DF2014:Release information/0.44.01

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* Broke save-compatibility
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This is the artifact release, featuring the ability to send your dwarves off to cause trouble in the world, improved kobold sites, cover identities, artifact questers, and a bit of artifact diplomacy.

—Toady One, November 22, 2017

New stuff

• Ability to send out squads to raid sites, rescuing prisoners and recovering artifacts
• Display cases and pedestals, museum zones, both in forts and other sites
• Can view the world map w/ rumors from fort mode
• Artifacts created during worldgen: dwarf moods, named heroic objects, holy relics, heirlooms
• New artifact events in play and worldgen: questers seek artifacts and ask for or steal them, invaders demand artifacts
• New historical events associated to the creation of artifacts (used in fort and worldgen)
• Agents used by civilizations to gather information, can assume cover identities
• Improved kobold site maps
• Goblin site denizens demand an identity instead of immediately attacking every stranger
• More modding control over pets and other animals
• Adventurer can assume a cover identity at will
• Adventurer can name their possessions
• New adventurer reputations related to artifacts
• New religious activity: monks, pilgrims and prophets
• Museums and other room types can be added to fort locations like taverns and libraries
• Various additional data in the XML export

Major bug fixes

• Fixed weapon trap crash vs. item breakage
• Fixed bug preventing monster slayers from visiting those forts with monsters to slay
• Made animated skulls, hair and other bits easier to pulp
• Made idle and vermin-hunting dwarves come down from trees more successfully
• Made thirst/hunger and being pushed out of the way less likely to terminate dances

Other bug fixes/tweaks

• Alphabetized broad stock screen categories
• Fixed problem with historical bodies not respecting wounds/processing
• Fixed bug causing religions to worship too many gods, with duplicates
• Made simple burrow beasts start in caves as possible
• Fixed broken historical collection linkage with beast attacks during festivals
• Fixed one instance of broken animal person greetings
• Stopped natural animals from w.g. rampaging through sites owned by entities at peace with wildlife
• Took age into account for w.g. fights vs. body size (e.g. proper dragon size)
• Stopped people from being enough to satisfy a need to see great beasts
• Made visitors less nervous about going to neutral locations