In honor of Adventure Mode launch tomorrow, we thought it would be fun to share all the patch notes for Adventure Mode since beta launch. Lots of fun stuff in here (and MANY audio fixes).

Notes for tomorrow's update:

• Made hero mode select hearthperson by default
  
• Fixed crash from visiting certain forest retreats
  
• Fixed some crashes related to local adventurer info not being set immediately after travel
  
• Fixed crash issue from demanding tribute from mythical sites
  
• Fixed a crash from unit sheets of certain creatures (e.g. roosters)
  
• Added more combat music
  
• Added sounds for items being put into containers
  
• Updates some confirm sounds
  
• Fixed some footstep sounds
  
• Fixed issue causing music to sound as if it's indoors
  
• Fixed some issues with ambient sound
  
• Added a keyboard-based look-and-interact cursor ('l')
  
• Stopped items like weapons and shields from starting in the same hand after character creation
  
• Stopped mythical sites from appearing on rivers (again)

Older Notes:

• Fixes an audio crash
  
• Kobs/gobs shouldn't steal mythic artifacts
  
• Undead shouldn't take over mythic sites near to market towns
  
• Mythical sites shouldn't be placed over rivers as frequently

• Added some mythical dungeons, materials, and related temple quests
  
• Added a few magical items
  
• Added initial god quest for chosen mode
  
• Added mythical healing substances in mythical sites
  
• Added messages for healing effects
  
• Chosen/hero get bonus reputation for the purpose of gaining followers
  
• Environmental display in top right (weather, light, temp, etc.)
  
• Quest journal outline on right side of main screen
  
• Vampire blood sense markers
  
• Memory map
  
• Stealth vision cones
  
• Goblin/kobold glowing eyes in the dark
  
• Added liquid/ramp arrow toggles to adv mode
  
• Announced when somebody pushes past you and cancels your action
  
• Made people stop moving when you talk to them (if they aren't fighting)
  
• Added shared items to wrestling interface so you can struggle for possession without using inventory screen
  
• Fixed audio for snow/mud footsteps
  
• Added buttons so ramps can be used with hatches
  
• Separated adv/fort volume settings
  
• Fixed jump tooltip
  
• Stopped adventurers from starting in pits if other sites are available
  
• Stopped rbut from quitting out of character creation
  
• Removed adventure mode feature discovery announcements
  
• Updated more classic tiles and brought back cursors

• Dye vs profession coloration toggleable in both modes
  
• Stopped migrant families with negative age younger siblings in young worlds
  
• Removed case sensitivity from unit filters
  
• Fixed a crash from subtabbing to certain buildings
  
• Made help close button act consistently when help is minimized
  
• Fixed bug where syndrome would target too few tissues
  
• Fixed issue with occasional infinite loop on population placement
  
• Fixed bug where many priests would move to different homes after world generation
  
• Fixed crash involving river audio polling

• Started adding tutorial (camera, movement, menu options, popups for many menus)
  
• Menu sounds during character creation and the adventure log
  
• Improved river and campfire audio loops
  
• Can click on portrait for status
  
• Hive no longer looks like clothing
  
• Made string display more compatible with fan translations
  
• Made threading more stable
  
• Fixed modding crash involving creature variations
  
• Audio crash fixed
  
• Update to bin/barrel container graphics so they show their contents in more detail
  
• Added tracking symbols (shift + K for now)
  
• Added classic glyphs (still need to work on screen layout)
  
• Fixed Linux crash-on-exit
  
• Better respected caste population ratios
  
• Added more information to crash logs
  
• Fixed command line world generation
  
• Fix for recent audio crash
  
• Palettized wieldables and wearables for dwarves/humans/elves/goblins/kobolds
  
• Graphical left/right hand distinction on wieldables
  
• Child/baby images for humans/elves/goblins/kobolds
  
• Visible soldiers/groups on world map in adventure mode
  
• Adventure mode sound indicators in unseen areas
  
• Ability to assume identity in adventure mode
  
• Can view wounds in dwarf mode arena without diagnosis
  
• Your adventurer can ride and push minecarts, use levers, bash down locked doors and hatches, topple statues
  
• You can now use wells in towns
  
• Adventure music plays based on context
  
• Full personality customization available in adventure character creation
  
• A few Linux audio crashes fixed

• Composing poems, music, dances, and writing things down is back in
  
• Wrestle button now handles wrestling
  
• Encumbrance is visible in inventory screen and there are a few alert levels for being over-encumbered
  
• Speed is visible in the movement options
  
• Indicators for ongoing movement, attacks, and dodges during player's turn in combat

• Throwing/shooting crash fixed
  
• Fixed input/display issues in kitchen menu
  
• Handled several issues with gifting pets
  
• Certain goblin torsos weren't being displayed
  
• Butchering and crafting is now in
  
• Abilities menu! Raise the dead if you learn the secrets, pet animals, spit, breathe fire and use other special powers in mods or as an arena-controlled creature/undead
  
• Left click to move to distant tiles
  
• Interaction-given syndrome tracking/timing improved
  
• NPCs should run and sleep again
  
• 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
  
• Right click menu has option to move more than one tile
  
• Npc sheets no longer give away their names unless you know them
  
• Cleaned up an intermittent crash from playing multiple adventure worlds
  
• Fixed crash from some old adventurers
  
• Stopped lockpicking menu from popping up until that's ready
  
• Fixed cave adaptation
  
• Optimization for loading speed with regards to flow events
  
• Restricted some actions like bookkeeping from happening outside fort mode
  
• Centered display of some wide-bodied creatures (some bears, anaconda, python, some animal people
  
• Fixed region map scrolling crash
  
• Crash fix related to multithreading

It's almost time!

Adventure Mode will be launching out of beta on January 23rd, 2025. Watch the release date announcement trailer here:

Thank you to all the urists who participated in the beta and left their helpful feedback. The mode has come a long way since it first launching in beta and we couldn't have done it without your help! We are excited to shift focus back to Fortress Mode very soon but this is also not the end of Adventure Mode development. Many updates in the future will be applied to both modes and there's still more to add to Adventure Mode in the future. As with everything in Dwarf Fortress development, it will all come in due time. More details about the next steps soon.

We also have beta 28 out today with a long list of improvements and additions:


Graphics

• Child portraits!
  
• Baby portraits!
  
• Pebble floors are differentiated from stone floors
  
• Mythical remnant images by sphere
  
• Fixed broken human hair palettes
  
• Fixed missing hoods for cloaks in portraits
  
• Fixed coin palettes and pile size images
  
• Fixed off-center mythical dungeon map images

Also

• Tame vermin can be made available as pets in fort mode!
  
• Added adventure soundtrack to Fortress mode
  
• Added adventure mode music track credits
  
• Improved initial loading speed
  

Adventure mode character creation changes

• Changed description and added tip if chosen destiny is disabled
  
• Correct destiny name shown on character sheet in creation
  
• Difficulty tooltips
  
• Creature description tooltips on character creation
  
• Civilization description tooltips on character creation
  
• Home site description tooltips on character creation
  
• Ordered adventurer start sites by population
  
• Belief description tooltips on character creation
  
• Tweaked spacing in background paragraph in character creation
  
• Added character archetypes to character creation for attributes and skills
  
• Skill/attribute tooltips in character creation
  
• Made some additional skills available in character creation
  
• Made character creator choose better starting materials if some points can be spared
  
• Changed item category order
  
• Highlighted item categories in character creation that are for fortress mode
  
• Item quality button explanation in character creation

Adventure mode general changes

• Added mythical animal populations to mythical sites
  
• Made mythical populations wear less armor and decreased leader skills somewhat
  
• Added more protection against unintended infighting at mythical sites, though goblins can still argue
  
• Compass for retrieve artifact quest
  
• Improved adventure shopkeeper placement and table handling
  
• Stopped chosen from starting in towns with ruined temples
  
• Added handling of player that has been knocked out or unable to act for a long time
  
• Made reputation visible for people and groups in adv log in chosen/hero modes
  
• Improved adventurer log map display somewhat
  
• Added more information about where companions are located in companion list
  
• Right click allows drinking from tiles
  
• Right click on self has view option
  
• Right click on hatch gives option to go below
  
• Made adventurer NPCs tend toward taverns instead of castles
  
• Made priests start in their temples more correctly
  
• Hover info for sounds, vampire senses, memory map
  
• Fixed problem where enemy healing liquids healed you instead
  
• Added more chosen god popups
  
• Added some adventure mode help guides
  
• Made stop travel button flash if travel is impossible
  
• Clarified wording of surrounding obstacles message
  
• Clarified wording in talk button tutorial window
  
• Added announcement button to menu overview
  
• Improved travel restrictions check
  
• Added highlight for travel restrictions
  
• Made divine intervention stronger
  
• Fixed divine intervention crash against projectiles
  
• Cleaned up quest display between games
  
• Added more combat audio layers
  
• Changed songs less often in adventure mode
  
• Fixed audio crash related to ambiance

Other tweak

• Fixed broken medium taupe coloration for nightmare sphere screaming mouths fabric

Strike the Earth (again!)

- Tarn + Alexandra

Hey Urists,

We have a Fortress Mode patch this week, with a bunch of fixes and tweaks and most notably with the new container graphics. See exactly what's inside your barrels and boxes for easy sorting!

We are still working on Adventure Mode things but won't have a patch for a few weeks which means this will be our last update before the holidays. But not to worry, it will be coming VERY SOON! When Adventure Mode leaves beta, it will unify both branches so a lot of upgrades in Adventure Mode will be making their way to Fort Mode as well. We hope you have a relaxing and restful holiday!



Graphics additions/changes

• Expanded graphics for containers
  
• Added ability to view worn clothing by dye or by profession
  
• Shields in right arms displayed in correct order

Major bug fixes

• Fixed crash in Linux related to object pools

Other bug fixes/tweaks

• Added some safeguards to ages of generated migrant children
  
• Made tutorial close button behave consistently when tutorial is minimized
  
• Made the agitation decay setting work properly
  
• Removed case sensitivity on unit filters
  
• Fixed some issues with list sorting
  
• Fixed crash related to possible null building in sheets
  
• Fixed a crash with creature variation mods
  
• Fixed some threading issues in unit loops
  
• Fixed problem with mod version compatibility setting
  
• Fixed command line world generation
  
• Made game respect caste population ratio in more places
  
• Fixed some possible null pointer references
  
• Added more information to crash log headers

-Kitfox and Bay 12 Games

Hey Urists,

We have a large Adventure Mode beta patch today, including the introduction of "Chosen Mode" which gives you access to 'divine quests' from the gods. It's designed to give more guidance to players looking for a more traditional RPG experience. It's not complete yet, and this with the tutorial are the only things left to work on before we can release Adventure Mode out of beta!

To access Chosen Mode you will need to build a new world, and it should be at least 100 years old, but the god stuff kicks in right after the tutorial if you have selected Chosen Mode. Almost all 100+ year old worlds support it, but it requires the correct configuration of temples etc. so occasionally it doesn't work, we don't yet have a fall back position for that quite yet. If you un-check the tutorial on the start screen, it'll still do the Chosen stuff immediately when you start. But it's just a 'quest' to go speak to a priest in a nearby temple, and it gives you a compass to the priest. We need to do more with ensuring that players can make it to the temple. Some helping popups from the god and fixes to being stuck in castles and unable to travel will be coming as well. We are trying to catch all the cases to make it more friendly.

Players who are a bit more used to things should be able to go through the whole cycle now, and have some reasonably hard though somewhat one-note dungeons to go through with their parties. The god/temple stuff is ultimately pretty simple, but we'll have a chance to hone it through December now.


In case you missed it, we uploaded a new devlog by Tarn on Youtube where he highlights some of the biggest features that have made their way to Adventure mode over the past few months!


Toward finishing Adventure Mode beta

• Added some mythical dungeons, materials, and related temple quests
  
• Added a few magical items
  
• Added initial god quest for chosen mode
  
• Added mythical healing substances in mythical sites
  
• Added messages for healing effects
  
• Chosen/hero get bonus reputation for the purpose of gaining followers
  
• Environmental display in top right (weather, light, temp, etc.)
  
• Quest journal outline on right side of main screen
  
• Vampire blood sense markers
  
• Memory map
  
• Stealth vision cones
  
• Goblin/kobold glowing eyes in the dark
  
• Added liquid/ramp arrow toggles to adv mode
  
• Announced when somebody pushes past you and cancels your action
  
• Made people stop moving when you talk to them (if they aren't fighting)
  
• Added shared items to wrestling interface so you can struggle for possession without using inventory screen
  
• Fixed audio for snow/mud footsteps
  
• Added buttons so ramps can be used with hatches
  
• Separated adv/fort volume settings
  
• Fixed jump tooltip
  
• Stopped adventurers from starting in pits if other sites are available
  
• Stopped rbut from quitting out of character creation
  
• Removed adventure mode feature discovery announcements
  
• Updated more classic tiles and brought back cursors

Other changes

• Dye vs profession coloration toggleable in both modes
  
• Stopped migrant families with negative age younger siblings in young worlds
  
• Removed case sensitivity from unit filters
  
• Fixed a crash from subtabbing to certain buildings
  
• Made help close button act consistently when help is minimized
  
• Fixed bug where syndrome would target too few tissues
  
• Fixed issue with occasional infinite loop on population placement
  
• Fixed bug where many priests would move to different homes after world generation

- Tarn + Alexandra

-Fixed crash involving river audio polling

Hey Urists,

Beta 24 is now live and includes the beginnings of a tutorial and audio on chargen and in the log screen. There's also a few crash fixes regarding creature variations and threading behaviour thanks to Putnam and some fixes to the audio. There's only a few little things left to clear up before Adventure Mode is ready, and one big thing (the tutorial), and then we'll be able to turn our attention back to the underlying simulation, which will generally improve both Fortress and Adventure modes.

• Started adding tutorial (camera, movement, menu options, popups for many menus)
  
• Menu sounds during character creation and the adventure log
  
• Improved river and campfire audio loops
  
• Can click on portrait for status
  
• Hive no longer looks like clothing
  
• Made string display more compatible with fan translations
  
• Made threading more stable
  
• Fixed modding crash involving creature variations

We wanted to let you know that NOW is the time to buy copies of the game as a gift, or tell your friends who inexplicably still haven't bought it. The game is 20% off right now (which it hasn't been since April), and that's as low as it's going to be for quite awhile... at least six months but maybe more.

But if you're here you probably already own the game so maybe here's a more relevant tip... Caves of Qud and Tales of Maj'Eyal are also going on discount in a day or two, so you can get them for an extra 10% off if you own Dwarf Fortress, in the Legendary Roguelikes bundle.

Also, Fangamer put up their preorders for the Dwarf Fortress guidebook[www.fangamer.com], a lovingly crafted codex of insight and tips. A perfect gift for yourself or other fans of fungal cuisine. You can also add an "Expedition Leader's Journal" for $5, which is a logbook specifically created for tracking the details of your different fortresses and worlds.

Tarn's been away for little events like moving countries and getting married! But now he's settled into his new life, and back to work on Adventure Mode. Look how happy he is! You all helped make this happen with your support for the game. Congratulations to Tarn and his love both.


Meanwhile, the artists have been busy, as usual. Carolyn has started designing the portraits for children, though It might be a bit before we see them in-game. Here you can see dwarf children on top versus the adults below. They'll need adjusted clothes since their bodies are a bit smaller, and we won't be showing in detail the injuries they can sustain, but a head-bandage should communicate quickly that they're not in good health.


We know some folks are still experiencing new crashes, even though updating C++ redistributables [learn.microsoft.com]fixes it for most people. It's very mysterious to us but if you have any clues to share with us, please let us know, especially if the whole game exe just won't start, we'd love to know your OS details, driver setup, etc.

That's all for today, but we'll see you at the next patch!
Tanya, Alexandra, Kitfox and Bay 12

Hey Urists,

Another patch this week before Tarn heads off for a very special, important life event! In this update you'll find graphics for tracking including animal prints and prints through various materials (like water). Barrel graphics have also been updates so you'll be able to see their contents at a glance. Also classic glyphs are now in!

An update for those experiencing crashes: We are still working on a fix for this. We are currently in talks with someone from Steam to figure out if it's an issue on their end or ours. In the meantime, we have a thread on the Steam forums with a temporary fix that seems to be working for almost everyone. We are monitoring the thread and appreciate any reports, especially if you've tried repairing Steam C++ redistributable (x64 version) and are still experiencing crashes. Thanks for all your help!



- Audio crash fixed
- Update to bin/barrel container graphics so they show their contents in more detail
- Added tracking symbols (shift + K for now)
- Added classic glyphs (still need to work on screen layout)
- Fixed Linux crash-on-exit
- Better respected caste population ratios
- Added more information to crash logs
- Fixed command line world generation

That's all for now!

-Alexandra