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Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Hello, I'm obligated to tell people to go and listen to DF Talk if they haven't.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2014 18:56

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 18:02

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Is anyone going to attend the 10th anniversaryish event?

I'll be there

# ¿ May 23, 2016 04:23

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Leal posted:

Conventions are already bad enough, I'd be afraid to see what a convention of just DF players would have.

I helped with the DF podcast and I went to a DF meetup a few years back.

I got to check out an actual cave with Toady.

# ¿ May 26, 2016 23:40

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Helical Nightmares posted:

Caving with Toady should be a Patreon goal.

He gave everyone that attended a piece of microcline

# ¿ May 27, 2016 04:14

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

moller posted:

Microcline is by far my favorite rock in DF. Was it the light blue kind, which seems to be called amazonite?

It was the shame shade as it appears in the game.

# ¿ May 27, 2016 20:55

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Alehkhs posted:

Which, by the way, I need more episodes of.

Yes, I know there's been scheduling/topic/etc. issues. I just enjoyed the show.

We will be doing some sort of DF Talk bit at the Dwarfmoot event.

PM me questions to ask Toady, by the way.

# ¿ May 27, 2016 23:33

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Alehkhs posted:

Please, please make sure it's recorded and uploaded to the DF page.

I have been told the venue will record and upload the stuff

# ¿ May 27, 2016 23:47

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Met posted:

Are people on the official forums still afraid of spoiling that there's demons and adamantine deep down and calling it poo poo like clowns and candy?

Last I checked, yes.

# ¿ May 28, 2016 22:36

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

I talked to him about it. I probably can't say anything but it sounds worth getting excited about.

Dwarfmoot tomorrow.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 04:51

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Alehkhs posted:

I look forward to your post-moot report.

It is supposed to be streamed on Twitch but I dunno if the a/v situation is locked down.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 18:34

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

https://www.twitch.tv/dwarfmoot

Will be up in about 30 minutes

# ¿ Jun 12, 2016 01:30

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

fallingdownjoe posted:

Offline for me but oh God I tried to turn it on. Dwarfing is a disease

Give it a bit, setup time, etc. Losing is fun.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2016 02:18

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

It should be

# ¿ Jun 12, 2016 06:23

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Look at this horrid child at my fort. They made a figurine and it got stolen by a bird. I'm glad of it.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2016 09:08

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Alehkhs posted:

The Dwarfmoot Experience video is up, over on Vimeo!

Please don't make disrespectful gifs of me zoning out while Toady rambles about animal people procreation

# ¿ Jun 23, 2016 20:20

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Star Guarded posted:

Pitching a book about the history of Dwarf Fortress' storytelling culture to a publisher.

Probably nothing will come of it but I'd love an excuse to dive back into the whole thing for a few months.

If you get the greenlight I might have some stories for you

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 06:04

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Iunnrais posted:

Anyone have a close up picture of that award? It's really hard to see in the video.

Pics will be posted on the site in time. I'd upload mine but they are all blurry.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 16:13

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

I think I was the only goon in attendance , but if not some of you should'a said hi

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 18:41

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.0

New Future of the Fortress is up, for those tracking Toady's journey on the more granular level

# ¿ Jul 2, 2016 06:50

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Hihohe posted:

So what does 64 bit mean for DF again? Game wont slow down as much?

Bigger zones, bigger worldgens, efficiency gains, can use more RAM

# ¿ Jul 9, 2016 05:45

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Play the game without mods or graphics, like me

# ¿ Jul 10, 2016 08:01

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Toady has gotten help with things before and I'm sure he will again. He's focused on features rather than smoothing over rough spots in gameplay and UI, and I don't think there's much on this planet that can dissuade him.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2016 21:57

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

My understanding is that dwarves have desires beyond "be in a cool tavern" now, and varied entertainments and learning stuff (and worshiping at temples) is part of that.

# ¿ Aug 7, 2016 08:07

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Congratulations Tarn and Zach for 10 years of people complaining you haven't added guns yet

# ¿ Aug 9, 2016 00:14

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Hello, I bring gifts:

https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/df_talk.html

New DF Talk.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2020 06:11

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Ott_ posted:

Their site's been down all morning for me. Anybody have a mirror?

Here is a copy of the cleaned up version:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lnhes9mqn4cp546/Dwarf_Fortress_Talk_23TakeTwo.mp3?dl=0

# ¿ Jun 29, 2020 02:19

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Jay-Roden posted:

You are a legend thank you.

Sankis (of Boatmurdered fame) is the one that cleaned and uploaded it.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2020 05:12

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Freakazoid_ posted:

i'm a little concerned the website is still down, what's going on?

He�s calling his host to figure it out.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2020 04:47

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Capntastic posted:

He�s calling his host to figure it out.

Site looks like it's back up; go go go.

Also, without going into too much detail about my personal situation in this horrible cursed time, I mention my patreon in the podcast. Do what you want with that info.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2020 23:20

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

I got a bit wacky with some surface channels and ended up flooding my mines and killing two legendary miners. Pressing on without �em.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2020 06:56

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

The average Dwarf Fortress world is only a couple hundred years old. Creatures don't live underground as a consequence of evolution, they live underground as a consequence of the gods going "oh, oops" and sweeping them beneath the proverbial rug.

Scope out the new DF talk where we talk about future plans to integrate procedural creation stories.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=176916.0

Enjoy!

# ¿ Jul 19, 2020 01:50

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Appoda posted:

I wonder what still-extant feature has had the most toady-hours put into it and has the least impact on people's games.

Procedural songs, dances, poems.

Low impact but max flavor, like a Diet Coke Zero!

# ¿ Jul 25, 2020 23:22

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Sankis has helped me learn how to play DF at a high level. This is a paid celebrity endorsement.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2020 07:05

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Just wait until the Procedural Gravity Arc

# ¿ Jul 28, 2020 11:31

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

The truth is that Toady�s a master in that he realizes the trick to good simulation is like jazz; it�s about the systems you don�t model

# ¿ Jul 28, 2020 11:41

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Reminder to wishlist DF on steam, it makes Toady smile

# ¿ Jul 31, 2020 05:58

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Zesty posted:

...yeah. That�s a weird loving thing to say to someone over the age of 7.

Wishlist the game and listen to the podcast to make me, Your Friend Cappy, have a big smile

# ¿ Aug 1, 2020 20:34

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Comrade Koba posted:

I guess the proper DF way would be to track every component in every workshop individually, so you�ll be unable to build even a basic carpentry workshop without first having a hammer, a metal saw, a hand plane, a metal chisel, a footstool and a workbench.

Toady�s talked a bit about how to abstract soke of this in fortress mode and make it more granular in adventure mode while still being approachable, haha. At a certain level you shouldn�t have to know real life carpentry to make a chair in the game- but the game tends towards Omni Simulation.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2020 00:04

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Where was this rage when Sankis, A Famous DF celebrity, was prostituting their talents as a DF coach.

Zesty, I appreciate your accusation but consider with me what is more likely: I�m cynically trying to drive traffic to Toady by whipping goons into a frenzy about a game they already love, or that I, also a goon and prone to goonishness, am excitedly shitposting about the DF related things I have a part in.

I think we can agree that Sankis should gently caress off though

# ¿ Aug 2, 2020 01:01

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 18:02

Capntastic: Jan 13, 2005; A dog begins eating a dusty old coil of rope but there's a nail in it.

Popete posted:

Has there been any confirmation if the Steam version will have a "classic ASCII" graphic mode? Like I imagine once I try the new graphic set I won't wanna go back but there is something mesmerizing about the ASCII tiles that I hope it's preserved and can still be used on Steam.

I got you, friend

From DF Talk #23:

quote:

Capntastic: Well I'll be the contrarian, I'll ask the question the question only I care about, will the Steam release have an ASCII option?
Toady: So I think that the thing is that Steam likes to have parity. If you have something somewhere else they want to have it available for their fans too. Or their player base, or customers, whatever you call them these days, it's very complicated learning a new word. So there's going to be, at the very least ... you know how you can pull up a branch or whatever, like experimental branches or other branches when you right click, and go to betas or manage whatever properties or things. There will at the very least be this sort of classic ASCII version over there to play, if you have the game in your Steam library then you'll be able to do that. In terms of like plug-and-play, like click-click-click-click between... Like ... I haven't tried it on Jupiter Hell. I remember that's something that was very important to ChaosForge, to make sure it was like an ASCII roguelike no matter how smooth the graphics were, right.
Capntastic: That's something I have always appreciated.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2020 06:42

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