Difference between revisions of "v0.31:Release information"

{{quality|Masterwork|15:48 27 December 2011 (UTC)}}

 

Adapted from the [http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AT8EQVUjrv96ZGc5cnBwOHZfMjgyY3FzZHFtanA&hl=en&pli=1 google docs file] by SirPenguin about the release.

 

===  Materials ===

* The [[material]] system has been rewritten, and just about everything is made from a material now.

* It is now possible to track the identity of certain materials, such as [[blood]] spatter.

* The [[color]] of a base [[material]] will now have more effects - a [[wagon]] made out of featherwood will reflect the color of the wood.

* Material breath [[weapon]]s are possible, and can be made of any material. These are mainly linked with poisons, and when inhaled by a creature, they will become poisoned.

* Small amounts of certain [[material]]s ([[blood]], snow, etc.) can accumulate in a tile.

** For example, if enough liquid [[gold]] accumulates in a tile, it will cool into a [[glob]] of gold.

** This also works for [[material]]s such as liquid (molten) [[metal]], which will cool into a [[glob]] which can then be used to [[melt]] down into a bar.

* [[Weapon]]s and [[armor]] now use various "real world" attributes to calculate their effectiveness. Each [[material]] (rock, [[metal]]) uses the following:

** '''Impact/shear yield'''

** '''Impact/shear fracture'''

** '''[[Impact/shear elasticity]]'''

 

 

===  [[raw file|Raws]] ===

** These include the [[Noble|new military positions]] (General/Lieutenant/Captain/Militia Commander/Militia Captain).

* [[Attribute]]s have also moved into the [[raw file|raws]], allowing you set all sorts of values such as how fast an attribute increases.

* Many objects - trees, plants, [[stone]]s, etc. - now have [[material]] lists in the [[raw file|raws]].

** Some [[raw file|raws]] have been merged, such as trees/plants, and [[stone]]s/[[metal]]s.

* A [[region]]'s raw files are now stored in their respective save folder.

===  The d# series (Not implemented in first release)===  

** You can bind multiple [[Key bindings|keys]] to one command.

** You can create keyboard [[Macros and Keymaps|macros]].

===  Arenas ===

* Arenas allow the player to set up battles with any kind of creatures with any type of equipment and have them face off.

 

 

 

The file '''announcements.txt''' (at Dwarf Fortress/data/init/announcements.txt) can be used to control which [[announcement]]s do or don't cause the game to recenter and/or pause.  For example, you can make the game pause and recenter when ores and economic stones are uncovered, but not when ordinary stone like microcline is uncovered.

== Combat ==

===  Squads ===

* The [[fortress guard]] is considered a squad under the [[sheriff]], and the royal guard is considered a squad under the [[Hammerer]].

* '''[[Captain]]s''' can be appointed under your '''[[General]]''' and lead [[squad]]s.

* There is a system in place that will try its best to keep your schedules staffed, going so far as finding replacements when [[soldier]]s get hungry/tired, as well as forcing soldiers to stay on duty if no replacements are found.

* You have complete control over how [[squad]]s handle rations - [[food]] and [[drink]] stored in backpacks and flasks - and [[alcohol]] can now be stored as a [[drink]] option.

* Champions as heavily trained soldiers are no more. Rather, a single '''[[Champion]]''' is an appointed position that your [[duke]]/[[count]]/[[baron]] appoints.

* "Lord" [[soldier]]s aren't restricted in their weapon choice, and can be made into civilians again.

* Beds, racks, stands, boxes/chests and cabinets can now be assigned to squad positions.

* You can now use the [[note]] making system to lay out stations and patrol routes for your [[squad]]s.

* [[Sparring]] has been redone.  One such change is the addition of Combat Drills.

** Even slightly skilled [[dwarf|dwarves]] can teach people below them.

* Personalities play a role in these lessons. Naturally lazy [[dwarf|dwarves]] will have a harder time learning and concentrating, though they can overcome them with [[skill]]/attribute increases.

* Squad selection/orders now can occur in real time.

* You can issue orders to several [[squad]]s at once or several individuals across different squads.

* Kill orders are now possible. You can select any creature your fort does not control to be killed.

* You can give [[squad]]s nicknames if you wish.

===  Squad Equipment ===

* Prior to .31.09 a position called the '''Arsenal dwarf''' existed who handled various [[equipment]] delegation. Toady One has removed the position for the time being (.09 onward)to make the equipment handling run smoother, it will reappear in later releases but not until it has some better uses.

* You can now establish "'''[[uniform]]s'''" for your [[soldier]]s. With it, you can assign specific [[armor]], [[weapon]]s, and other such [[equipment]] that you want all soldiers in a squad to wear.

* [[Soldier]]s know the difference between [[training]], battle, and civilian [[equipment]], and when/how to switch between them, as well as how to store them, which is usually done in [[barracks]] via boxes (which can be assigned to [[squads]]).

* You can now handle [[ammo]] allocation by [[material]], so you can set aside [[metal]] [[bolt]]s for battle and [[wood]]en bolts for [[training]]. [[Squad]]s will maintain such ammo counts on their own.

* [[Training]] [[weapon]]s are in now, made at the carpenter's shop. Due to the nature of the [[material]] rewrite, these [[weapon]]s lack edges, making them far less dangerous.

* [[Dwarf|Dwarves]] can handle any [[weapon|weapons]] now (they are not limited to the 6 weapons allowed in previous versions).  

** [[Blowdart]] [[squad]]s confirmed.

* Critters now become familiar/accustomed to items they use often, such as [[armor]] and [[weapon]]s. Being familiar with an item gives them better rolls during [[combat]].

** They can also become attached to items and will refuse upgrades.

* Items keep track of [[creatures]] they kill now, and that will show up in the legends mode.

* Items can become "named" - raised to a semi-[[artifact]] level - if they have seen a lot of battles or have killed someone of a historical figure era-level of importance.

* [[Dwarf|Dwarves]] will now fill up their [[Quiver|quivers]] properly - they will not go into [[combat]] with 1 bolt in their quiver if they can help it.

* You can assign specific items to units (useful for cases such as [[artifact]]s).

* [[Dwarf|Dwarves]] assigned to [[squad]]s will go train in their free time if they have self-discipline. This includes individual drilling practice.

* 1/3 of [[dwarf|dwarves]] have a "favored" weapon.

===  Weapons and Armor ===

[[Image:DF2010_1.png|thumb|400px|The new [[combat report]]s. Note the date, ability to zoom to an announcement's location, and more flavorful descriptions.]]

* All [[weapon]]s now have multiple '''[[attack types]]''' (a [[sword]] can use a thrusting attack, or with the blade itself, or even the pommel) and each attack can do a different type of [[damage]].

* Armor [[skill]] and quality of the [[armor]] increases your "deflection" roll, which alters the effective force of an attack.

* [[Weapon]]s don't use hard-coded percentage [[damage]] anymore, but rather, use their [[material]]'s various properties in order to determine damage.

* The swing velocity of a [[hammer]] is determined by the strength and weight of the hammer itself, among other things.

* Woven/Chain items have a "structural elasticity" property (compared to plate/scale).

* Small [[creatures]] are now able to take on larger creatures by pecking away at their bodies, something which was impossible in the old [[version]].

* "I had a [[dragon]] fight some lions, and after a little bit of dragonfire and close [[combat]], I ended up with a dragon covered with the grammatically-in-progress "lion [[melted]] [[fat]] spatter"."

* Temperature transfer between wrestlers is now possible, so think twice before [[wrestling]] that spirit of fire.

* There's now a notion of a "squared shot", in that your attack could hit someone's arm full force, but if you didn't hit in in the right area, the [[bone]] would not break. This helps many problems, such as with [[bolts]], as well as [[axe]]s/[[sword]]s not lopping everything off every time you swing.

* Toady on the path of the force of an attack: "The [[armor]] is all checked in order from outer to inner, then it gets at the tissue [[layer]]s, altering the character of the attack as it goes."

* Force from blunt [[weapon]]s can transcend [[layer]]s. For instance, a [[hammer]] can bruise the [[skin]] while breaking the [[bone]] underneath.

** As such, plate [[armor]]'s benefits are generally ignored by blunt attacks, and [[leather]] armor would prove to be more effective.

* "Solid breath can take the form of a forward moving dust puff that accidentally knocks people out due to some [[cave-in]] code.  When I fix that, KOs may or may not be a parameter.  Solid breath can also take the form of a solid [[glob]] (a small one right now) that is hurled like a [[stone]].  It might as well be a thrown stone of the solid.  Solid breath can also be an undirected dust puff (also accidental knockouts)."

*** '''[[recuperation]]''' - somebody suggested "resilience". i don't really like any of the names... in any case, this will control the healing of your physical [[wound]]s.

*** '''[[memory (attribute)|memory]]''' - remembery stuff.

* [[Creatures]] now have '''souls''', and these souls serve as storage for a creature's mental [[attributes]] and [[skill]]s.

* [[Attributes]] and [[skill]]s can now "'''rust'''" if the attribute/skill is unused for a long period of time. The more rust the skill or attribute has, the less effective it is, and high enough rust will actually "delevel" the ability. Rust can be worked off by simply using the attribute or skill in question.

** [[Skill]]s have been split up into '''[[Labor#Viewing labors|logical groups]]''' to make assigning skills easier.

* [[Creatures]] now have a "'''situational awareness'''" [[skill]], which handles a creature's ability to deal with surprise attacks and ambushes.

* The [[wrestling]] [[skill]] has been split into the following skills:

** '''Grasp strike]'''

** '''Stance strikes'''

* There are also general '''melee''' and '''range attack''' [[skill]]s (which help with [[combat]] rolls but are separate from "axe mastery", etc.)

* "Ceilings of [[attributes]] are a percentage of the starting value.  So a strength 1000 [[dwarf]] might attain 2000, and a strength 750 dwarf might attain 1500."

** These are visible in adventurer mode as well.

* [[Creatures]] can also be fatter/taller/etc. than usual. This affects their [[size]]. Fatter creatures can last without [[food]] longer.

** [[Creatures]] have a '''metabolism''' now, which deals with how fast they heal and how fast they burn [[fat]].

* [[Layer]] trimming/caring uses style definitions from a culture. Some cultures may grow beards, others may shave them. Prisoners, etc. may be forced to adopt these new styles.

* Speaking of beards, as if it wasn't obvious by now, but this means [[dwarves]] finally have [[Beard|beards]]!

* Tissues now come in [[layer]]s. You must bypass a layer to reach one below it. Some layers are dependent on others (hair can only exist if there's [[skin]] underneath it, etc.)

* You can also have hollow body parts, perhaps filled with air or other [[material]]s.

** Strength also increases muscle [[size]]. Both have an effect on a creature's total size.

* [[Skeletal]] critters now have their [[bone]]s held together by rotted ligaments.

===  Thoughts ===

* "[[Thoughts]]" of a [[dwarf]] have been redone. The new screen includes their current thoughts, age/birthday, physical description paragraph, a description of their [[attributes]], their likes/dislikes, and their mannerisms. Also included are descriptions for their [[wound]]s/scars.

* A [[dwarf]]'s birthday and age are stored in their profile now.

* [[Dwarves]] now have '''mannerisms''', such as "always scratches his head when he's trying to remember something", "laughs at his own jokes" or "talks to herself whenever she's bored". There are 65 types with 3-5 situation qualifiers.

== Fortress Mode ==

* '''[[Burrow]]s'''! Burrows are areas in your fort where [[dwarf|dwarves]] live and work in. You can assign these areas like zones and assign dwarves to them. Dwarves will only use [[workshop]]s, rooms, etc. in burrows they are assigned to.

* There are a significant number of ways to utilize burrows, from restricting certain [[mining]] expeditions to [[skill]]ed [[dwarf|dwarves]], to making noble districts, to setting "emergency" zones for civilians to flee to, etc.

* You can set [[soldier]]s so that they defend certain [[burrow]]s. If an enemy enters a burrow they know enough to stop what they're doing and head towards it to defend it.

* You may choose and appoint someone as your [[baron]] when you reach barony status. You can elect not to have one as well.

* There are now "code generated" positions, such as '''priests''' who are named after the deity they worship (Priest of Ciramore, etc.)

* [[Dwarf|Dwarves]] won't immediately drop everything if they find themselves hungry or tired, and will try to finish their current [[job]] first.

* There's a difference between sleeping [[barracks]] (known as a [[Dormitory]]) and squad barracks.

* Liaisons will be generated from scratch if they die.

===  Workshops ===

[[Image:DF2010_3.png|thumb|400px|[[Statue]]s now have art associated with them.]]

* [[Statue]]s and figurines now have art associated with them.

** "[[Statue]]s of specific [[dwarves]] get the dwarf's name right in the item name."

* Custom [[workshop]]s are now able to be modded in, allowing you to set up custom [[reaction]]s.

** These can support [[corpse]] harvested items, like shells/horns, and might use barrels/other [[container]]s.

* You can now make [[craft]]s out of horn, ivory, teeth, and other new body parts.

** These include dragon tooth [[ring]]s and ivory [[crown]]s.

===  Alerts and Announcements ===

* The alert statuses (i.e., "Stay Indoors") has been entirely redone. You may set several custom alerts with a user defined behavior. For instance, you could set a "[[Underground]] Attack" alert where you force [[soldier]]s to equip melee [[weapon]]s and head to a predefined location.

* These alerts can also be assigned to civilians, such as telling them to flee to the great hall.

* The [[Alerts]] system is also a part of how you get your Dwarves to [[Train]] (the new way to [[Spar]]).

* [[Reports|Combat reports]] have been redone in hopes of consolidating sentences and making it more interesting to read.

* Combat reports are separated into [[combat]], [[sparring]], and hunting reports. You'll see a notification on the side of the screen letting you know a [[Reports|combat report]] has been generated.

== Healthcare ==

[[Image:DF2010_5.png|thumb|400px|The new [[wound]] coloring system.]]

* '''[[Hospital]]s''' are used like zones. Items used within these zones (beds, tables, boxes) allow for hospital use.

* '''Doctors''' can "prescribe" treatment, such as bed rest, using splints for broken [[bone]]s, amputation for infected limbs, and surgery.

** Doctors will set [[bone]]s for simple fractures, use traction for difficult overlapping fractures and use surgery for disgusting compound fractures. They also excise rotting tissue and amputate limbs too rotted off to save.

* [[Wound]]s are dressed with '''bandages''', which speeds healing and slows bleeding.

* '''[[Crutch]]es''' are now in the game, allowing one legged [[dwarves]]/injured people to walk normally (as opposed to crawl). They will move faster as they get comfortable with their new crutch.

** '''[[Cast]]s''' are also in.

* [[Creatures]] can now clean the filth they acquire due to various [[material]]s, like mud, [[blood]], [[vomit]], etc.

* You can appoint a "'''[[Chief medical dwarf]]'''" to handle the various medical information, which requires the "'''[[Diagnosis]]'''" [[skill]].

* All cloth and thread items have associated lengths/areas now. Threads are use for sutures (thus, one "thread" item could be used for multiple sutures) and cloth is used for bandages. Items in this way aren't split (a la coins or [[bolt]]s), but rather, they're consumed in pieces.

* "[[Healthcare]]" as a [[skill]] is gone. It's been replaced by 7 new labor settings, 5 unit types, and 6 new skills.

===  Wounds and injuries ===

* Open [[wound]]s can get simple infections, which results in oozing pus, slow healing, and can even kill.

** Rotting [[wound]]s smell and contribute to infection levels, as does grime buildup.

* You can [[damage]] a creature's motor and sensitivity nerves. Motor damage prevents that part from working, and sensory nerve damage makes you lose feeling in that body part.

* Fractured [[bone]] can be knocked inwards to cause [[damage]] to organs, like forcing a jagged piece of [[skull]] into the brain. Bones can also [[pierce]] [[layer]]s, like having bone sticking out of your [[skin]].

* Guts are under pressure and can pop out of a [[wound]].

* Injured [[creature]]s can continue to work if they are treated. A miner who breaks his left hand will go back to [[mining]] with his right hand (after his broken hand is set in a cast).

* "There are lots of [[wound]]s that won't heal now if they aren't treated (aside from the nerve stuff, the three kinds of bad breaks won't heal if not treated), and infected wounds heal very slowly."

* Types of poison effects: pain, swelling, oozing [[wound]]s, bruising, blisters, numbness, paralysis, fever, bleeding, coughing/[[vomit]]ing [[blood]], nausea, vomiting, unconsciousness, necrosis, impaired vision, drowsiness, and dizziness.

* You can be immune to poisons; [[creature]]s seem immune to their own poisons.

* Severs transfer containment, so that a ripped off venom fang from a Giant Cave Spider will remain venomous. As of now you cannot use it as a [[weapon]].