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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.

[Riun]

Slag with Miasma sounds fine to me, metal industry is too easy in my eyes anyways. Make it a chooseable option, then nondwarfy players can turn it of..

And the Pictures are looking awesome!

[Meph]

===== NEW DOWNLOAD: V.2b =====

UPDATE: Masterwork V.2b
 - Alphabetically sorted reactions in workshops.
 - Fixed steel industry and kobold loot for Ascii/Ironhand users. Sorry, forgot about you guys...   
 - Improved creature spawning, higher success chance.
 - Fixed landmine and turret blackpowder, now takes the new version from the chemist.
 - Slight weapon balancing... added battlepick, training hammer, kicked out scimitar.
 - Standardized thatch/wicker bales.
 - Simplified bayonettes. Now simply use any large dagger.
 - Brewery can distill drinks more efficient, but needs more barrels then the still.
 - Zinc and Brass are back in the game.
 - Third cavern plants changed. Removed firetree/livingtree, added shadethorn, very expensive black wood.

Spoiler: Sorted rection examples (click to show/hide)

Notes: This update is mostly for the ascii/ironhand users, because I accidently broke the steel industry for them. Again, sorry for this. The sorted workshop reactions do make a massive difference ingame. I dont know if people notice it, without seeing a direct before/after comparison, but it will make using workshops a lot less hassle.

RL: I will fly to Paris this evening, spend a day there, then spend a day getting back to Germany. That means I will probably not show up here the next 2 days. Take your time and test the new version, vote on the poll, and tell me what you think about the slag system in the meantime.

Full Changelog V.2b

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Improved Creature Spawning. Higher success chance, and no intervention by vermin hunters anymore.
Gremlins can no longer be bought as pets.
Removed Scimitar, because it's essentially the same as a longsword.
Added battle pick. Better, more expensive version of picks.
Nerfed picks.
Added training hammer.
Thatch/Wicker is now standardized (no plant-name-wicker anymore)
Slight balance changes in the 3 magic buildings.
You can now create or reverse-engineer clockwork parts (needed for turrets)
Fixed "create landmines" and "create turrets" (they still requestet the blackpowder from the deleted chemisty system)
Removed "melt 2 blocks into obsidian/slade" from great magma forge. (done in crucible now)
Fixed "boil leather in oil" reaction, now gives rest oil back, instead of "generic liquid"
Magma Spawning and Transporting now takes any labor to do (formerly Alchemy, ups...)
Removed Bayonets. Instead simply use "large dagger", made in the forge.
Added magma-safe tube section to stonecutter.
Added reaction to the brewery. Brew drink (2). It takes 2 barrels instead of one, and procudes slightly more drinks then the still. (Still 1 Barrel = 25 drinks, Brewery 2 Barrels = 2x15 drinks)
Sorted weapons (for forge screen)
Added sphalerite, ore of zinc back in.
Therefore added zinc back in... as well as brass.
Spend around 7h sorting all reactions. Either alphabetically, or renamed/grouped them better.
Fixed coarse iron showing up in ascii and ironhand version. That completely broke steel production, sorry. ^^
Removed leftover rifle and pistol crates and reactions... (only musket and flint-lock pistol left ingame)
REmoved old third cavern plants, that means NO FIRETREES anymore. I know some people disliked them.
Added cavern plants from alpha... 2 bushes that produce alcohol, one with positive syndrome, one with negative syndrome..
Added shadethorn, very expensive black wood, only growths in third cavern.
fixed kobold loot drop on ascii and ironhand version
Removed aether fractures from sentient invaders.
Deleted appearance modifiers from drider, as well as adding description inside the castes. Should fix the crashes when looking at the description of a drider.
Removed companion-order and roomlist plugins fromdfhack, because they tend to pop up unwanted in fortress mode. (c and r key)

SLAG SYSTEM - THIS IS NOT IN THE GAME YET. I JUST WANT YOUR OPINION

I would like to introduce an optional waste system to make metal refining harder. I want to do this, because I had a fully clad steel dwarf in the succession fort, before the first caravan arrived. This means that the current layout is way too easy.

 - Slag and flyash is a realistic byproduct of ore refining.
 - I would also like to use more realistic catalysts in the furnaces.
 - For each metal bar you would create 1-2 slag.
 - Slag can be tossed in a new building, the Slag Pit, to destroy it.
 - Slag could be used to create cement/concrete blocks for constructions.
 - Slag would create miasma if not destroyed in time. (if I can mod this in)
 - Slag would clutter the furnaces, if not destroyed/moved.

The basic idea is to make metalworking areas larger, adding a few slag pits to keep it clean, and using more hauling labor to clean it up. I know that an addition that only adds negative aspects might sound bad at first, but I do like both the realism and the game mechanic of it. Unhappy, slow workers if ignored, happy fast workers if the workarea is cleaned.


TRANSFORMATION ANNCOUNCEMENTS - AGAIN; NOT IN THE MOD YET

I could pause the game and refocus the camera every time a creature is transformed.

It would greatly help people notice when a golem/armored pet/mage transformation has been completed, as well as those special threats I have, when infiltrators transform into lich/spy/werebeast/cult members.

The negative effect would be quite a lot of spam whenever you spawn creatures. If you spawn ONE landmine, you get dwarf => dwarf setting up a landmine => dwarf,  and the bodypart => landmine transformation, so 3 pause/recenter. With the 4 treants it would mean 6 pause/recenter. If I add armies that spawn inside your base, you unfortunately would get one pause/stop for each creature spawned + 2.

Again, I would love to hear feedback on this.

Masterwork V.2a

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

- Rebalanced mithril, meteoric and volcanic metals.
- Fixed several bugs, mostly the sawmill and liquid spawning.
- Alphabetized forge screen.
- New archeology system. Greater rewards, more randomness.
- Cheaper ballista ammo in ammo caster.
- Furnaces harder to build, now need iron or steel as build materials.
- Alchemist can now use any poison to coat weapons.

Please do note that Orc Fortress is written for Phoebus. It should still work fine in Ironhand or Ascii, and a report on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Full Changelog V2a
Fully removed slademantina and slade_metal from the raws. (was showing up in forge screen)
Fixed sawmill reactions. (were in Timberyard, moved to sawmill)
Added buildmats to sawmill.
Changed "stone storage set" to use inorganic blocks only, to avoid wood be used.
Filling magma, water and spawning it is done with bottles now. Just use ANY flask.
Magmatanker can now be used to transport magma from any magma-furnace.
Wrong "bifrost" and "bloody" should no longer show up in the forge
Added mithril from silver reaction to crucible. That one went missing...
Added more economic reactions for ballista bolts to ammo caster.
Fixed "anvil" tile for bitterroot and shadowleaf.
Replaced all boulders in buildmats with blocks.
Added balancing for mithril, welded mithril, meteoric and volcanic metals from Alpha.
Mithril is now as strong as steel, but very light
Welded mithril is 20% stronger then steel.
Meteoric is 20% weaker then steel.
Volcanic is 100% stronger then steel.
Fixed wooden planks being used as stone blocks... now cannot be accepted as blocks anymore.
Added coat weapon with poison, should accept any poison/venom you can get from caravans.
Sorted Forge Screen/Materials Alphabetically
Raised buildmats for many furnaces. Now need iron or steel bars/anvils, to slow down developement.
Added Archeologysystem from the Alpha. Archeology is now more random and has greater rewards.
Updated Perfect World Utility

Masterwork Dwarf Fortress V.2

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

- Bugfixes, Balancing, 34 new GUI Options
- New Designs, Names and Categories for Workshops
- Updated therapist & dfhack, with custom plugins
- Power-generating workshop, the Steam Engine
- Coat weapons and ammo with poison
- Fully playable race: Orcs
- Manually controllable siege engines
- Create water and magma in workshops
- Dynamite-ammo for massive AoE damage
- Specific megabeast rewards and trophies, catch slaughter them all.
- More workshops: Sawmill, Finishing Forge, Blast Furnace, Slaughterhouse...
- Overhaul of Alchemy, Chemistry and Transmutation Systems

Major Changes/Additions:

Orc Fortress
Forumthread: Here
- Play as proud taiga orcs.
- Includes sprites, workshops, caste system, magic, new game mechanics...
- Ally yourself with golbins, giants and warlocks...
- Fight against dwarves, elves and humans...

GUI
- Updated GUI, 34 new options.
- Bigger control over which buildings you enable/disable.
- Switch from dwarves to orcs.

dfhack r2
Forumthread: Here
- Fixes hardcoded bugs.
- Allows manual control of siege engines.
- Adds search function to stock screen and pastures.
- Addes more mouse functions, easier contructions and better workflow plugin
- Custom: construction helper, pasture and mouse query, extended workflow, extended search
- Note: Takes slightly longer on startup and closing, at least on my netbook.

Slaughterhouse
- Each megabeast leaves a unique corpse.
- Butcher the megabeast in the slaughterhouse for your rewards
- 1. a trophy to put in your display cases, or use as tradegood
- 2. a skill aether that turns one skill into legendary immediatly
- 3. a unique reward specific to the beast you killed... dragonscale armor, manticore poison and more...

Steam Engine & Magma Steam Engine
- A workshop that creates power.
- Connect the axles/gears at the top left or right corner.
- Needs to be build above a "downstairs" to water.
- Needs fuel or magma for one activation.

Sawmill
- Little brother of the timberyard
- Cut your wood logs into 4 wood planks/blocks
- Start contructing your wooden aboveground fortress today!

The Return of the Blast Furnace
- Because I was asked so often: Where is it gone?
- Allows mass smelting of ore.
- Allows mass production of fuel.

Water/Magma Source
- Tears of Armok can fill Waterbottles at the Alchemist
- Blood of Armok can fill Magmabottles at the Alchemist
- Spawn Water/Magma with these bottles at the Spawn Location
- To release the liquid, deconstruct the Spawn Location
- Use Magmatankers to move magma from any magma furnace
- Empty Magmatanker at any location to release the liquid.

Transmutation Cycle
- Transmute 2bars of any metal into 1,5bars of the next best.
- Needs flux to work.
- This enables to obtain every metal type on each map... for a cost.

Alchemy and Chemistry
- Coat weapons and ammo with different poisons.
- Create exploding ammo, one good hit will defeat an invasion.

No Manual
- Horrible outdated building guides!
- Fumble your own way through a unique experience!
- Note: I have neither dreamweaver nor the last version of the html manual with me. So... good luck, I guess...

Full Changelog:
Bugfixes
Fixed missing Fishpond Bug
Fixed boulder:boulder: line in mithril/cobalt reactions
Fixed crash upon vellum creation
Fixed boneblock material for Church of dark depths
Fixed Skill Container automatic repeat bug.
Fixed spilling drinks in still. Needs large pots instead of barrels now though.
Fixed scrapwood into paper reaction. thanks miamibryce for the hint.
Fixed all workshop/furnace hotkeys
Fixed missing adv mode tools, Added lofns wanderers tools back in.

User Friendliness
Rough wood is now simply named wood. (blank names work on plants too, yeah)
Custom Buildings are now sortet into categories
Category titles can be build as buildings as well, writing their names. Cool feature for succession forts.
Removed hotkey.exe and mousefortress, because both are replaced by new dfhack functions.
Added 5 custom plugins by falconne for dfhack
Ornamental bricks renamed to fine bricks to shorten name.
Moved improving ballista bolts from stonecutter (how did that get there) to ammo caster.

Balancing
Tanning a hide will now always give 2 pieces of leather
Removed slademantine
Removed slade metal
Slade Turrets now need slade-boulders to be made
Cult of the Carp god now twice as rare
Temple of Armok no longer needs magma to be build
Removed illithid brain reaction, because there are lillithids no more.
Moved Frostbrand, legendary sword to bifrost forge.
Display Case is now Display Stand and no longer needs glass box.
Raised chance for Guardian of Armok in temple from 10% to 50%
Removed all wards, previously used to fight plagues/diseases
Lowered chance that a fortress is afflicted with a disease by 50% for now
Made bloodsteel slightly harder to produce, needs 1 ironbone bar now
Simplified Gun and Ammo making a lot
Merged Gunsmiths Forge and Ammunition Mint
Raised Bullets made from 25 to 50, to counterbalance the higher shooting rate
Deleted hauler and berserker caste.
Reduced the types of tradeable golems. Now only: Golem Prototype Sword/Hammer/Spear made of Brass. This way less migrants arrive with free golems.
You can now extract metals from base minerals in the crucible
You can refine rusty iron and rusty steel in the crucible
You can extract mithril from silver (4 silver bars = 1 mithril bar)
You can smelt bronze and steel more efficiently in the Crucible (more outcome then smelter)
Volcanic Metal now needs mithril instead of silver to be made. (obsidian, slade, steel, mithril)
Removed philosphers stone for now, so fountain of youth can be build without it.
Removed old alchemy and chemistry system.(one of them is responsible for magma in caravans, so screw them)
Potted plants and trees now need pots instead of buckets to be build.

Additions
Added a chemistry system based on glycerol, nitroglycerin and dynamite.
Added an alchemy system based on the special gems you can find. You can create MAGMA with this.
Added blood of armok gem. Similar to the tear of armok. Can be used to create liquid magma in the alchemist
Added Steam Engine and Magma Steam Engine, slaughterhouse, blast furnace, magma blast furnace, finishing forge,
Added Piston to trapcomps, needed for steam engine
Added Decorational Buildings: dwarven loo, potted tree, patch of grass
New design for apothecarius, Shrine/Altar/Temple, Furniture Workshop
New design for Alchemist, Chemist, Creature Armory, Crematorium, Metallurgist
Creatury Armory renamed to Warbeast Kennels
Tech Research Lab renamed to Scientists Resarch Study
Creature Research Lab renamed to Creature Study
Added sawmill building. Little brother of the timberyard, can cut logs into 4 planks (blocks). Goes with the "refine 1 into 4" theme of the game, and the wooden blocks can be used for contructions.
Added new system for Transmutation. It is now a cycle, and each metal can be created on each map.
Added Slaughterhouse system. Megabeasts now leave corpses instead of skill aether.
Megabeast corpses can be butchered in the slaugherhouse for 3 things:
1 Skill aether, 1 trophy (decoration or tradegood) and 1 special reward specific to the killed beast.
Added bitteroot and shadowleaf poison, directly taken from Genesis. This is a testrun. I will wait for feedback upon the "coat weapon/ammo" mechanic and see where I take it from there.

Special thanks to:
- Deon, because I blatantly stole the bitterroot/shadowleaf poisons for testing purposes.
- Falconne, for his dfhack plugins. Seriously, check them out.
- smakemupagus, for the Orc Fortress Plugin.
- My brain, for keeping me awake till this was finished.
- You guys, for showing the patience. First update in 3 months, yeah. *dead.

Edit: I double-spoilered the V.2 and V.2a, because the post was getting a bit big.

[LoGIRz728]

Hello there. I'm posting to report an Archeology glitch in 2a on ASCII version. There is a reaction called "Identify found fossil" which takes ANY rough gem and has 10 rolls for 13% to get a fossil.
So it takes a gem, profuces fossil and uses that for this reaction again and again or something, resulting in insane amounts of loot.
The reaction code I found in the raws

Code: [Select]

[REACTION:PREPARE_FOSSIL]
[NAME:identify found fossil]
[BUILDING:ARCHEOLOGIST:CUSTOM_F]
[REAGENT:A:1:ROUGH:NONE:INORGANIC:FOSSIL]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_1:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_2:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_3:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_4:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_5:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_6:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_7:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_8:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_9:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[PRODUCT:13:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_FOSSIL_10:INORGANIC:BLANK]
[SKILL:CUTGEM]
[AUTOMATIC]
Any help on that?

[McClaude]

I personaly love every addition that makes the game harder. SLAG SYSTEM great idea, just let it optional as a difficulty increase.

[Meph]

@LoGIRz728: Well... as is the tried and tested tradition of this mod, whenever I upload a new version, one last thing immediatly pops up. Ascii and Ironhand are missing the new fossil inorganic files, and I have added them now. Currently reuploading the V.2b. I guess about 20 people or so will download atm, so please mind that your ascii/ironhand fossils are missing. If you play Phoebus you have nothing to worry, your version is fine.

If you are one of these people that downloaded V.2b before I made this post, please install this easy fix yourself:

Go to: MasterworkDF 2b\MasterworkDwarfFortress\Ironhand\raw\objects
Go to: MasterworkDF 2b\MasterworkDwarfFortress\Matrix\raw\objects

And replace the content of inorganic_fossil with this:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

inorganic_fossil

YESARCHEOLOGIST[OBJECT:INORGANIC]

// environment spec for more fossils/relicts
[INORGANIC:RUINS]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE]
   [MATERIAL_VALUE:0]
   [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:collapsed brick]
   [DISPLAY_COLOR:7:15:0]
   [TILE:'+']
   [ITEM_SYMBOL:10]
   [ENVIRONMENT:ALL_STONE:VEIN:15]
   [ENVIRONMENT:ALL_STONE:CLUSTER_SMALL:15]
   [ENVIRONMENT:SEDIMENTARY:CLUSTER_SMALL:15]
   [MAT_FIXED_TEMP:10000]
   [MELTING_POINT:9000]
   [BOILING_POINT:9500]

// fossils for archologist, give random item
[INORGANIC:FOSSIL]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE]
[MATERIAL_VALUE:15][DISPLAY_COLOR:7:0:0][TILE:146]
[IS_GEM:fossil:STP:OVERWRITE_SOLID]
[ENVIRONMENT:ALL_STONE:CLUSTER_ONE:50]
[REACTION_CLASS:FOSSILS]

// relicts for archeologist, give random weapon/armor
[INORGANIC:RELICT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE]
[MATERIAL_VALUE:15][DISPLAY_COLOR:7:15:0][TILE:146]
[IS_GEM:relict:STP:OVERWRITE_SOLID]
[ENVIRONMENT_SPEC:RUINS:CLUSTER_ONE:100]
[ENVIRONMENT:ALL_STONE:CLUSTER_ONE:25]
[REACTION_CLASS:FOSSILS]

// treasure for archologist, give, bars, coins, gems
[INORGANIC:TREASURE]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE]
[MATERIAL_VALUE:15][DISPLAY_COLOR:6:15:1][TILE:146]
[IS_GEM:old chest:STP:OVERWRITE_SOLID]
[ENVIRONMENT_SPEC:RUINS:CLUSTER_ONE:100]
[ENVIRONMENT:ALL_STONE:CLUSTER_ONE:25]
[REACTION_CLASS:FOSSILS]

As a personal note I think I might start testing all tilesets before a release, instead of just one.

Edit2: And before I forget it: LoGIRz728, you deserve an award. Because this is as good as a bugreport can be. You named your mod version, which tileset you use, a description of what happens, and even a fitting part of the raws. Well done.

[LoGIRz728]

Thanks for the fast reply, Meph! Better now than after 2 days I guess

[Meph]

Well, I am still here for an hour and have nothing to do... then its off to the airport. At home i'll be busy for quite some time as well, so dont expect any updates soon your report came just in time.

EDIT: Updated the changelog in the first post. Was still on 1.9.3 ^^

[vdpk7]

Thank you for the update Meph!

btw will a v.2a world parameter genereted with the ironhand setting work with the .2b update?

[Meph]

No changes take effect in old saves. You can still play them, but nothing would change. Thats why I rushed this release so much, the missing steel industry would really hurt ascii/ironhand players. It was leftover coarse iron ore, that shouldnt have been there.

But if you want to fix it yourself, you can go to your save folder, open reaction_masterwork.txt, press CTRL+h, then find all BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON and replace with BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:PURE_IRON

That should fix it even in a generated world.

Edit: Oh, and if someone wants to indulge me: Spawn Location + Magmabottle is a powerful building destroyer trap. The magma stays in the building till it is deconstructed, so build some outside, wait for trolls or similar nonsense, and see them raze the building, and engulf in magma. I havent seen it myself in invasion, and would be curious about reports.

[thistleknot]

so what is ur steam engine meph? is it a unit? or a building? im curious.

[smokebubble]

The cult, and other hidden threats are currently optional, and will stay optional. I will make settings for new ones, if I choose to introduce more of those.

That's much appreciated. Though I was thinking it would be whole sieges magically appearing inside but after reading your "Development and Discussion" post on reddit; I see that I was wrong and what you have planned is actually pretty cool.

[thistleknot]

how can I export craft rock bin into modest mod?

I guess I'd like to also incorporate underground pastures.

Well, unless underground pastures are buildings, those are in vanilla.

Rock bin crafting is just a reaction you can put into the craftsman workshop if you want.

dont i have to add a item_bin somewhere as well?

[Godlysockpuppet]

so what is ur steam engine meph? is it a unit? or a building? im curious.

Building. It uses DF hack (a 3rd party program) to work.

[Nevets_]

SLAG SYSTEM - THIS IS NOT IN THE GAME YET. I JUST WANT YOUR OPINION

I would like to introduce an optional waste system to make metal refining harder. I want to do this, because I had a fully clad steel dwarf in the succession fort, before the first caravan arrived. This means that the current layout is way too easy.

 - Slag and flyash is a realistic byproduct of ore refining.
 - I would also like to use more realistic catalysts in the furnaces.
 - For each metal bar you would create 1-2 slag.
 - Slag can be tossed in a new building, the Slag Pit, to destroy it.
 - Slag could be used to create cement/concrete blocks for constructions.
 - Slag would create miasma if not destroyed in time. (if I can mod this in)
 - Slag would clutter the furnaces, if not destroyed/moved.

Here's an overly ambitious idea:

- Slag is created as 1 heavy boulder per 1 ore smelted.
- 1 Slag can be ground to 4 cement mix at a millstone.
- 1 cement mix is now required make each stack of 4 bricks.
- That means 1 slag boulder can be used with 4 other boulders to make 16 brick blocks.
- Brick Wall / Floor is a new construction type that can be built very quickly using stone hauling labor, rather than masonry skill.

That way you can quickly build mega-constructions using cheap bricks and any spare haulers you have, rather than needing a group of trained masons.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

rather than needing a group of trained masons.

I find trained mason to be a misnomer in my forts. It's usually me going "Go be a damn MASON NOW!" to Lye Makers, heh.

Slag is a good idea to add in. Not sure about the miasma part, though, some of us have alot of furnaces running at once and slag making miasma would be hell for me. Especially since I wouldn't destroy it, ever, I'd use it to make blocks.