Release information/51.01

Alexandra here with a post-Adventure Mode beta launch update. We hope you’re enjoying all the mischief and mayhem that the beta has to offer. Some of the stories you’ve been sharing have been hilarious and thought-provoking to say the least. This story about stealing a shield gone wrong made me laugh a lot.

— Kitfox and Bay 12 Games, April 18, 2024

Initial Release

April 17, 2024

Adventurer mode is now playable, though missing several features at this state
New soundtrack and audio
Fixed region map scrolling crash
Crash fix related to multithreading
Portrait graphics (included in 50.13

Beta 14

June 5, 2024

Added the trade/barter/demand conversation menu
Sites without tables in their stockpile get emergency tables for their shops for now
Printed tabletop items on tables, and stopped many other building items from printing on top of creatures
Sound off init option should work in adventure mode now
Adventurers are no longer unaware of their own name
Adventurers should no longer be sprinting/walking/etc forever when retired into a fort
Fixes that linux crash on the trainer menu again
Makes liquids/powders not spill out of containers on unretire

Beta 15

June 17, 2024

Abilities menu! Raise the dead if you learn the secrets, pet animals, spit, breathe fire and use other special powers in mods or as an arena-controlled creature/undead
Left click to move to distant tiles
Interaction-given syndrome tracking/timing improved
NPCs should run and sleep again

Beta 18

June 26, 2024

Added butcher/create menu

Beta 19

July 17, 2024

Advancing the beta

Composing poems, music, dances, and writing things down is back in
Wrestle button now handles wrestling
Encumbrance is visible in inventory screen and there are a few alert levels for being over-encumbered
Speed is visible in the movement options
Indicators for ongoing movement, attacks, and dodges during player's turn in combat

General bug fixing

Throwing/shooting crash fixed
Fixed input/display issues in kitchen menu
Handled several issues with gifting pets
Certain goblin torsos weren't being displayed

Beta 20

August 14, 2024

Quest log and information screen in adventure mode
Child and baby pictures for dwarves
Many new fruit, flower, leaf pictures
Updated dwarf clothing images
Made good/bad thoughts about tombs work
Fixed error with experiment portrait mandibles

New graphics and fortress mode changes from this patch were included in 50.14.

Beta 21

August 28, 2024

Your adventurer can u ride and push minecarts, use levers, bash down locked doors and hatches, topple statues
You can now use wells in towns
Adventure music plays based on context
Full personality customization available in adventurer mode character creation
A few Linux audio crashes fixed

Beta 22

September 4, 2024

Fix for recent audio crash
Visible soldiers/groups on world map in adventure mode
Adventure mode sound indicators in unseen areas
Ability to assume identity in adventure mode
Can view wounds in dwarf mode arena without diagnosis
Palettized unit graphics (included in 50.14)

Beta 23

September 30, 2024

Audio crash fixed
Update to bin/barrel container graphics so they show their contents in more detail (included in 50.15)
Added tracking symbols (K for now)
Added classic glyphs (still need to work on screen layout)
Fixed Linux crash-on-exit
Better respected caste population ratios
Added more information to crash logs
Fixed command line world generation

Beta 24

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Started adding Adventurer mode tutorial (camera, movement, menu options, popups for many menus)
Menu sounds during character creation and the adventure log
Improved river and campfire audio loops
Can click on portrait for status
Hive no longer looks like clothing
Made string display more compatible with fan translations
Made threading more stable
Fixed modding crash involving creature variations

Beta 25

[2]

Fixed crash involving river audio polling

Beta 26

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Beta 27

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Beta 28

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