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#1: Put the Alarm Siren in the Military Garrison, it fits and is one buildings less.

#1: Keep the Alarm Siren seperate, I want to have it near my other levers.

#2: I have traded with Gnomes, build Artificer and Weather Control Station.

#2: I have NOT traded with Gnomes, did not have the chance to build their buildings.

[Ghills]

My response to the poll:  I'd like for the mod to be more modular. I really like to mix and match mods for whatever mood I'm in.  I think it's awesome that you've inspired Deon to add a modloader to the Genesis mod too.

More engravings/plants would be nice too. 

Thanks so much for the mod!

[Meph]

@ghills: 120 new plants, 120 new trees, and 75 new engravings are not enough ?

Modular: If you mean that this mod should be compatible to other mods, I have to disappoint you. It is far to big for that. BUT I can add components of other mods into this.

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First testing is good. NO errorlog, and this is the dfhack prospect. Looks like I want it, the only new metal not on this map is slade and wolfram. Ilmenite is the stone that bears titanium. Might rename it.

Fossils look good as well, all there. The only curious thing is the amount of shark jaws. They have the same occurence numbers as trex skulls, but there is an immense difference in the total amount of them. weird.

[bombzero]

is the variance possibly due to the fact that shark jaws can produce random amounts of something? just a thought in relation due to occurrence of 'pure' ores of copper versus mixed ores.

[Mister Dirks]

I actually took air men out. I couldnt figure out why they are so pre-dominant, so I killed the entire race

Good! Still raging over my lost fortress, was doing pretty well.

Also, I don't know if you know this (using .9), but the Magma Safe Workshop's products still list as "Unknown Material". Also, I noticed that my dwarves don't even use any rock to construct it at all. Maybe they make them from beard hair?

[Meph]

A little teaser preview. I tried, and cant find many bugs. The metal reactions are (almost) done, the temple does not kill, when set on "repeat" and the research lab reactions are (almost) done. Thats it. These are some of the finished features so far.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Anyone got a good name idea for the "Creature Research Lab" ? It is run by alchemists, who have the profession name: Sciencedwarves, it uses items dropped by semit/megabeasts to make one combat skill instantly to Legendary. The item is called Essence (if you have a better idea, go for it) and the reaction is called: Make a "combat skill here" legend.

Hope you like it so far.

EDIT: Reserach lab reactions are done, tested and work. Metals are done, tested and work.

[Crustypeanut]

I have a quick question - What skill does Gunsmithing / Ammo Minting use?

[Deon]

Call it a "trophy transmuter" or something. BTW, thank you for the code, I will look into that .

[narhiril]

A little teaser preview. I tried, and cant find many bugs. The metal reactions are (almost) done, the temple does not kill, when set on "repeat" and the research lab reactions are (almost) done. Thats it. These are some of the finished features so far.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Anyone got a good name idea for the "Creature Research Lab" ? It is run by alchemists, who have the profession name: Sciencedwarves, it uses items dropped by semit/megabeasts to make one combat skill instantly to Legendary. The item is called Essence (if you have a better idea, go for it) and the reaction is called: Make a "combat skill here" legend.

Hope you like it so far.

EDIT: Reserach lab reactions are done, tested and work. Metals are done, tested and work.

Two questions for you, Meph.

1) Do you mind if I write my own version of the potted plant for LFR?  (credit given, of course)

2) How exactly does the "creature research lab" work?  I tried to do a similar thing once by having a reaction produce a large number of stones which would harmlessly vaporize on creation, but this ended up causing crashes.  Also, if we're throwing out names, "altar of vanquishing" seems appropriate, though you might be looking for a more science-oriented theme.

[Meph]

@crustypeanut: In the current version the guns are broken, sry. You can still get them, but cant produce them. Is all fixed for the next release though. Gunpowder needs smelting skill, bullets use metalworking and the guns use weaponsmithing. In the fight they use blowgunner for ranged, and spear/knife.

@deon: No problem. I also posted some fixes/code in your thread, hope you found it useful.

@narhiril:
1. the potted plant is super simple, and done by deon But i guess it wont hurt, if more people use it. It is purerly decoration though.

2. I got crashes as well when I make a boiling stone, which is weird, I dont know why, since the other boiling stone reactions work. I create 250 poweder currently, called "essence residue" and added a job to the workshop called: "Clean residue" removing it. it is set to automatic and uses no skill, so the dwarf that got the legendary skill will most likely clean it up immediatly. Might raise it to 300, since i just got a legendary +1 out of it. Dont want to disappoint with someone just becoming grandmaster

Here the raw:

Code: [Select]

[OBJECT:REACTION]

[REACTION:TRAIN_BEAST_CROSSBOW]
[NAME:Clear essence residue]
[BUILDING:BEASTLAB2:NONE]
[REAGENT:100:250:POWDER_MISC:NONE:INORGANIC:ESSENCE]
[AUTOMATIC]

[REACTION:TRAIN_BEAST_CROSSBOW]
[NAME:Make a crossbow legend]
[BUILDING:BEASTLAB2:NONE]
[REAGENT:A:1:TOY:ITEM_TOY_ESSENCE:INORGANIC:PLATINUM]
[PRODUCT:100:250:POWDER_MISC:NONE:INORGANIC:ESSENCE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
[SKILL:CROSSBOW]

[Meph]

@narhiril: Redone it a bit, now creates legendary skills for sure.

Code: [Select]

[REACTION:CLEAN_ESSENCE]
[NAME:Clear essence residue]
[BUILDING:BEASTLAB2:NONE]
[REAGENT:A:750:POWDER_MISC:NONE:INORGANIC:ESSENCE]
[AUTOMATIC]

[REACTION:TRAIN_BEAST_CROSSBOW]
[NAME:Make a crossbow legend]
[BUILDING:BEASTLAB2:NONE]
[REAGENT:A:1:TOY:ITEM_TOY_ESSENCE:INORGANIC:PLATINUM]
[PRODUCT:100:750:POWDER_MISC:NONE:INORGANIC:ESSENCE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
[SKILL:CROSSBOW]
And the missing inorganic file I did forget ^^

Code: [Select]

[INORGANIC:RESIDUE]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SLIME_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:BLACK]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL:essence residue]
[DISPLAY_COLOR:0:0:1][TILE:'#']
[SOLID_DENSITY:2787]
[IS_STONE]
[MATERIAL_VALUE:20]

@ALL: Testing is done, no errorlog, no bugs, clean embark selection. I also, finally, cleaned up and sorted the raws. Modder will have it easier next time to find things in the raws, all reactions and buildings are sorted and named. Took a lot of body, body detail plans, inorganic mats, items, creatures and material templates and put them in one file for each category, called: category-name_masterwork.txt

I changed the graphics for landmines, they have now tiles instead of graphics and have castes. Just one creature now, this way you get way less of them with migrants. same for golems, I reduced them to one kind, cheaper to buy, better fighter, but weaker armor. This way you dont get so many for free, but can buy more of them. They should now be a lot better balanced.

Made Automatons a bit more steampunky.

Hydraulic fluids are now harmless. Cause only short dizziness. and dwarves should be immune to it.

Added smithing accidents. Smelting ores now has a low chance of an accident (burning wounds for the worker) and metal poisoning (syndromes, similar to arsenic poison, might be harmless, might be hurtfull, might be deadly (very rare))

Added metallurgist, a workshop for alloys
Added arc furnace, a workshop for the new metals
Added gem workshop, creates gem weapons/armor, encrusts weapons/armor with gems, cuts big gems into smaller pieces.
Added transmutation chamber, transmutes precious metals into weapon-grade metals, and the other way around. Also allows to create fake gems.

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Generally speaking the next version is done. V.1 Only for phoebus though. I dont know about the other tilesets yet.

Testing showed no problems, I will now write the GUI for the new version, then update the manual... will take a while

EDIT: New building guide is done, here the changes. The javeline caster was a copy of the soap maker, just in red, and magma and normal one was identical. I made new ones that fit better. Also redone 3 workshops, the display case, and the new buildings

[Meph]

- Epic triple post -

Anyway, just wanted to say that the mod is done. I reached V1.0. Now looking for volunteers to help with more tilesets ^^

>>> NEW DOWNLOAD <<<

Full change log (as always, beware, it is long)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Removed rock pick, mechanism and magma safe mechanism from stonecutter
added 3 drinks to still, normal, extravagant and royal
removed glass grate making (is already possible in vanilla)
removed rock chain and rock crutch making (really, giving an injured man a rock to carry around?)
added rock bin, barrel and bed to stonecutters workshop.
added arabic language for warlocks
made orc caste description clearer
added magma gunsmith and magma ammunition mint
raised ash production in crematorium from 7,5% to 33% percent
added language files for cave civs
Trog = Russian
Gremlins = Hebrew
Batmen = Farsi
Antmen = Czech

removed following buildings:
   BUILDING:ALTAR_WAR
   BUILDING:ALTAR_NATURE
   BUILDING:ALCHEMICAL_WORKSHOP
   BUILDING:CHESSTABLE
   BUILDING:GAMINGTABLE
   BUILDING:GATEBALL
   BUILDING:TRAINING_OBSTACLE
   BUILDING:ROCKBALL
   BUILDING:POOL
   BUILDING:THEATRE
   BUILDING:CRUTCH_TRAINING
   BUILDING:TRAINING_DUMMY
   BUILDING:WEIGHT_SET
   BUILDING:ANATOMICAL_THEATER
   BUILDING:LIBRARY

Moved all reaction from the alchemical workshop to the alchemist lab.
Added: Transmute silver to copper (2 for 1)
Added: Transmute copper to silver (2 for 1)
Added: Transmute gold to iron (2 for 1)
Added: Transmute iron to gold (2 for 1)
Added: Transmute steel to platinum (2 for 1)
Added: Transmute platinum to steel (2 for 1)
This allows to have some weapon grade metal in maps that lack it, and vice versa.

Added Fountain, decorative building. You can train swimming and fill buckets in it.
Removed Helm as reward for sacrificing people in Altar. Was too much free stuff.

Added Mechanixs buildings:
BUILDING:MECHANIXM_LIBRARY_FARMING
BUILDING:MECHANIXM_LIBRARY_CRAFTS
BUILDING:MECHANIXM_LIBRARY_MENTAL
BUILDING:MECHANIXM_LIBRARY_MILITARY
BUILDING:MECHANIXM_PHILOSOPHER_GARDEN

Added new DF.exe
Should fix: Magma/Firesafe, Wagons, Crystal Glass and Material Size.
This means traders will arrive with wagons again, if you have an accessable depot
This also means, that smithing is A LOT harder. Most items now need at least 3 bars, like statues or doors.
When melted, these item will only yield ONE bar.
Redid ALL the material_size in EVERY item. Hope it does not affect the reacitons as well. As in: Product Dimension. Tested, it does not.

Lowered fossils by 50%. Meaning you should find only half as many.
Added a bunch of new fossils.

Added throwing knives and throwing axes to the new weapons section. Can be turned on or off in the settings under: More weapons.
   
Added Automatons. Late attacking evil race, metal men with ranged weapons. come in spring or summer.
Added cs gas as blood to Automaton
Added explosion to Automaton death, everyone nearby will be unconsciouss.
Added rockettube and rockets for automatons. No AOE, but powerful ranged blunt hit.
Added throwing hammer. Throwing weapons use the weapon skill not the marksman skill btw.

Added 15 types of fossils and Archeologist workshop
Rusty armor, ammo or weapon bundles that can be restorated, granting special items. (mood weapons, mood armor and the magic ammo from the alchemist)
Trex skull that gives a trex skull helmet, slightly better then steel
Unsettling fossil (demons), that might give a (demonic) sword or (demonic) armor, slightly better then steel
Great shark jaw, that give between 10 and 40 menacing spikes made of shark tooth. (for traps, slightly better then steel)
Collapsed walls. Give you nothing, but simulates old crumbling fortresses, long forgotten.
Treasure chests, small, normal and big. Giving a mostly random amount of bars: Silver, Gold and Platinum. These can only be found near or in collapsed walls.
Deadly traps. Kills your miner. Yes, I am serious. Can only be found near or in collapsed walls.
Fossilized horn, skulls, bones and shells. Give the respective item.

Overhauled the entire library system:
Added 3 ways to make books: Vellum out of skin, parchment out of leather, paper out of logs.
Added 11 skill books. You can write them in the scriptorium. Small chance (5%) for epic book, is worth more, otherwise the same.
Added 4 library sections, Farming, Crafting, Military and Mental (Philosophers Garden is unofficial 5th)
All skills can be trained in those sections. You only need the fitting book. There is a small chance (5%) that the book is destroyed.

This system is a personal mix, between the old genesis system, the new mechanix's genesis upgrade and my own work. Hope deon likes it

Raised body size of Fortress defense units slightly, so they can use weapons that are too big for dwarves.

Updated the VB settings.exe
Updated the manual

Added 400 new words to the language_sym file, in the proper categories.

Added cave fireflys
Added pack/pull animals to every civ.
Reworked the landmine and turret bodys slightly. They have individual blood now, instead of 12 copies of: hydraulical fluid.
Reduced the price for constructs by 50% (since they come that often with migrants.)
Removed Chessboard, Fortressgame and Lamp from toys. Not needed any more. (no genesis buildings)
Added 25 new reactions to the crematory. Destroys yarn, plant, silk, leather and bone cloting. 5*5 types.
Removed Charcoal Furnace

Moved building order in the raws around a lot. hopefully the new order makes a little bit of sense and is easier for the player.
Added hotkeys to every building.
Removed metal beds from furniture workshop (should be in a forge)

For people that like to build with coloful mats, but want to play with simple mats, because of FPS:
I added 8 bricks of different color. Can be made in the brick oven.
Needs 2 blocks, creates 4 bricks.

Removed metal mechanisms from gunsmith (you can already make those in other workshops)
Fixed 101 problems with the guns, gunsmithing and ammo.
Reworked guns. Different (easier) way of making guns, ammo and gunpowder.
Added bayonets and the ability to equip any gun with a bayonet.

Moved deons stone grinding from stonecutter to stone grinder
Added 3 new reaction to batch furnace. Make batch coke, from wood, lignite and bituminous coal.
Added loads and loads of building mats to the new buildings, so people cant build everything instantly. No special items needed though, any mason can supply what you need.

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Added a reaction for every drink, you can now order specific drinks
Added a reaction for every milling action. You can now order specific dyes and oils.
Removed the 3 batch drink reactions from kitchen
Fixed scale material reaction. Scale items are now generic scale and can be used for armor (like leather)
changed all archeologist reacion to only accept rough gems.
Changed all standart fossils to inorganic mats. needs testing.
Added mining cart, logging cart and corpse cart. Replaces wheelbarrow.
Added wheelbarrow reaction for bodyparts. NEEDS TESTING SINCE THE MATERIAL TYPE IS MISSING
Added 5 new throwing weapons
Nerfed hydraulic fluid. Now dizziness instead of paralysis (no more suffocation)
Reduced value of warbeasts by 50%
Added a glowtile to landmines

Removed airmen
added arc furnace
added 6 new metals
added gem workshop
added cheat workshop for testing
added metallurgist for alloys
added smithing accidents, slight chance for injuries or metal poisoning
Added transmutation chamber, to seperate the alchemy reactions
Changed temples reaction. Since they dont always kill, you wont always get all the gear. Made a bug into a feature, still hope to fix it somehow.

Changed landmines into castes, not creatures. Reduces the amount of free landmines
Changed golems. Only one remains, the Iron Golem. Better combat skills, weaker defense. I did not like they way they cant fight well, and die too hard. Hope this is better.

Added nether worms, a catchable pet in the deeper caverns. Has frost breath attack.
Added all new changes to the GUI
updated manual

[Putnam]

Shouldn't it be 0.10, not .1?

Or maybe 1.0?

[Teh Zip File]

So what do you need? Just all the tiles set to be the correct ASCII tile? I can do that.

[Meph]

@putman: It is V.1 as in: not 0.xxx but actually done, finished, here you go, grab it and run Edit: Ah, now I know what you mean. The . is for the V. to shorten Version to V.  The actual number is 1

@teh zip file: Yes. I know it is a lot of work. I need the raws with proper tile numbers for other tilesets. Again, my problem is that I dont know if things look right or wrong while testing. I hate to ask you (again) since you have done this already... twice. The buildings have to be redone as well, but this I can do, with the nifty workshoppainer.exe

If I get a finished tileset version, I will add it to the download and the GUI as an option. Till then, it is phoebus only, since I use it for work and play.

[bombzero]

WOOT, its out your awesome meph. ill check into the systems i reported as broken before and see whats what. ill also scour the new stuff for bugs/odd behavior.