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I reached out to user C7rl_Al7_1337 to see if they'd be down to let me demo their castle in Doom, and they graciously okayed it!

what is there to say that's not said in the video, uhhh--only that at present I have no plans to "front end"-ify this! many years ago on DF Talk Tarn Adams made a comment to the effect that he wasn't sure about anyone writing a whole UI to run a 3D version of the game, and I wouldn't go against his wishes in this matter--busy with Qud, anyway!

It's not perfect: the author had this to say:

"Also, I wonder why it generated the towers with such huge pillars on top of them like that, It looks pretty cool either way, but I'm pretty sure they're more like triangles, with ramps on the sides and whatnot normally."

I'm sure that's correct and the algorithm just misread them, lol. So this could probably be released in this state--would people be interested in that?

EDIT: Found one I like, contacting the author to see if they'll let me demo it!

Hey!

Yesterday I put out a video of the very first pre-pre-predemo of my Dwarf Fortress in Doom--tool? Toy? Whatever it is and is going to be!

I got fortress exploration mode going today, but the problem is I don't...have any cool fortresses! I know this community gets up to some pretty intense builds--are there any saves out there I could load in the current DF version with dramatic 3D structures fit for visualization?

I've been working on an interpreter that lets you play a complete, live game of Caves of Qud via a Doom client, and people have been asking if the same could be done with Dwarf Fortress--and it turns out it can!

I've been up to something!

https://preview.redd.it/26ppkd7pqadh1.png?width=1975&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5de8519dcaecdfe2919eb4c76f9190d7a3cf087

it's here!: https://www.nexusmods.com/pillarsofeternity2/mods/872

It's here! https://www.nexusmods.com/shinmegamitenseivengeance/mods/30

I posted about this one on initial release, but the new(ish) flight/superjump feature seems worth another mention.

Have fun!

https://preview.redd.it/q71phbd0w4bh1.png?width=1300&format=png&auto=webp&s=8781257b28e39f9edd65caaa14d048a0ed80d494

It's here!: https://www.nexusmods.com/pillarsofeternity/mods/462

I was way into Soul Reaver as a kid and am constantly disappointed at soulknife-type options--even when they are offered, they're sooo often the lame "spectral version of a physical sword" trope. I much prefer a terrifying arm-length glow--the Pillars aesthetic got me perfectly.

But they're sooo late-game and sooo situational that I thought I'd fix that! Introducing REAPER STANCE. Every cipher in your party now has a Reaper Stance modal they can toggle--you can leave it on all the time; it activates properly only in combat. Once in combat, you'll instantly sprout permanent Reaping Knives.

And an extra 45 minutes of tinkering got us recolors, too! Hit F9 to open a menu to tailor the color and opacity of your blades--there are 8ish individual components, each of which can be shown, hidden and colorized separately in the ADVANCED mode.

This will PROBABLY work on normal Reaping Knives as well--I may release a standalone version of the mod, but frankly, just don't touch the modal and you're 99% of the way there with this edition.

Have fun! My next project is multiplayer--already got the first step working!

The Tamer lets you do two things:

-Hide the overhead Ferrum Sanctum icon otherwise forever welded to every modified character.
-Modify the Ferrum Sanctum damage multiplier to 10%, 5%, or remove it entirely--which additionally removes the debuff.

Press ctrl-f10 in game to pull up the mod menu and adjust your settings.

It's here: https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kroguetrader/mods/495

Enjoy!