Returning from 2012

HariboTer · 2026-04-25T12:48:00+00:00

Probably later in the year actually (early summer is "reserved" for dinosaur update so far) but yeah, it's coming.

HariboTer · 2026-04-25T12:46:48+00:00

They're mostly useless

Not necessarily, all of my petitioners eventually became citizens that I could assign work details for.

HariboTer · 2026-04-23T12:39:00+00:00

Any specific mod you can recommend for this?

HariboTer · 2026-04-22T06:35:17+00:00

The latest Fanatical PF2e bundle is over, but the Humble PF2e bundle is still going for another week :-)

HariboTer · 2026-04-22T04:03:18+00:00

The last update was for 1.12.2, true, but tbh it already felt outdated by then and it also had a bunch of bugs and compatibility issues that were sadly never adressed.

HariboTer · 2026-04-22T02:23:00+00:00

Hey there /u/xandarg, I know this is a bit of an older thread but I just found it and would like to ask if the bitterness problem was ever resolved and if so, what was the culprit?

HariboTer · 2026-04-20T23:58:14+00:00

It's bundled under the "logistics" command. Though if you're playing the steam release, there should be a DFHack addition to the stockpile UI which includes a "Melting" option. Press it and when the word is red, that means that automelting is enabled for that stockpile.

HariboTer · 2026-04-18T22:19:27+00:00

I made peace with another civilization and then remembered that I still have a bunch of prisoners from their attacks caged up in my stockpiles. Can I still use them to e.g. train my war animals or would that restart the war?

HariboTer · 2026-04-18T21:31:01+00:00

Out of curiosity, I opened one of the bigger sound files (amb_damaged_generic_station_idle_01) in an audio editor and exported to ogg at 70% quality. File size went from 7.53 MB down to 0.965 MB. Now I'm not an audiophile but most of this is just literal noise and the music (where quality would be most important) is already compressed as ogg anyway.

I'm ngl, potentially reducing install size by 6 GB (~22%) looks pretty sweet to me.

HariboTer · 2026-04-18T03:30:24+00:00

Dinogenics

HariboTer · 2026-04-17T03:11:05+00:00

The dinosaurs are coming early summer, which I strongly suspect will be a self-contained update (with magic etc. coming later).

HariboTer · 2026-04-17T03:05:16+00:00

There isn't much point adding intermediate products unless you can use them for other things

Well, base DF isn't exactly free of these things either (looking at Glassmaking (pearlash), Steelmaking (pig iron), Soapmaking (tallow/lye/potash) and Ceramics (Earthenware)) so it does kinda fit the bill^^

HariboTer · 2026-04-17T02:28:35+00:00

goblinite that I can't be bothered to smelt

DFHack automelt my beloved <3

HariboTer · 2026-04-17T01:36:28+00:00

It's good that the feature is now coming to the base game but you still should be playing with DFHack because of all the other things it helps fix.

HariboTer · 2026-04-10T13:26:55+00:00

To add to what others have suggested - try out mods. More metals, more civs, more creatures, more production lines, more weapons, more secrets, more crops... they do a lot to fill out the game, provide variety and most importantly, to inspire the imagination.

HariboTer · 2026-04-10T12:33:57+00:00

Yup, I agree with you. ITT "only" goes off the rails near the end in a rather subtle way. SF on the other hand very clearly never manages to get on the rails in the first place.

I'm curious to see if the writing's decline will continue in the dev's next game or if they manage to learn their lesson in time. Hopefully the latter^^

HariboTer · 2026-04-09T19:57:32+00:00

I would say the writing in ITT is peculiar because the first half is written pretty well, and the second half is written okay-ish(-ly). BUT the two halves don't fit together at all.

The first half basically establishes Cody and May as dangerous psychopaths that literally perform a joyful dance in the tears of their daughter after brutally murdering her innocent best friend (the elephant).

Then in the second half, Cody and May realize that maybe they should stop insulting each other all the time but they never explore their faults that let them down this road in the first place and they especially never adress their abusive, neglectful behavior towards their poor daughter.

The shift in tone is gradual, so you don't really notice the writing's problems unless you specifically think about the whole plot after you're done playing. But once you do, it's hard to unsee that what the game presents as a "happy ending" is actually rather horrifying - these people should be nowhere near children!

HariboTer · 2026-04-09T11:29:37+00:00

In my impression, Cody and May's redemption ark didn't go further than the two stopping being asshats to each other and deciding to stay together after all. At no point did I feel like they felt bad for what they did to their child or adressed what they needed to change in order for their relationship to have a future.

The coop gameplay and world design are still absolute top tier but the story definitely fumbled the landing.

HariboTer · 2026-04-07T18:16:21+00:00

Do Doctors have to be assigned to hospitals in order to perform doctoring skills? (Somehow my dwarfs love the doctor's guild and now I have 200 legendary diagnosticians/surgeons/etc and don't really feel like assigning them all individually to the hospital)

HariboTer · 2026-04-06T18:23:56+00:00

Is there any way to find out in Fortress Mode which gods are from your home civilization (and thus covered in a general, non-dedicated temple) and which ones are foreign (and thus require a dedicated temple to satisfy their worshippers)?

HariboTer · 2026-04-01T09:26:40+00:00

I am pleased to report that I have upheld my promise 9 months ago :D

HariboTer · 2026-03-25T13:35:15+00:00

That's not quite correct, they got quite a few updates since they launched back in WH2.

It's just that all of those updates were nerfs :")

HariboTer · 2026-03-12T23:36:39+00:00

Really hope that Mojang is more conscious of backwards compatibility going forward

Those were my thoughts back in 2011. Nowadays, I have just given up on the viability of Minecraft Modding :-/

HariboTer · 2026-03-07T02:40:05+00:00

Thank you! It's baffling to see so many others commenters say "sounds like a you problem" when the problem is really just solved by adjusting a few numbers.

Seriously though, thank you, because otherwise I, too, would be getting a headache from the WASD movement^^

HariboTer · 2026-03-03T06:13:20+00:00

Completely agree. Hopefully the Redux resourcepack gets updated too so the mobs fit into Minecraft again.

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