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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.

[Arumba]

eta on release?

[fasquardon]

I am liking the list of fixes you posted Meph.

How long would it take to add the ability to call sieges (through failed stealing expeditions), megabeasts merchants and diplomats?  That all sounded really interesting.  Particularly for the Kobolds.

fasquardon

[Wilm0chimp]

I have another question, about diseases. All of my dorfs have yellow eyes and reduced vision according to the medical screen. I have no idea why, so I suspect its a disease instead of some mysterious eye bruising critter.

Is this a disease of some kind, and if so what do you do about them? Its been around for several years now.

[Meph]

I can add it in a couple of minutes. Adding it for dwarves and kobolds with extra buildings, in a balanced and lore-friendly manner? Many, many hours.

@wilmochimp: Do you have no combat log reports about people getting a disease? Of you have them, one of your dwarves brought a sickness and you have to isolate him. Otherwise its a contagiont, maybe FB blood...

[Wilm0chimp]

Yes! I did have a huge list of combat logs, all of which were empty when I saw them. Do they clear themselves after a certain amount of time, or are there no entries to actually read?

Does sickness work on the basis of a patient zero that needs to be removed in order to cure everyone? Its not FB blood, no FB's or any other nasty critters have come to the map.

[Nokao]

@ALL: I thought I might do a release today, but 3 new scripts popped up.
1. I can make items themselves carry syndromes, not just the material they are made of. For example all iron/steel/brass/bronze flamethrowers would have the same ability. Which is awesome.

That's great, can this allow my wich-idea to be scripted ? A "quest" like carp-god that transforms dwarfs in pets or their body to small animals ...
Also, can this bring to a new game rebalance? like for example, 10% faster/stronger dwarfes some hours after drinking booze, but also less good in combact ...
Or dwarfs weak when starving/thristy etc ...
RELICS/ARTIFACTS digged to be coursed !? or spawn ghosts of previous-TakenFromLegends owners ?

Is this a disease of some kind, and if so what do you do about them? Its been around for several years now.

In my actual fortress I never had disease problems, probably thanks to the fact that all my dwarfes are obligated to pass trough a natural waterfall that wash them costantly.
You should try that also.

Changelog - Masterwork DF V.2h

Your work is really awesome !

I know that this has been discussed many times, but I wonder how do you all manage to play changing and updating MW version so often ?

Actually I could abandon my fortress and start another,
but my only wish would be to start again in the same map,
yet recreating all buildings/constructions + stockpiles etc. and starting with 7 dwarfes,
is this possible somehow maybe with PerfectWorld ?

Do you all keep starting over and over again ?

Also will it be dangerous/useless/somewhat useful to overwrite MWDF current in my actual MWDF 2f game ?

[smakemupagus]

Also will it be dangerous/useless/somewhat useful to overwrite MWDF current in my actual MWDF 2f game ?

You can read the sticky post "When do I need a new world" at the top of this forum.  Short answer is, yes you need a new world for almost all new features to take effect, although you can make changes to existing items in some cases.  A new MDF version goes far beyond changes to existing items.

A World template will give you similar worlds but not exactly the same, there is much randomness in world gen (which for many players is a lot of the charm of the game, although I get the impression you very much like deterministic things, which is fine too ) .  Certainly no way I know of to copy all your buildings and stuff to a new site.  Of course you can use utilities like Quickfort or even the built in DF macro system to save fortress templates, and you can Hack your dwarves to infinite speed and create your own custom reactions to give yourself certain amounts of building materials for free.

[Meph]

Yep, MDF releases are special. They are made from childrens tears, jackalope horns and the hard work of all the chinese I pay to code for me.

[smakemupagus]

Yep, I've found those powdered jackalope horns always need a world regen.

[Nokao]

Well in this case I'll offer you some children tears.

I'll keep going with my actual fort, stopping to dedicate is too much care (like it's my last end definitive-perfect fort(tm)), and dreaming how to make the new one.
I also just returned from a holiday in Ireland, and have many ideas on Celtic-spiralling-designs I must try.
Maybe this time i'm going also to update wiki (designs) with new ideas, trying to give back to the community some of the help you gave me.

It's sad that this game is made like this, un-updatable (prior to destroy-and-regen-world).
It's like a mandala, and that also, gives many design suggestions.

I Feel inspired now, i'll go to find an artistic way to have !FUN!

http://youtu.be/10084L3Pqsc

[Meph]

>>>> NEW DOWNLOAD - V.2h - WIN <<<<

Masterwork DF V.2h:

NOTES: This release is heavily focused on dfhack. If you experience freezes/crashes, let me know immediately. I have many custom written plugins/scripts in this mod. Having said that, the dwarven AI is a bit daft about the powerarmors and the special weapons. They equip them, and then bludgeon people to death with their flamethrower. They use them, just not very often. Till I fix these AI quirks, please be reasonable and just assume that your dwarves are idiots.

Known bug: Grazing button is still reversed. ON means OFF, OFF means ON.

Special thanks to expwnent and putnam, both for their work that enables more possibilities in modding.

Utilities

• Updated to dfhack r3
• Added binary patches for several vanilla bugs
• Added putnams itemsyndrome script
• Updated falconnes dfhack plugins
• Added forumdwarves script

GUI

• Button for Gnome Race
• Buttons for Gnomish Artificer, Weather Control Station, Rune Armory, Siren

Bugfixes

• Fixed bronze ballista/catapult part reaction
• Fixed steam engine
• Fixed kobold pets. Spiders web, ogres fight better, shalswars dont wear gear
• Fixed phoebus minecart tile
• Fixed viper-sign kobold bites
• Fixed 27 web-creating creatures. Turned out they did not create webs before
• Fixed possible spilling when making boozebelly rum
• Fixed possible spilling when making dewbeetle mead
• Fixed cragboars teeth shearing
• Fixed kobolds rigid chitin leather armor reaction

Balancing

• Completely rebalanced: Golem Forge
• Completely rebalanced: Colosseum
• Completely rebalanced: Warbeast Kennels
• Completely rebalanced: Machine Factory
• Easier to use the Thief's Tunnel now (Kobold Camp)
• Kobolds can dig gems now - a reason to explore caves/caverns

New Tradegoods

• Blueprints from Gnomes (misc section)
• Clockwork Parts from Gnomes (tool section)
• Cages monsters for the colosseum (tool section)
• Book of Summong, summon Colossi to fight (misc section)
• Song of Gaia, grow trees and grass instantly (misc section, elves only)

Weather Control Device
Buy blueprint from gnomes.
Needs blueprint and blocks to be build.
Reactions are free, use as often as you like.
Can clear the sky, let it rain, let it snow.
Rain/Snow is great to put out surface fires.




Alarm Siren
Needs a mechanism to be build.
Reactions are free, but cause bad thoughts.
Can wake up sleeping dwarves and cancel parties/breaks.
Great for making your army ready in case of invasions.




Gnomish Artificer
Buy blueprint from gnomes.
Can make power armors.
Can make flamethrowers, netthrowers and firecannons.
Can make cannons and cannonballs.




Rune Armory
Buy blueprint or design it yourself.
Engrave runes on armor, any metal armor is possible.
Each metal gives a different boost.



New Race: Gnomes

Spoiler: Full Changelog - Masterwork DF V.2h (click to show/hide)

 - Updated dfhack to r3
 - Added putnams itemsyndrome script, needed for some new additions.
 - Added "forumdwarves" utility. Press Ctrl-P to print any ingame text to the forumdwarves.txt
 - Applied binpatches from dfhack to fix following vanilla bugs:
# Bug 5994 - items teleported when removing a construction binpatch apply deconstruct-teleport binpatch apply deconstruct-heapfall
# Bug 4406 - hospital overstocking on all items binpatch apply hospital-overstocking
# Bug 808 - custom reactions completely using up all of their reagents binpatch apply custom-reagent-size
# Bug 4530 - marksdwarves not training when quiver full of combat-only ammo binpatch apply training-ammo
# Bug 1445 - weapon racks broken, armor stand capacity too low

 - Added [LEATHER][ITEMS_LEATHER] to shellplate and rigid shellplate templates. Leatherworker now accepts these as well.
 - Fixed bronze ballista/catapult parts reaction.
 - Replaced all coal:coke reagents with coal:no_matgloss, this way people can use charcoal as well. (was used in 20 or so custom reactions)
 - Added Machinery Section to Workshops and moved Steam Engine to it. (dfhack related, does not work as furnace)
 - Updated Phoebus Minecart tile (was outdated, sorry)
 - Reduces clutch size of the new dwarven pets.
 - Updated falconnes dfhack plugins for r3
 - Shalswars and Orges no longer spawn with clothing (kobold camp)
 - Golems rebalanced. Golem Casts no longer exist. Making a golem now needs:
 - 5 metal bars, 1 metal mechanism, 1 metal weapon. This will create 1 golem. (and the dwarf of course)
 - Lowered the value of cheese, but raised the value of milk.
 - Warbeast Kennels rebalanced. Pet Armor Casts no longer exist. Armoring a pet now needs:
 - 3 metal bars, 1 mechanism. This will armor 1 pet.
 - Recycling a dead pets armor will give you 2 metal bars back.
 - Recycling a broken golem will give you 1 mechanism and 3 metal bars back.
 - Rebalanced landmine and turret making. Landmine/Turret cases no longer exist. You now need:
 - 1 iron bar, 1 copper bar, 1 mechanism, 1 blackpowder for landmines. + reagents for the specific type. (fire, ice, warpstone, etc.)
 - 2 iron bars, 2 copper bars, 2 mechanisms, 1 clockwork part for turrets.  + reagents for the specific type. (fire, ice, warpstone, etc.)
 - Rebalanced the Colosseum.
 - To "Release a creature" you need a caged monster. These can be bought from any caravan, in the tool section.
 - When a "golden caged monster" is realeased, you get a spawned creature to fight, and a golden cage. Same for all other materials.
 - To summon a Colossus in the Colosseum, you need a statue and the book of summoning. These can be bought from dwarves or drow caravans.
 - Added New Building Category "Machinery"
 - Added Alarm Siren and Gnomish Artificer Buildings.
 - Kobold Viper-Caste no longer causes fires when it bites. Really odd bug, that one.
 - Designing and copying blueprints now needs jugs full of ink, instead of just flasks.
 - Renamed Runesmith to Rune Weaponry, and added Rune Armory.
 - Rune Armory enchanted metal armors with up to 15 positive effects.
 - Weather Control Device. Trade the blueprint from gnomes, late game traders.
 - Added gnome race. Late game traders, arrive in Summer. You need a really big fortress or wealthy fortress to attract gnome traders.
 - They bring a diplomat and a guild representative, and are the only source of blueprints for the "gnomish artificer" and the "weather control device"
 - Gnomes bring no wagons and no bodyguards, so take care of their caravans.
 - Added gnomish artificer. New furnace.  Creates 3 kinds of powerarmor and 3 kinds of ranged weapons.
 - Steampower Armor: Iron grade armor, gives max strength
 - Steamguardian Armor: Steel grade armor, gives max endurance
 - Steamrunner Armor, Bronze grade armor, gives max agility
 - These armors can still be enchanted with runes, if you want to.
 - Flamethrower and bladed flamethrower: Dwarves can shoot flames. Beware friendly fire.
 - Firecannon and bladed firecannon: Dwarves shoot cannonballs and fireballs.
 - Cannon and bladed cannon: Dwarves shoot cannonballs.
 - Added weather control device. New furnace.
 - You can run 3 reactions there: Clear the sky, Let it rain, Let it snow.
 - Added 5 options to the GUI: Gnome Race, Alarm Siren, Weather Control Device, Gnomish Artificer, Rune Armory. You can toggle these on/off.
 - Updated Manual
 - Snow Leopards are now war-trainable.
 - Fixed 27 web-throwing creatures, including the trap spider (kobold camp) to actually USE THEIR WEBS. Turns out the webber tag is not enough.
 - Thieves tunnel (kobold camp) is easier to make
 - Ogres (kobold camp) are better. 5 skill in strike, kick, dodge and fighting.
 - Armored ogres (kobold camp)are better. 10 skill in strike, kick, dodge and fighting.
 - Fixed REACTION:KOBOLD_RIGIDCHITIN_LEATHER_ARMOR_BREASTPLATE] (kobold camp)
 - Scriptorium allows to "record the history of your fortress", which will quicksave your progress.
 - Elves now sell 2 special items, the Song of Gaia and Song of Titania. These are found in the misc-section of the trader.
 - You can regrow all grass once with the Song of Titania, or regrow all grass and tree-saplings with the Song of Gaia.
 - Gnomish Artificer can now make a steampowered Net-Thrower as well. It shoots webs.
 - Fixed a splill-over bug when making boozebelly rum.
 - Lowcapsed all the embark profile titles. Small thing, bit effect, way more readable. Put the easy embarks for beginners and the empty template to the top.
 - Fixed dewbeetle mead spilling over
 - Fixed cragtooth teeth being sheard as "skin"
 - Kobolds can now make clay sling bullets. (kobold camp)
 - Stealing from civs no longer needs bags and cloaks, but "pouches" and "thief's cloaks". Both are tools. (kobold camp)
 - Removed bone studs. You now make studded leather directly from leather+bone/horn/hoof/remains.
 - Added an empty gamelog.txt for soundsense to find.
 - Added the forumdwarves.txt. It includes a small readme as well.
 - Iron/Steel armored sauropods had a very small chance of appearing in the wild. I fixed that.

[KingofstarrySkies]

squeee!
GNOMES
YAAAAAAY

[Riverfire]

Aaaaaand there goes my fort in the deleted files bin. Sigh.

*clicks download button*

[Nokao]

Aaaaaand there goes my fort in the deleted files bin. Sigh.

*clicks download button*

http://youtu.be/10084L3Pqsc

Religiously.

[Ahrimans Library Card]

Woo! Those bugs bugged me. I lost a fort due to a outbreak of fire when I tried trading captured Gnolls, and all the spiders did was try to kill each other recreationally.

Also, I'm curious. What's a Golem heart? I saw it when I wanted to create the golem foundry, and I was quite diappointed I couldn't golemize everyone from the start of the game. I'm assuming I need to scavenge one from automatons?