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New Merch, Soundtrack fix and a new game announcement! 🔨 Dwarf Fortresss News

Hey Urists,

It’s Alexandra here with a small community update. Tarn is still in menu land working on the rest of the features for Adventure Mode. If you’re curious about what’s left to be done, we provided a list of improvements in this April update.

[h2]Steam Soundtrack Updated[/h2]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2232370/Dwarf_Fortress_Soundtrack_Fortress/

The Dwarf Fortress soundtrack (Fortress version) on Steam has been updated with .wav files. Thank you to everyone who requested the change.

[h2]New FanGamer Merch[/h2]

FanGamer just released two new pieces of Dwarf Fortress equipment. The baseball shirt features very cool old school RPG inspired art by FanGamer artist Nina Matsumoto. Every order of the shirt also includes a holographic sticker of the art. We think it suits Dwarf Fortress perfectly! Available in the US and EU shops.



[h2]PC Gaming Show 2024 [/h2]



Keep your eyes out for Tarn and Zach who will be making a cameo appearance on Sunday’s PC Gaming Show. Kitfox Games and the Caves of Qud team both have big announcements to share that might be very interesting to Dwarf Fortress players.

Kitfox Games is announcing a brand new game we’ve been secretly working on for the last two years that is very simulation heavy and Tarn himself is providing consultation on design and architecture.

Plus, Caves of Qud has the Spring Molting update with a complete UI overhaul and a ton of other improvements!

The PC Gaming Show starts on June 9th at 1pm PDT/ 4PM EDT/ 9pm BST/ 10 pm CEST on Youtube.

That's all for now. We will have another Adventure Mode patch coming real soon so stay tuned!

-Alexandra

Patch Notes 51.01 beta14- Bartering Menus are complete

Hey Urists!

We are back with another Adventure Mode beta patch with the biggest addition being the bartering menus (pictured below). Tarn has also gone in and cleaned up the towns so that stuff is properly displayed on tables instead of being all over the floor.



[h2]Patch Notes 51.01 beta14[/h2]

-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

-Alexandra + Bay12

The most detailed sandbox game ever hits its lowest price on Steam

From Minecraft and Terraria to Rimworld and Oxygen Not Included, the creative freedom offered by the best sandbox games is tough to match. While there's plenty of big names to choose from, perhaps the most important among them is Dwarf Fortress. Its deep, intricate simulation has been spoken about in hushed, reverent tones, and now a big Steam sale lets you snag its updated and polished version, complete with the newly overhauled roguelike adventure game mode, at its lowest price yet.


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Dwarf Fortress is 20% off!

Hey Urists!

Dwarf Fortress is on sale on Steam at it's lowest price to date! Pick up Dwarf Fortress and the Fortress Mode Soundtrack for 20% off. We won't be discounting this low for a while so take advantage of this deal until May 13th.

Buying Dwarf Fortress will also give you access to the public beta of Adventure Mode. We will also be patching Adventure Mode next week so stay tuned!

Fortress Mode update 50.13: Portraits, crash fixes, and decorous demon chefs?

Apologies for two updates in two days but important things are afoot, and as I mentioned yesterday, Tarn is going to take a little rest for a week or two, so hopefully this will help make that wait more bearable.

This is version 50.13 updating on the main/default branch, improving Fortress Mode! If you're not seeing it, try closing Steam and re-logging in.

[h3]New additions/changes[/h3]
  • Portraits! Whether they're dwarves, elves, humans, or animalpeople, they have portraits! Procedurally assembled, in many cases.


A few of my favorite animalpeople portraits

[h3]Major bug fixes[/h3]
  • Fixed statue-related crash
  • Fixed syndrome-related crash
  • Fixed temperature-related crash
  • Fixed crash from empty kitchen menu
  • Fixed multi-kill squad orders
  • Fixed world gen crash from the appointing of chefs by demon rulers that had been influenced by outside reading materials on decorum and leisure time


[h3]Other bug fixes/tweaks[/h3]
  • Centered some creatures that were printing off-center
  • Large gems and gem crafts should be produced properly by gem cutting jobs again
  • Fixed cave adaptation
  • Fixed problem with numbers in wild creature clusters
  • SELECT_GROWTH and SELECT_MATERIAL available in plant modding


Thank you for playing!
Tanya on behalf of Kitfox and Bay 12