0009151: Outsiders no longer exist, worlds unplayable if no civilizations generated - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

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0009151

Dwarf Fortress

Adventure Mode -- Character Creation

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2015-12-02 03:41

2016-05-13 06:16

Reporter

chaosvolt

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Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

always

Status

new

Resolution

open

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Product Version

0.42.01

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0009151: Outsiders no longer exist, worlds unplayable if no civilizations generated

Description

The new tweaks to entities are interesting, but it had the unfortunate effect of removing the pre-existing outsider entity token. Given the expansions to civilizations, this is normally a good thing.

However, this token still retained a use. If a world is intentionally created (like say, the classic monster island worldgen), it used to be that you could still play as an outsider and thus explore. Not so anymore.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a world using custom settings.
2. Specify 0 as the number of civilizations, and set "playable civilization required" to no.
3. Start that world and enjoy skipping straight to legends mode.

Tags

0.42.01, adventure mode, legends, needs renaming, world generation

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Notes
(0033252) chaosvolt (reporter) 2015-12-02 04:05	Well. I rather quickly found an inexplicable workaround for this. If you add the standard adventure-playable [ALL_MAIN_POPS_CONTROLLABLE] token to a [LAYER_LINKED] entity (like the subterranean animal peoples), a HUMAN outsider option will be retained even on a world with no civilizations generated. Which would be one of those sheer WTF fixes that I didn't expect. Leave it to me to find the weird bugs only once I start modding. ;w;

(0035156) chaosvolt (reporter) 2016-05-13 06:16	Technically needs a rename, as I'd derped up and hadn't noticed that outsiders still exist. The "no more Monster Islands" thing is still a...well, thing. :V

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-12-02 03:41	chaosvolt	New Issue
2015-12-02 03:44	chaosvolt	Tag Attached: adventure mode
2015-12-02 03:44	chaosvolt	Tag Attached: legends
2015-12-02 03:44	chaosvolt	Tag Attached: world generation
2015-12-02 03:44	chaosvolt	Tag Attached: 0.42.01
2015-12-02 04:05	chaosvolt	Note Added: 0033252
2016-05-13 06:14	chaosvolt	Tag Attached: needs renaming
2016-05-13 06:16	chaosvolt	Note Added: 0035156

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