!

[narhiril]

The easter egg was a

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Special operations pigeon. No man left behind!

and I was very confused when I first saw it. Made me smile.

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That idea originated from a forum thread that I don't remember the name of.  It was also my first experiment with caste-level attributes - a concept I plan to revisit for some new features.
 
It actually has its own graphic, but it can't be seen right now due to technical limitations.  Unfortunately, caste-level graphics aren't working, but there's been a lot of feedback about this and it's something that may be seen in future versions of DF.



The central sprite is the spec ops one.  The graphics on the left are incubi.  The graphics on the right were planned for another caste of incubi, but never made it into the game for the same reason as the spec ops pigeon graphic.

Did you check out its attributes? 

Don't worry, it's a tiny little thing that can barely scratch a dwarf, even with those.  It's there purely for amusement value.  It might work its way into a humorous pigeon-themed lore file down the road, though.

If anybody finds some more easter eggs, drop me a message or spoiler-tagged post here.  Your reward will come in the form of some useless but sometimes amusing development information, and possibly some foreshadowing of future features or planned developments that I haven't yet publicized.

[TwilightWalker]

Oh my God. Ladies and gents, don't perform the banshee funeral rites until you're alchemist is of excellent skill. I did it when I got a bit of ecto just to see what happend, and the sheer value of what came out, even at 'well-crafted' quality is rather...nice.

[narhiril]

Oh my God. Ladies and gents, don't perform the banshee funeral rites until you're alchemist is of excellent skill. I did it when I got a bit of ecto just to see what happend, and the sheer value of what came out, even at 'well-crafted' quality is rather...nice.

Banshees are quite rare - I only ever saw one during testing.  But yes, this is good advice.  It's meant to be a one-of-a-kind piece.

[TwilightWalker]

I actually got my bit of ecto through alchemical experimentation, so i'm sure I can get more. Maybe before I lose a dorf doing it. Made a wonderfull dining room piece it did! And then Bog Trolls stampeded through my incomplete defenses and slaughtered me.

[darkflagrance]

Suggestion for Will o'wisps:

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[FC4] - Will O' Wisps:

Benign spirits that hum softly and inhabit the deep caverns.  The air around them is chilly, hovering at a temperature just above freezing.  Will o' wisps
don't really serve a purpose - I was intending to give them a low chance to drop ectoplasmic remnants (discussed later), but the [ITEMCORPSE] token does not
have a probability modifier - it's all or nothing for now.

To circumvent this, you could give the Will O'Wisps a unique ITEMCORPSE, like "Wisp Crystal Heart" that can be refined at some workshop at the desired probability into ectoplasmic remnnants.

[Patchouli]

Suggestion for Will o'wisps:

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[FC4] - Will O' Wisps:

Benign spirits that hum softly and inhabit the deep caverns.  The air around them is chilly, hovering at a temperature just above freezing.  Will o' wisps
don't really serve a purpose - I was intending to give them a low chance to drop ectoplasmic remnants (discussed later), but the [ITEMCORPSE] token does not
have a probability modifier - it's all or nothing for now.

To circumvent this, you could give the Will O'Wisps a unique ITEMCORPSE, like "Wisp Crystal Heart" that can be refined at some workshop at the desired probability into ectoplasmic remnnants.

Is it not possible to also make an ITEMCORPSE caste with a low population percentage?

[narhiril]

Suggestion for Will o'wisps:

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[FC4] - Will O' Wisps:

Benign spirits that hum softly and inhabit the deep caverns.  The air around them is chilly, hovering at a temperature just above freezing.  Will o' wisps
don't really serve a purpose - I was intending to give them a low chance to drop ectoplasmic remnants (discussed later), but the [ITEMCORPSE] token does not
have a probability modifier - it's all or nothing for now.

To circumvent this, you could give the Will O'Wisps a unique ITEMCORPSE, like "Wisp Crystal Heart" that can be refined at some workshop at the desired probability into ectoplasmic remnnants.

Is it not possible to also make an ITEMCORPSE caste with a low population percentage?

I wrote that manual entry before I started playing with castes.  That's how rare drops currently work.  Only one or two creatures currently have them (incubi come to mind), with more planned for 0.13.  It would not be difficult for me to implement that will o' wisp suggestion, either making them always drops hearts that sometimes react into remnants, or sometimes drop hearts that react into remnants more often.  Expect it in the next release.

Oh, and while writing the raws for this, I discovered an unintended feature of will o' wisps that was causing nearby enemies to burn to death when fighting them (it was actually hot enough that it was destroying their drop, which was a problem).  For the next version, they will use a new "cold flame" material template to better reflect the description in the manual.

Right now, I'm going to see what devious ideas I can come up with for the STATE_COLOR token.

[sadron]

Where would I look to check stuff such as the new metals' density and other factors that determine how good of a weapon or armor they'd make and stuff?

[Alem]

The values would be in the raw file, under inorganic_metal_narhiril.

[Gearskull1]

Hey, So i just stumbled apon this mod, and am eager to try it out but I'm having a weird issue. When I downloaded it, it seems to be in notepad format, and crashes when I open it. Is this an issue with my computer? I'm confused and any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[narhiril]

Hey, So i just stumbled apon this mod, and am eager to try it out but I'm having a weird issue. When I downloaded it, it seems to be in notepad format, and crashes when I open it. Is this an issue with my computer? I'm confused and any help would be appreciated, thanks!

This is a problem I haven't heard of before.  What OS are you using?

[Gearskull1]

I'm using windows 7 I think, but i think i found the issue. I was trying to get a diffrent file I downloaded to open so I changed the open with properties away from windows explorer and to something else. However for some retarted reason windows appied this setting to all rar files. I was looking for windows explorer in the browse options to change it back. And I thought I found it, so i changed it. However it seems what I changed it to was not the right thing. And I no longer even have the option to change the open with anymore, It's just not there in the properties menu since I changed it. Trying to open the file causes my mouse cursor to spaz out and nothing happens. It's a whole lotta annoyance. But It's really nothing relating to the mod or DF just windows and me not knowing what to do.

[utuki]

Just got sieged by bog trolls in year 2 with only 17 population O_O according to raws shouldnt they start sieging from 80 population like goblins ?