Siege Fixes and New Song 🎶 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.06
Dwarf Fortress 53.06 resolves critical siege-related performance lag and fixes a major Adventure Mode bug where party members would attack each other during ambushes.
Key Changes
- 1Fixed major siege-related lag and pathing spam that slowed down the game.
- 2Resolved Adventure Mode bug where party members would kill each other during animal ambushes.
- 3Added the new song 'Nabidas' to the game's soundtrack.
- 4Improved siege AI to prevent invaders from getting stuck in trees or pursuing stale jobs.
- 5Updated full-body graphics for Dwarves and Humans including skin tones and eyes.
- 6Balanced siege composition to reduce over-armored, unskilled invaders.
- 7Fixed glob-spitting creatures to correctly use poison materials.
- 8Updated graphics for gems, jeweler's workshops, and snail people.
- 9Added new palettes for leather and skin items.
- 10Improved battering ram activity and pathing logic.
All Changes
🏰Siege Systems(9)
- fixInvaders: Fixed significant slowdown caused by invaders attempting to break through specific floors from below.
- fixBuilders: Builders now consistently attempt to connect staircases even if the primary siege pathing changes.
- fixSiege Pathing: Fixed a bug causing siege paths to reset when requiring both miners and builders simultaneously.
- fixBattering Ram: Resolved an issue causing pathing calculation spam for battering rams.
- fixInvader Planning: Implemented additional pathing spam prevention during invader planning phases.
- fixBuilding Invaders: Building invaders will now abandon stale or excessively distant construction jobs.
- changeSiege Composition: Adjusted siege composition to reduce the frequency of heavily armored but unskilled invaders.
- fixInvaders: Fixed exploration AI that caused invaders to frequently become stuck in trees.
- buffBattering Ram: Increased the activity level and effectiveness of battering rams during sieges.
🗺️Adventure Mode & Gameplay(5)
- fixAdventure Mode: Fixed a bug where party members would attack and kill each other when ambushed by wild animals.
- fixProcedural Creatures: Procedural glob-spitting creatures now correctly spit poison instead of an 'unknown material'.
- fixBandit Harassment: Fixed an issue where bandit harassment in Adventure Mode would end prematurely.
- changeMounts: Added more medical job exemptions to the rule regarding mounts being controlled by riders.
- fixGhosts: Fixed a bug where ghosts returning from the dead twice would report an incorrect location.
🎨Graphics & Visuals(10)
- changeDwarf: Updated skin tones and eye graphics for Dwarf full-body pictures.
- changeHuman: Updated skin tones and eye graphics for Human full-body pictures.
- changeBlind Cave Ogre: Added proper graphical representation for blind cave ogre fingers and toes.
- changeSnail People: Updated the graphics for snail people.
- changeGems: Updated the visual assets for gems.
- changeJeweler's Workshop: Updated the graphics for the jeweler's workshop.
- newLeather: Added new color palettes for leather and skins.
- changeCorpses: Creatures lacking specific corpse art will now display a skeleton or liquid blob.
- fixCave Swallow: Centered the images for cave swallows.
- fixSerpent Person: Centered serpent person images and fixed their corpse graphics.
🎶Audio(1)
- newNabidas: Added a new song titled 'Nabidas' by Dabu and Simon Swerwer.
Summary
Siege & Performance Improvements
This update focuses on stabilizing the recent Siege Update by eliminating several sources of pathing-related lag. Invaders are now smarter, with improved staircase construction logic and more active battering rams. Additionally, siege compositions have been balanced to prevent an over-reliance on heavily armored but unskilled units.
Adventure Mode & Gameplay Fixes
A significant fix for Adventure Mode prevents party members from instinctively hunting each other down when ambushed by wildlife. Other fixes include corrected material types for glob-spitting creatures and improved medical job logic for mounted units.
Visuals & Audio
Players can enjoy a new musical track titled "Nabidas." The update also brings a variety of graphical refinements, including updated skin tones for Dwarves and Humans, new gem and workshop art, and improved corpse representations for various creatures.
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