Patch 51.09
Dwarf Fortress » Devlog
Patch Notes 51.09
Fortress Mode
- Stopped dwarves from using forbidden and uncompleted coffins for burial
- Stopped greyed out "everybody does this" for mining/hunting/chopping labors from being pressable
- Stopped Mining, Woodcutting, Hunting from being able to be assigned to the same dwarf
- Stopped reclaimed/unretired forts with magma features from having magma overflows
- Stopped unretired forts from being marked as capitals
- Reordering manager work orders no longer causes display issues in workshop view sheet
- Can now set pressure plates to include zero depth for water/magma
- Made squad scrollbar responsive to clicks
- Fixed custom difficulty settings for irritation in the embark screen
- Random improvements are no longer applied instantly to fort-made crafts
- Fixed typo on squad equipment assignment screen
Adventure Mode
- Made adventure mode respect manual disabling of sound in init file
General updates
- Fixed pathing overflow errors in very large and/or twisty forts
Files
dwarf_fortress_51_09_windows.zip 1,000 MB
Apr 02, 2025
dwarf_fortress_51_09_linux.tar.bz2 1,001 MB
Apr 02, 2025
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| Status | In development |
| Publisher | |
| Author | Kitfoxgames |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Tags | Endless, Fantasy, Procedural Generation |
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