PorkrollPosadist

PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 15h ago

PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 2d ago

Dude's face looks like a UV wrap texture

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 2d ago

The "Audit the Fed" libertarians must be vibrating.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 3d ago

Last time I installed Windows I literally had to drop out of the install wizard and run a bunch of terminal commands in order to perform the installation without a Microsoft account. They're stricter about that than even having a fucking license key.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 3d ago

There are zombie troglodites in the tavern right at the moment the game was saved lmao.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 4d ago

The file works.

New wildlife spotted:

In Galena, our luck came in the form of a very unfortunately timed kobold raid. As the kobolds were attempting to reach our door, the roc Adkìrar arrived. The two groups met and repelled one another without our military having been involved.

Well there goes our chance to dine on Roc eggs. Probably for the best though, those things are devastating.

Update: Looks like the Kobolds managed to actually kill it. Wild. I thought they were total push-overs, now I'm scared of those little guys. The dead roc's SKELETON weighs 3720 ~~kilograms~~ Urists. I wonder if we can carve bracelets out of it...

Our towering loris friend is accumulating the blood of assorted cavern fauna like a Katamari.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 4d ago

~~53.08 is recommended,~~ but I think the save has already been upgraded and downgraded at least once so it might not be a big deal. World generation was run on 53.06, so I assume this is the minimum. Any new creatures / items / reactions / etc introduced after 53.06 will be missing from the world regardless of the game version used, though I'm pretty sure modified gameplay mechanics like the mining speed changes will apply.

Update: Looks like 53.09 was published on Wednesday. ~~This version is probably fine too.~~ The current file was saved with 53.09 so I guess we should commit to it

Change Log for 53.09

Graphics updates

New procedural graphics for small experiments.
New animal portraits, and some new full body animal tiles.
Can pop up basic small animal sheets to view portraits and read descriptions for small animals.
Offering place, display furniture, and nest box show proper item materials when placed as buildings.
Uses proper list icons for creatures when choosing animals in embark or adventure setup.
Added further box highlighting for chosen/hero/ordinary selection in Classic.
Added error log for unrecognized tile graphics rectangle tokens.
Properly sized giant flying/gray squirrel list icons and corpses.
Fixed upright weapon trap display error.
Minimap properly updates on certain recenter commands.

General updates

Stopped mood dwarves from choosing inaccessible workshops and causing path cancellation lag.
Dwarves no longer try to store pile and tomb items which are located outside their burrows.
Dwarves no longer try to store carried objects outside of their burrows.
Stopped dwarves with no working grasps from trying to store owned objects and excess equipment.
Made armor appear again on many non-sieging units where it was missing.
Mothers seeking lost infants no longer respect burrows but do respect chains.
Mothers no longer seek ghostly babies.
If an egg hatches and the mother is assigned to a zone (e.g. pasture), the baby is now assigned to the zone.
Soldiers given an order while hauling will now drop their hauled job items instead of taking them along on duty.
Dwarves heading off to meetings will drop hauled items from cancelled jobs.
Dwarves are more likely to handle their hauled drink-related items after drinking.
Appropriate buildings now stop rain and snow.
Added indication during assignment of specific military items whether the item is already assigned elsewhere.
Animal traps can catch subterranean water creatures like cave lobsters again.
Cave lobsters can be processed in the fishery and their shell can be used for shell crafts.
Creatures that leave statue corpses now leave statues of themselves rather than of random creatures.
Prophets and other religious people with prophetic belief systems will no longer include incorrect beliefs in their greetings.
Stopped pedestals and display cases from being allowed to display themselves.
Made mussels and oysters stop appearing on land when animals root around near oceans.
Stopped a few illegal werebeast types from being created.
Added visual button to back out of art element creation and deletion.
Fixed conflicting hauling/hot keys keybindings. You may have to restore defaults or update it yourself if you have custom bindings.
Specified amount created in some job names.
Fixed some item description grammar.
Fixed broken child/baby strings in certain contexts like action reports.
Cleaned up procedural creature text a bit.
Fixed incorrect name for coral material.
Fixed improper text for mythical dream objects.
Giant and animal person variants of pool creatures will now appear in savage lakes. (New worlds)
Fixed a few typos with key binding text.

Creatures that leave statue corpses now leave statues of themselves rather than of random creatures.

Folks. We need to catch ourselves a Bronze Colossus.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 4d ago

Pings

Players: @Moonworm@hexbear.net, @Doubledee@hexbear.net, @gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net, @booty@hexbear.net, @context@hexbear.net, @Oreb@hexbear.net, @Infamousblt@hexbear.net

Mods: @jack@hexbear.net, @RiotDoll@hexbear.net

Going to start posting these threads a little bit later (like now-ish, around 4:30 Eastern Time) so I don't have to do it at work. Also, matapacos.dog is going down for maintenance this weekend, so the files mirrored there will be temporarily unavailable.

It looks like Booty is finishing up his turn. He posted an update a couple hours ago:

Beardrenched update: It is the 12th of Timber, 205. A barfight began on the 11th of Timber, about 15 minutes ago. The game is running at 1FPS. The fortress has a population of 221 because I accidentally admitted an entire band of humans I think.

Finally something fun has happened. :)

I had a brawl like this happen once. With the Audible Alerts mod, it played that ticking noise maybe a thousand times continuously over the course of several seconds. I think 30 people died in my case. FPS should recover after the fighting dies down. Had a similar slowdown in a recent fort when 20 troglodytes escaped on their way to the magma pit and started fighting with the military in front of a necromancer.

PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 4d ago

NYCMesh is a good example to follow: https://www.nycmesh.net/

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 4d ago

Fix It Again, Tony.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 5d ago

I mean, I'm sitting here watching a video of a guy wearing a "navy seals" beanie talking about how important it is to have a warrant before you kick down someone's door and kill them and nodding along.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 5d ago

Meanwhile, Governor Tim Walz orders the National Guard to prepare for unrest: https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNGOV/2026/01/08/file_attachments/3515363/Executive%20Order%2026-01.pdf

(it is a remarkably well phrased order, but does ultimately boil down to "we need more troops to be ready to shut this down")

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 5d ago

Jessie Ventura, former Minnesota governor and WWF wrestler returns: https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2009390030783910157

PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 5d ago

From the liberal perspective, continuity and redemption of the institutions synonymous with progress. The chaos of direct action, people taking things like self defense into their own hands, only frustrates this process.

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PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 5d ago

Two people shot by border control agents in Portland: https://katu.com/news/local/ice-shoots-two-people-in-portlandoregon / https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-federal-agents-shot-two-people-portland-abc-affiliate-reports-2026-01-08/

(first URL says ICE, but apparently this was CBP for any pedants out there)

The rank and file has heeded the message. Their impunity will be defended by the full might of the administration and aligned media.

PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 5d ago

Along these lines, the administration will probably collaborate with the Republican caucus to do a "compromise" bill with the Democrats, only to exercise an unprecedented line-item veto power passing just the shit they want.