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February 2016 patron supported

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Dwarf Fortress 0.42.06 Released

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Here's the material and image specification release, along with several important bug fixes. There's more to be done with job settings -- we need to improve work orders and allow the decoration of specific objects, to name a few, but this should be a good start.

New stuff

(*) Can set specific job material in job details

(*) Added jobs to construct the various s...

January 2016 patron supported

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Dwarf Fortress 0.42.05 Released

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Here's another one! We're still going to be working through adventure reputation/quest/etc. improvements, so consider this a first stage. Other highlights are the fortress mode sparring and mug-carrying fixes. Enjoy your zombies.

New stuff

(*) New hearth orders for killing beasts and fighting outlaws

(*) Added a hunter reputation and cleaned up reputation sys...

December 2015 patron supported

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Dwarf Fortress 0.42.04 Released

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Various fixes and various giant and peopled animals. I held off on common domestic animal people for now, but there are plenty of canine and feline critters that got the treatment.

New stuff

(*) Giant and person versions of many of the older creatures, including the elephant

(*) Vampire purges in world generation to control their overfeeding which was stopp...

Dwarf Fortress 0.42.03 Released

Here's another release which cleans up various outstanding issues.

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Major bug fixes

(*) Fixed world generation crash from wandering artist writing a book

(*) Fixed crash from retiring locations in certain circumstances

(*) Fixed crash associated to adventurer sleeping in inn rooms

(*) Fixed issue with militia not picking up armor

(*) Fixed e...

Dwarf Fortress 0.42.02 Released

Here's a quick follow-up for some of the worst bugs. There are still some strange things going on (horses all over, duplicate companions, etc.), but hopefully this version will work much better than the last one.

Major bug fixes

(*) Fixed world generation freeze caused by error in poetry refrains

(*) Fixed crash from building constructions on tree leaves etc.

(*) Fixed calendar crash from bandit bar hoppers

(*) Fixed crash with children joining socialize activities...

Dwarf Fortress 0.42.01 Released

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Here is the new version we've been working on all year! The flow of fortress life is quite a bit different now -- specific breaks and parties have been replaced by taverns and performances and needs and inebriation. You can designate a tavern, temple or library from a meeting area zone, bedroom or dining room using the new Assign Location option. The location list ('l') will l...

November 2015 patron supported

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The new version is coming in less than 48 hours

The new month is about to roll around, and with it, Dwarf Fortress for everybody! Thanks for helping out. We have a few more crayon rewards ready to go which will be mailed soon. Just let me know if there are any questions. The next Patreon cycle will begin at the change of the month.

We're excited about this release and hope it will bring some enrichment and liveliness to the fortresses. Next up we'll be fixing bugs and other issues for some time, and then we'll pivot to the next set...

October 2015 Patreon supported

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October draws to a close...

Hello again, or welcome if you are a new supporter! We've sent out almost all of last month's rewards (a few physical mailings to go). Just let me know if you have any questions. The next Patreon cycle will begin at the change of the month.

We've gone from 82 dev items in September to the last 14 now. Everything slows down a bit here, more over release paranoia than anything to do with the crunchiness of the individual items. Here's the complete list, in no particular order (there won...

September 2015 Patreon supported

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The Continuing Process

Welcome to the new people! We'll be sending out all of last month's rewards over the next few days. Just let me know if things are not as they should be.

I stopped doing release countdowns years ago, since the numbers day-to-day don't reflect what's going on very well, but we did start this month with over200 items, and we're down to 82 now. So the project is going smoothly, and the wait won't be forever. A few of the items on the list are still pretty crunchy, like making clothing f...

August 2015 Patreon supported

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July 2015 Patreon supported

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We've handled the last Patreon rewards for this month. Go ahead and drop me a line if you expected something that hasn't come to pass!

Most recently I've been coding up the outstanding promises regarding written content passing along cultural values. Now when philosophers invent/explore different realms of discourse, they can also pass along their related values in their writing, and anybody that reads these books will not only be influenced but also become empowered to write on t...

June 2015 Patreon supported

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We've sent out almost all of the rewards for June. Just let me know if something isn't as it should be. For new people signing up this month, the first payments will begin clearing at the beginning of the month, and I'll have your reward email sent soon after that.

Not much more to report that hasn't been in the dev logs. Each time I tested the hare man tavern keeper, different customers would be in the establishment. The last time I went in there, we had another animal person s...

Thanks again everybody! This continues to be surprising and exciting. We're currently working through this second month's reward emails. The way it worked last time, the payments would continue to trickle in over a week, and we'd send out the emails roughly as we get the notifications. This time, we're doing everything basically the same way, though it feels spammy to send out second emails to people that didn't respond to the first ones, so I'm holding off on those. Feel free to request re...

May 2015 Patreon supported

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Hello everybody! Another week has passed on Patreon, and another week of dwarfy work has passed with it. We started with fortress mode research and ended with a character generation revamp. As usual there are details over on the development log over at http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves . I've separated the race and civilization selection and done a few other things to make character generation friendlier. I just wrapp...

Almost all of the rewards have been sent out. There are a handful of drawings left, and we'll email those people when they are ready. We've been on Patreon for less than a month and it is already more successful than we could have hoped. Thanks to everybody that is helping to keep the project afloat! The development log at http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves is still the place to read about progress toward the next Dwarf...

All right, so there are still two or three pending people in the system, but we've sent out most of the reward mails for April! It all seems to be working, and there are now many rewards in process. A few of you were curious about how rewards would work vs. what you might be used to back on PayPal. As of now, with the number of email requests we have received, it can work the same as always. That is, stories can be continued from month to month, and people that opted for a story reward one m...

Just a quick update on how the process seems to work: some of you have already cleared, and the rest will be processed by the Patreon system over the next three days. After all of that is done, my little patron manager updates and I can send out the reward emails. So it'll be a few days before I send emails, but we should be able to dive right in after that. Thanks again to everybody that has helped out! Now on to Future of the Fortress and more dwarfy business...

April 2015 Patreon supported

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Wow... this has been a fantastic first day! Thanks to you all for helping out. I remember a few month ago, we were a little antsy about taking on the file depot server costs... looks like that won't be a problem now. And Dwarf Fortress for everybody! Regarding rewards, the last I read, the payment cycle begins on either the 1st or the 5th, and at that point, we'll be able to send out the emails, and you'll have your choices of rewards and so on. If there's an issue or if you were expectin...

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