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[narhiril]

Bad news:

• The download aborted at 6.8 MB the first time -- no idea why.  It downloaded fully the second time.
• No ASCII!  :-X
• The capitalization of the LFR_additional_creatures.png file is wrong -- I had to rename it to lfr_additional_creatures.png (non-issue on Windows because the FAT and NTFS file systems automatically translate capital to lowercase or vice versa).
• The reaction_foundry_kipi.txt (and building_foundry_kipi.txt) files are still present, meaning most of the stones get marked as "economic".  And I didn't realize this until I'd already world-genned and embarked.

I moved the ASCII raws into the optional components folder, because I know some people get more enjoyment from playing in ASCII.  You'll have to move a few files around and edit the init files, but it should be playable in ASCII.  If there's demand for a pre-installed ASCII version, I'm open to getting one started.  It would only take me a little while to get a second download listing up and running.

Yay, glad to see a new version of LFR!

When future bug fixes come out, will we probably be able to keep using a 20.a save, or will we probably need to gen a whole new world for 20.b?

I really won't know until the issues actually come up.  Certain things can be changed without requiring a new world, but some can't,

[greycat]

A separate pre-installed ASCII download seems like overkill, unless there are a bunch of other players who want it.  Please don't feel any obligation to spend time on that just for me.  I'll take a look at the optional components folder and see if I can figure it out.

Yeah, ASCIIfication was simple enough -- just copy the files from one place to another.  I removed the foundry files after that, and regenned the world.

The new world seems to have aquifers everywhere, so I chose a spot and dug through the aquifer.  Tedious, but I've done it before....

In the summer, some migrants arrived.  Two of them are ten years old and married to each other.  Did you lower the age of maturity from the standard 12 years?

[greycat]

I just noticed a mixture of two different boozes in the same barrel:

-prickle berry wine Barrel (chestnut) <#1>-
Weight: 24   Basic Value: 20

Contents:

prickle berry wine [4]
dwarven wine [5]

[Putnam]

I just noticed a mixture of two different boozes in the same barrel:

-prickle berry wine Barrel (chestnut) <#1>-
Weight: 24   Basic Value: 20

Contents:

prickle berry wine [4]
dwarven wine [5]

Okay? This really doesn't have much to do with the mod...

[Pan]

The wine thing is weird though. I've never seen that.

Anyway, Narhiril, really excited for this new release. Is the dfhack and all that compatible with a mac, though?  Usually I download a mac DF and then move all LFR files over. But this time, would the df hack be able to open up or however that works? I'm gonna go test it now.

And while we're at it, Narhiril, how about you discuss your plans for the future? I always love to hear talks about what you're gonna do, what you planned to do, and what not.

[Remuthra]

+1 to that. Dev talks are always good.

[Pan]

Hm, I guess I need to run DfHack while the LFR game is running to use the runes system and all that? The pre-installed version has only DFHack in an exe. Can I just download a DFHack for a Mac separately and then run it with my LFR game?

[Putnam]

Yeah, download it separately. It should work, unless narhiril has included anything extra.

[narhiril]

A separate pre-installed ASCII download seems like overkill, unless there are a bunch of other players who want it.  Please don't feel any obligation to spend time on that just for me.  I'll take a look at the optional components folder and see if I can figure it out.

Yeah, ASCIIfication was simple enough -- just copy the files from one place to another.  I removed the foundry files after that, and regenned the world.

The new world seems to have aquifers everywhere, so I chose a spot and dug through the aquifer.  Tedious, but I've done it before....

In the summer, some migrants arrived.  Two of them are ten years old and married to each other.  Did you lower the age of maturity from the standard 12 years?

Yes, I did.  This was done to compensate for the increased difficulty in replacing lost military forces, due to migrants having to run a potential gauntlet of ambushes to get to your fortress.  If it bothers you, you're free to change it back in creature_standard.

Yeah, download it separately. It should work, unless narhiril has included anything extra.

I haven't. 

Just make sure the contents of hack/raw make it into the corresponding folder of the new version you're downloading, otherwise runes won't work properly.

[DwarfOfTheLand]

Enjoyable, and consistently playable mod. Some mods, only let me go on adventure mode with an OP character and slaughter everything in sight, but this one is real nicely manageable.

[Pan]

Sentinel drones are killing everything in the caverns! More in depth stuff afterwards when I'm less busy.

[SalmonGod]

Sentinel drones are killing everything in the caverns! More in depth stuff afterwards when I'm less busy.

I'm dealing with this right now as well.  I haven't set up my full military yet, only selected a commander.  This required an immediate response, so I sent him down there.  The guy spends a week drinking, another week gathering up his equipment, and then goes down to the fight.  He gets within a few steps of the drone, then turns back around because he needs sleep.  Bastard.

Update:  My god.  I have like a dozen soldiers piled onto this thing right now, and they can't penetrate its armor.  I would think the steel battle axe and tungsten maul would at least be able to, but neither of them have had any success either.  At least these soldiers are getting some amazing training out of this.  It can't penetrate their armor either.  So it's like the best sparring ever.

[Pan]

Yep, that was what I was gonna say. Crude javelin bolts shred them like paper, though, a testament to the overpoweredness of ranged weaponry these days 

[narhiril]

Yep, that was what I was gonna say. Crude javelin bolts shred them like paper, though, a testament to the overpoweredness of ranged weaponry these days 

Javelins were supposed to be that powerful because the ammo is extremely expensive to produce.  Crude javelins were supposed to be for training - they were not supposed to be very effective combat weapons.  I'll be looking at them closer tomorrow and making adjustments as necessary.  Severely crippling the velocity modifier might be what I need to do there.  Thanks for the reports, guys.

[SalmonGod]

Yep, that was what I was gonna say. Crude javelin bolts shred them like paper, though, a testament to the overpoweredness of ranged weaponry these days 

Mine was eliminated by a single copper bolt.  But only after it killed a bunch of people.


Edit:

My fort's latest artifact.  I was hoping for something exotic, but the guy put a lot of work into this and I certainly won't complain about a great axe... but is cobalt a good weapons material?  There's no information on it without digging into the raws.

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