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I spotted a plump helmet man visiting the fortress tavern. The dwarves weren't tempted to eat her or brewing her, at least I think.

New update just dropped

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/693135146596958388

This patch gives messengers more tasks, like the ability to make peace and improve or open trade relations. You can assign messengers in the same menu where you assign other positions like the manager and broker, and you can give them missions from the world screen (button on the lower right.) There are also some optimizations and other fixes.

Diplomacy
>Your appointed messengers can now do a variety of diplomatic missions from the world screen. Make peace, declare war, make contact, and improve trade. You can also seek alliances if you have the monarch in your fortress.
>Increased the priority of messenger actions.
>It's possible to open trade with humans and elves before their usual time if you send a messenger.You can also open trade with multiple civilizations of the same type.
>If traders don't make decent profits and you do not engage in negotiations, trade will taper off.
>Added confirmation to mission interface.
>Changed some colors on mission interface.
>Added a dialog line for dwarven traders from other civilizations.
>Fixed issue where turning enemies off lead to early caravans (requires resetting difficulty to apply).

General updates
>Optimization: zombies don't consider their surrounding until disturbed.
>Optimization: throttled creatures trying to repeatedly failing path.
>Added announcements for residents and creatures that have begun throttling pathing.
>Can view activity details again from the residents list.
>Stopped scroll bar from disappearing when closing bins near the bottom of the trade list.
>Increased the maximum number of announcements that can be saved.
>Prioritized the removal of sparring announcements from the announcement list.
>Tries to repair corrupted musical instruments upon load.
>Did some exception handing for map saving and loading.
>Added the ability to display all logged errors on screen (useful for debugging mods etc).

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For the unknowledgeable, the Steam version of DF REQUIRES a new gen every significant* RAW change due to mods not being baked into the save anymore,
*For an idea of what constitutes a significant RAW change, see https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=29157.0

Graphics IDs are baked into each save, and require a world regen to see changes.

The path to the RAWs differs based on pre or post steam versions
(if 47.05- then raw\objects)
(if 50.01+ then data\vanilla)

The following are examples of simple tweaks you can do yourself with minimal effort
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How To Remove Gays/Bisexuals/Asexuals From All Creatures
Notepad++
open all creature RAWs (creature_X.txt)
ctrl+H
[CASTE:MALE]

[CASTE:MALE]\n\t\t[ORIENTATION:FEMALE:0:0:100]\n\t\t[ORIENTATION:MALE:100:0:0]

Replace in all opened files


[CASTE:FEMALE]

[CASTE:FEMALE]\n\t\t[ORIENTATION:MALE:0:0:100]\n\t\t[ORIENTATION:FEMALE:100:0:0]


Replace in all opened files.


--NOTE: If you want your Adventurer to not be Indeterminate(asexual), you need to change their Orientation via DFHack in two places--

view the Adventurer
gui/gm-editor in DFHack panel/window
write down the hist_figure_ID of the creature(you'll need it for the second part)
navigate to status > current_soul > orientation_flags
change as desired.

now type "gui/gm-editor df.global.world.history.figures" in DFHack panel/window
navigate to histfig ID > orientation_flags
change as desired.
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How To Remove Black Dwarves
>creature_standard.txt
at line 437-439(435-437 if on versions 47.05-), replace contents with

[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:PALE_PINK:1:PEACH:1:PINK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]
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How To Remove Bald Dwarves
>entity_default.txt
under [ENTITY:MOUNTAIN]
at line 862(850 if on versions 47.05-), replace contents with

[TS_MAINTAIN_LENGTH:100:NONE]
[TS_PREFERRED_SHAPING:NEATLY_COMBED]
[TS_PREFERRED_SHAPING:BRAIDED]
[TS_PREFERRED_SHAPING:DOUBLE_BRAIDS]
[TS_PREFERRED_SHAPING:PONY_TAILS]

>>2402681
>>2402795
>You can expect to see the dinosaur update next
wut

>>2402681
>>2402795
uploaded

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Wtf, this guy just dropped dead, I was really confused but it was just old age, first time I've ever seen that, he was 151 then he just dropped dead while sparring, RIP legendary axedwarf.

>>2403165
161 I meant

>>2402960
Creatures RAWs will get expanded with prehistoric creatures, and also world gen options for how prima you want your world to be, or something among this line.

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Bruh what the hell is this bruh???

>>2403298
It is a cat fish, what else would it be?

>>2403298
adorable. trap it and make it a pet

>>2403298
he cute

>>2402421 (OP)
Dwarf Fortress died after 47.05.

>>2403690
It got murked by a tribe of grizzly bear men along with everything else on the map

>>2402959
How do I have only gay black bald dwarves?

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Is there a mod to make the steam version of DF less ugly color wise? I want less intense colors.

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>>2404629
Like I want the color palette to look more like pic related.

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>It's another episode of a horde of crundles spawned to inevitably fill my cage traps
I don't think the fort has to worry about food anytime soon

>>2404624
use your brain and figure it out from what has been provided

>>2404711
You should place some boulderdrop traps in between the cage traps.

>>2404711
probably the best egg laying creatures in the game. i love having a crundle farm. breakfast every morning from the butt of an imp in a Grand Dining Room at the bottom of a 1000 foot tall staircase

>>2404629
The only color adjustment mod ive seen out there is one called Colors Armoknized.
There is one lad who actually had the balls to make a new graphic set for steam DF called HEWN, but this is an entire new graphic set.
You probably shou ask the guy on the first one who to mod his mod to your taste, and then DIY

>>2404629
for the premium graphics?
sadly not, its addition has more or less killed the graphics and tileset scene

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> arrives at the fort
> doesn't work
> steals so much gold he can barely move
> still complains

How do I get rid of this Ganesha hobo?

>>2405599
Conscript, send into a room with a drawbridge floor and a big drop with spikes or lava beneath, close door behind him, have someone flip the switch, goodbye.

I still can’t believe it actually worked

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>>2402421 (OP)
are there any good mods recently? I havent played much with mods since masterwork and lazy newb pack

I have 2 hours of free time ahead of me, should i jump in and learn the absolute basics or will i accomplish nothing?I'm playing EUIV right now but i have a huge itch for more autism

>>2405715
its fun for a few hours, df is no eu4 to sink in hundreds of hours tho

>>2405727
Fr? I have the steam version and i thought it's one of those games that you can sink thousands of hours into. Something like RimWorld.

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These were all committed by 1 black woman, she started a tavern brawl that ended with 23 injured, 2 of which died. What should be done with such people?

>>2405730
Her fucking name is Arbost Lawpass dude

>>2405729
You have to be a special kind of autismo but yes

>>2405745
I have plenty of that

>>2405747
Personally I’d say it’s miles better than rimworld, although rimworld has its charms

>>2405729
>>2405747
It is on the same genre as RW but it has very different feel imo.
DF is more like beekeeping or tending an ant farm
RW is more like running a mental asylum but junkies keep trying to break in every week, so you need to set up a bunch of sentry guns on the frontyard

>>2405795
>ant farm
If Rimworld already felt like that (in fact i used the exact same words) will DF have that feeling amplified?

>>2405833
Yes, and the ants can actually move vertically as well.
And you can play as an ant in a sandbox

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>>2405869
there is SO MUCH to do in this game oh god, i will play for one more hour and then play Solar Nations 2 because i want to try it but tomorrow is gonna be a dwarf fortress day for sure

>>2405887
>there is SO MUCH to do in this game
not really but you will figure this out eventually

>>2405887
>there is SO MUCH to do in this game
there is but you need to have an actual imagination or else you'll think there is quite little

How can I do an undead archery range that's reloadable while not empty, lets me recover ammo and doesn't endanger dwarves? I'm trying to drop not flying undead into a pit with iron grates at the bottom but I can't figure out how to drop the undead in since you can't build cages on bridges and they won't just throw them in the pit if you assign an animal pasture over it and assign the undead there.

>>2405918
Capture a necromancer, use it to revive corpses.

You should place the necro in an enclosed living space with gapped walls on the side you want to make the revival chamber, with a bridge in front of it. When you lower the bridge the necro will revive any corpses in his line of sight, close the bridge to cut off the line of sight and stop the revival process.

You can then build a hole on top of the revival chamber in order to use it as a dumping zone to throw in corpses.

If you want it for archery training, have another gapped wall closing off the other end of the revival chamber, you can then have your marksdorfs stay there shooting the corpses.

You can then build a corridor with several doors and drawbridges to act as an entrance to the revival chamber so you can collect bolts.

Be mindful of the location of the necro and marksdorfs, you do not want them to be able to shoot the necro, so make it in a way they cant get line of sight to the necro chamber.

>start new location
>get zones made
>mining and wood cutting locations pre-planned
>tons of high value gems and metals
>holy moly what a game! Started atbelevation 37
>quickly get to 22 just going down and making small starting zones
>dig stairs doing to 21
>demon emerges from pocket
>kills everyone
Well that was nice while it lasted.

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>>2406328
>>dig stairs doing to 21
>>demon emerges from pocket
What! How?

>>2406336
It was a really early caverns i guess. Normally don't run into any untill 0.

>>2406336
In 50.01 Toady added some lootbox fragments of hell spread out through the cavern layers. Sometimes they have !!FUN!! in them

That anon dug opened one accidentaly, and got the best result

how does the game handle double jointedness and/or contorsionism?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility_(joints)

>>2406390
you have to add in more joints, I like adding one to the spine so you can break their necks

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>>2405445
>>2405551
Would it be possible then to apply an older graphic tilepack to the steam version? Would it at all be within the realm of possibility?
I really really like the obsidian one and I think it fits the game better than any other look out there.

>>2406508
Unfortunately, no. Graphics were essentially rewritten for v50. Any old graphics packs have to be remade to become usable. And no one has bothered to try updating any of them so far.
Old tilesets, however, are still mostly compatible. Square tilesets for some reason break, but rectangular ones work fine.

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>>2406519
>Square tilesets for some reason break, but rectangular ones work fine.
What did Toady One mean by this

>>2406676
Hey, at least mousefags and graphixfags can play now

>>2406196
I was trying to do it in a terrifying biome, also do you place targets in front of the walls cause if the range doesn't have enough targets they won't go to practice there.

>>2406338
I thought the game warned you before digging into the spires to the clown fiesta.
>>2406369
>lootbox fragments of hell spread out through the cavern layers
Oh is that what those obsidian/gem squares are? Good thing I haven't dug into them yet. Wait, I think I dug one out but I made sure to smooth/fortify it just in case. High tier gems in the 1st cavern layer seemed super sus.

>>2406829
the squares of obsidian and precious gems are all hollow and the center tile has a random chance of containing

>nothing
>water
>lava
>fire that will explode out and cook the miner that broke the block if you're unlucky
>a demon
>an angel
>a randomly generated artifact piece of equipment made from divine metal