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[The13thRonin]

"Sometimes we find others in the darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again."

[YOU HAVE STRUCK ]

Welcome to Dig Deeper, a modification for use with Dwarf Fortress! This project started as a desire for me to write new materials into the game, I wanted to increase the variation between fortresses and even individual dwarves. Sooner or later I began to add other things such as new creatures and new weapons. Before long, after the additions began to become quite numerous, I decided to release Dig Deeper onto the forums. Ever since then the goals of Dig Deeper have been; increasing the variance in Dwarf Fortress and increasing the challenge to cater for more experienced users, all the while maintaining the same 'pick up and go' ease of vanilla Dwarf Fortress.

You can find the download here: Dig Deeper, V1.4B

TESTIMONIALS:

It includes most of the features I have to sort through and add in PLUS more! I'll be using this now as a base it'll save me a ton of work.

The13thRonin I am a big fan of your Mod, it's the first one that I've stuck with for more than a fortress or two. For the first time in ages I've had some close calls in fortress mode and I am thankful for no end.

You can see Dig Deeper put to great use in Sparkgear 3, the best succession fortress of our time: Click for the whole woeful tale

Below is a full list of changes from the README. Please excuse the messiness, it doesn't convert well to forum format.

THE README.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dig Deeper Version 1.4 [For use with Dwarf Fortress: v0.28.181.40d16]

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-            TO INSTALL FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:                    -
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- 1. DELETE THE PRE-EXISTING OBJECTS FOLDER [IN THE RAWS FOLDER], DO NOT OVERWRITE!       -
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- 2. DELETE ALL FILES IN THE OBJECTS FOLDER [IN THE DATA FOLDER]                -
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- 3. EXTRACT THE NEW 'DIG DEEPER' OBJECTS FOLDER INTO THE RAWS FOLDER             -
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- 4. OVERWRITE THE PRE-EXISTING DATA FOLDER WITH THE NEW 'DIG DEEPER' DATA FOLDER       -
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People whose work has been referenced, duplicated
or otherwise utilised (I offer up my thanks and praise):

- Chariot
- Metalax
- Wiles
- Captain Mayday
- Umiman
- catoblepas
- Sean Mirrsen
- Deathbane
- Great Cthulhu
- Mephansteras
- Teldin
- Rysith
- Morlark

Your work will be removed upon request (if you'd like), please
point out exactly what I have used from your modification and
it will be taken down.

Enclosed below is detailed information on what the
'Dig Deeper' modification adds, removes and changes

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=     TOTAL       =
=                 =
= Removals - 3    =
= Additions - 467 =
= Changes - 69    =
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# REMOVES #
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CREATURES (3)
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- Dragon

- Char

- Whale

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# ADDS #
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CREATURES (104)
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= 9 Mega Beast (*)      =
=                       =
= 5 Semi-Mega Beast (+) =
=                       =
= 7 Domestic (@)         =
=               =
= 4 Fanciful (!)      =
=                       =
= 19 Fish (&)           =
=            =
= 60 Other (-)          =
=                   =
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* Green Dragon

* Red Dragon

* Blue Dragon

* White Dragon

* Black Dragon

* Ancient Vampire

* Adamantine Golem

* Giant Cave Spider Queen

* Tyrannosaurus

+ Vampire

+ Mithril Golem

+ Lich

+ Banshee

+ Ancient Werewolf

@ Pig

@ Chicken

@ Sheep

@ Goat

@ Yak

@ Llama

@ Goose

! Angel

! Archangel

! Reaper

! Grim Reaper

& Bluegill

& Bream

& Catfish

& Black Sea Bass

& Largemouth Bass

& Smallmouth Bass

& Striped Bass

& Redear Sunfish

& Lake Trout

& Small-Mouth Char

& Artic Char

& White Char

& Silver Trout

& Crappie

& Tuna

& Crab

& Octopus

& Piranha

& Prawn

- Baboon

- Copper Golem

- Mammoth

- Saber-Tooth Cat

- Wyvern

- Hellhound

- Phoenix

- Pegasus

- Ogre Magi

- Gargoyle

- Black Rhinoceros

- White Rhinoceros

- Giant Panda

- Giant Lizard

- Koala

- White Tiger

- Giant Ant

- Termite

- Giant Termite

- Silver Golem

- Gold Golem

- Granite Golem

- Red Kangaroo

- Grey Kangaroo

- Ghoul

- Wolverine

- Arctic Fox

- Blue Whale

- Sperm Whale

- Humpback Whale

- Killer Whale

- Rabbit

- Pheasant

- Giraffe

- Zebra

- Orc

- Penguin

- Green Slime

- Steel Wolf

- Buffalo

- Giant Anaconda

- Warg

- Triceratops

- Monk

- Velociraptor

- Shaman

- Ostrich

- Sorcerer

- Sparrow

- Vulture

- Grasshopper

- Mouse

- Purple Slime

- Stegosaurus

- Sand Golem

- Giant Beetle

- Giant Flying Jellyfish

- Halfling

- Ratling

- Dark Elf

CIVILIZATIONS (4)
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- Orcs

- Halflings

- Ratlings

- Dark Elves

INSTRUMENTS (28)
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- Guitar

- Tuba

- Trombone

- Banjo

- Violin

- Ocarina

- Accordion

- Tambourine

- Euphonium

- Bugle

- Didgeridoo

- Triangle

- Cornet

- Pan Pipe

- Oboe

- Fife

- Lute

- Tenor Saxophone

- Alto Saxophone

- Recorder

- Bagpipe  

- Harmonica

- Baritone

- Piano

- Rattle

- Lyre

- Aulos

- Organ

STONES (9)
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- Green Marble

- Black Marble

- Red Marble

- Blue Marble

- Purple Marble

- Brown Marble

- Yellow Marble

- Gold Marble

- Travertine

METALS (18)
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- Mithril

- Red Brass

- Cobalt

- Dragon Scale

- Nordic Gold

- White Gold

- Deep Steel (A mixture of mithril and steel, helps limited mithril supplies go further)

- Titanium

- Bloodmetal (Rumoured to form wherever significant blood has been spilled and seaped into the surrounding earth. Too brittle to be worked into weapons)

- Blackmetal (Really more of a super-strong glass type material than a metal. Stronger than titanium and second only to mithril. Akin to a substance known as 'ebony' in the Elderscrolls series)

- Green Gold (A real life mixture of gold and silver)

- Purple Gold (A real life mixture of gold and aluminium)

- Blue Gold (A real life mixture of gold and iron)

- Star Iron (Iron which has come to earth from space via meteor. Extremely valuable)

- Black Pewter (A real metal)

- Crucible Steel (A real metal, tempered steel, it's called Wootz Steel)

- Chrome (A real metal)

- Crimson Silver

GEMS (10)
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- Orange Jade (Similiar to other coloured jades)

- Red Jade (Similiar to other coloured jades)

- Yellow Jade (Similiar to other coloured jades)

- Black Jade (Similiar to other coloured jades)

- Tear of the Sea (The rare tears of a mermaid which solidify into a sea coloured teardrop gem)

- True Jade (A real gem, higher quality green jade from Australia or America rather than from the Orient)

- Benitoite (A real sapphire-like gem, found in California and Japan)

- Ammolite (A real gem/fossil, very rare and valuable)

- Diopside (A real life gem, less valuable look alike of emerald)

- Amazonite (A real life gem, found within microline)

TOYS (36)
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- Marble set (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Toy Pick (dwarves)

- Golem Figurine (dwarves)

- Dragon Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Toy Spear (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Toy Crown (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Giant Cave Spider Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Mammoth Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)
  
- Elephant Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Giant Eagle Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Vampire Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Ancient Vampire Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Gargoyle Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Lich Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Ghoul Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Gremlin Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Wizard Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Troll Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Ogre Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Toy Fishing Pole (dwarves and humans)

- Toy Chisel (dwarves, humans, elves and goblins)

- Toy Sword (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Carp Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Phoenix Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Pegasus Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Hellhound Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Chimera Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Centaur Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Griffon Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Angel Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Archangel Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Reaper Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Toy Crossbow (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Grim Reaper Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Ball (dwarves, humans and elves)

- Tentacle Demon Figurine (dwarves, humans, elves, goblins and orcs)

WEAPONS (
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- Hatchet (dwarves, humans and kobolds)

- War Whip (humans, goblins and orcs)

- Trident (dwarves, humans, elves, kobolds, goblins and orcs)

- Rapier (humans and elves)

- Sabre (humans)

- Katana (humans)

- Pitchfork (humans, elves, kobolds and goblins)

- Club (dwarves, humans, kobolds, goblins and orcs)

PLANTS (37)
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- Corn

- Tomato

- Banana

- Coconut

- Apricot

- Radish

- Carrot

- Turnip

- Plum

- Onion

- Pineapple

- Watermelon

- Pear

- Green Cabbage

- Red Cabbage

- Potato

- Cotton

- True Indigo

- Peppercorn

- Woad

- Ginger

- Eggplant

- Wheat

- Olive

- Passionfruit

- Squash

- Cave Beehive

- Hemp

- Cinnamon

- Sugarcane

- Linseed

- Orange

- Bloodroot

- Millet

- Cauliflower

- Seaweed

- Golden Sungrass

EXTRACTS (33)
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- Corn Flour

- Corn Oil

- Tomato Sauce

- Banana Paste

- Coconut Milk

- Apricot Jam

- Plum Jam

- Pear Jam

- Cotton Thread

- Indigo Dye

- Black Pepper

- Woad Dye

- Ginger Spice

- Wheat Flour

- Olive Oil

- Squash Oil

- Dwarven Honey

- Yak's Milk

- Yak Cheese

- Goat's Milk

- Goat Cheese

- Chicken's Egg

- Llama's Milk

- Llama Cheese

- Hemp Thread

- Cinnamon Spice

- Sugar

- Linseed Oil

- Linseed Thread

- Bloodroot Dye

- Strawberry Dye

- Goose's Egg

- Golden Sungrass Dye

DRINKS (17)
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- Corn Based Bourbon

- Red Beer

- Banana Rum

- Coconut Arrack

- Apricot Wine

- Carrot Wine

- Plum Brandy

- Pear Perry

- Pineapple Wine

- Watermelon Wine

- Potato Vodka

- Wheat Beer

- Passionfruit Wine

- Dwarven Mead

- Ginger Wine

- Sugarcane Rum

- Millet Beer

FOODS (22)
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- 22 new foods

COLOURS (1)
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- 1 new colour

WOOD (19)
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- Eucalyptus

- Giant Cactus

- Beech

- Bamboo

- Dragon Tree

- Yew

- Rosewood

- Blackwood

- Butternut

- Coachwood

- Tulipwood

- Zebrawood

- Hickory

- Lemonwood

- Redwood

- Juniper

- Taiwania

- Cypress

- Hemlock

SHIELDS (4)
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- Tower Shield (humans and orcs)

- Kite Shield (humans, elves and orcs)

- Square Shield (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Heater Shield (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

HELMS (6)
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- Winged Helmet (humans, dwarves and elves)

- Horned Helmet (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Great Helmet (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Crown Helmet (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Kettle Helmet (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

- Spiked Helmet (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

ARMOUR (1)
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- Breastplate (humans, dwarves, elves, goblins and orcs)

SPEECH (22)
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- 5 new boasts

- 12 new threats

- 2 new warnings

- 1 new title

- 2 other new comments

ENGRAVINGS (89)
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- 89 new engravings

BODIES (1)
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- Six-leg insect bodies

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# CHANGES #
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PLANTS (3)
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- Roughly doubled growth rate of all plants

- Fixed the growth rate of hemp

- Wild strawberries now able to be milled into strawberry dye

STONES (
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- Sean Mirrsen'd ecostone crafting system implemented (allows all stone to be disabled or
enabled in regard to crafting)

- Cobaltite turned into an ore of Cobalt

- Incorporated blackmetal into Sean Mirrsen'd ecostone crafting system

- Great Cthulhu's melting point, boiling point and magma safe tweaks implemented

- Renamed marble to white marble

- Made native blackmetal much harder to find, will only be found near obsidian now

- Fixed brown marble

- Made coal much, much, much more common, espicially deeper into the earth

CREATURES (19)
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- Werewolves raw speed decreased from 900 to 700 (this increases their REAL or DISPLAYED
speed from 1000 to 1250 making them as fast as the average elf)

- Mud Man, Iron Man, Magma Man, Fire Man changed to Mud Golem, Iron Golem, Magma Golem and
Fire Golem respectively

- Replaced the Iron Golem prefstring with a new one common to the other metal golems

- Added the [CHITIN] tag to ants and antmen

- Expanded upon existing creature prefstrings

- Removed duplicate hippo entry

- Fixed players being spammed with a Vanilla Dwarf Fortress error message relating to cats trying to pick things up

- Fixed Yaks not bringing any trade goods

- Improved survivability of MEGABEASTS

- Fixed name of 'Granite Golem'

- Tweaked 'Green Slime' entity

- Added 'tail' bodypart to chicken

- Buffed MEGABEASTS again

- Took away the LOCKPICKER tag for orcs and gave them BUILDINGDESTROYER:1

- Gave orcs the TRANCES tag

- Gave orcs a MAXAGE

- Gave orcs 5 times their previous LAYERING

- Tweaked the personality of orcs

- Normalised speed of orcs

METALS (15)
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- Made Gold able to be smithed into; picks, weapons (50%), ranged weapons, armour (50%) and ammo (50%)

- Made Rose Gold able to be smithed into; picks, weapons (50%), ranged weapons, armour (50%) and ammo (50%)

- Made Silver able to be smithed into; picks, ranged weapons and armour (50%)

- Made Sterling Silver able to be smithed into; picks, weapons (50%), ranged weapons, armour (50%) and ammo (50%)

- Made Black Bronze able to be smithed into; picks, weapons (50%), ranged weapons, armour (50%) and ammo (50%)

- Increased the DAMAGE_PERC (attack) and BLOCK_PERC (defence) of bronze to be 111% (a bit higher than iron)

- Increased the value of bronze from 5 to 10

- Decreased the value of iron from 10 to 5

- Readjusted titanium, dwarven steel and ebony

- Renamed ebony to blackmetal

- Renamed dwarven steel to deep steel

- Lowered the bars required to forge deep steel from 8 to 6

- Increased the DAMAGE_PERC (attack) and BLOCK_PERC (defence) of bismuth bronze to be 111% and match bronze

- Meteoric Iron renamed to Star Iron

- Patterned Steel renamed to Crucible Steel

BODIES (1)
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- Increased the amount of eyes spiders have from 2 to 8

ENGRAVINGS (1)
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- Expanded upon existing engravings

WEAPONS (3)
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- 'Whip' changed to 'Slave Whip'

- 'Sabre' renamed to 'Cutlass'

- Added [CAN_STONE] to 'Spear'

SHIELDS (1)
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- 'Shield' changed to 'Round Shield'

GEMS (6)
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- 'Lavender Jade' changed to 'Purple Jade'

- 'Mermaid Tear' changed to 'Tear of Mermaid'

- 'Tear of Mermaid' changed to 'Tear of the Sea'

- Increased 'Tear of the Sea' value

- 'Green Jade changed to 'Common Jade'

- Tweaked the production of titanium to be slightly more worthwhile

CIVILIZATIONS (9)
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- Fixed the issue with Orcs sending caravans to trade

- Caused dwarves to become more demanding over things such as having individual rooms, they tantrum easier as well

- Nerfed Orcs populations further, they shouldn't swarm as much during worldgen helping megabeast survival

- Gave Orcs a tiny nerf and altered where they appear in the world so they're less likely to overun the other races

- Decreased the prevalence of goblins and increased their lethality so that they can go toe to toe with your average dwarf

- Orcs will now wield crossbows

- Dwarves will now wield longswords

- Dwarves will no longer wield pitchforks

- Orcs will no longer wield pitchforks

HELMS (2)
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- All 'helms' renamed to 'helmets'

- Fixed the bug with great helmets where dwarves were unable to equip them

DRINKS (2)
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- 'Vodka' renaned to 'potato vodka'

- 'Perry' renaned to 'pear perry'

[Untelligent]

I see you've added hippopotami. Y'know those are already in the game, right?

[The13thRonin]

I see you've added hippopotami. Y'know those are already in the game, right?

Ahhhhh... My bad... I didn't notice I had doubled up... Nice catch and many thanks  . [Must remember to mention you in the next README].

Will be fixed for next version.

[Fermii]

- Carp Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

Why the hell would any of those civs( ok, well maybe elves) want to make such a thing?

[Untelligent]

To frighten their enemies with?

[The13thRonin]

- Carp Figurine (dwarves, humans and elves)

Why the hell would any of those civs( ok, well maybe elves) want to make such a thing?

It's a collectible?

Some ancient Roman soldiers carved animals out of wood while they were on campaign for their children when they got home. I don't see why Dwarf Fortress should be any different.

Plus it's just bad-ass to have an artifact steel carp figurine called riverdeath menacing with spikes of carp bone...

On a more scary note carp are no longer the most dangerous fish with the inclusion of 'Piranha', stay the hell away from those if you can.

[Deon]

Oh lol, I have piranha too in my DFCP mod xD. We think the same way. Do you have penguins?

[inaluct]

Do you have penguins?

Yes, he does.

That said, I throw my support behind this mod.

[Great Cthulhu]

Me too. It sounds very appealing. I'll give it a shot when I start a new fortress.

Q. Why can my dwarves mine with gold and silver picks  ?
A. This is an unfortunate side-effect of being able to smith them... However it is not beyond the imagination that such dwarves would only carry around these tools as statuses of wealth and conceal a smaller more practical pick for digging (not worth mentioning in the inventory screen).

Perhaps it's an idea to introduce a "ceremonial" or "ornamental" pick as a separate item? In the real world there's a long history of creating expensive ceremonial weapons, so I wouldn't put it past dwarves to create ceremonial picks.

[Faenaris]

Just stumbled on your mod, The13thRonin. I got it downloaded and as soon as I got some more experience with the game, I'm go gonna give it a go.

A very comprehensive mod, judging by your readme. And I love Mithril.

EDIT: Have you taken a look at the Metal and Minerals Overhaul mod? It adds more 'realistic' smelter reactions and ores. Just a suggestion ofcourse.

Linky: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=33340.0

EDIT 2: How strong are the Orcs in your mod? As strong as the Orc mod?

[Arathanar]

I've noticed that all the non-animal-man "-man" creatures were changed to Golems, except Blizzard Man, at least in the changes.

[The13thRonin]

Just stumbled on your mod, The13thRonin. I got it downloaded and as soon as I got some more experience with the game, I'm go gonna give it a go.

A very comprehensive mod, judging by your readme. And I love Mithril.

EDIT: Have you taken a look at the Metal and Minerals Overhaul mod? It adds more 'realistic' smelter reactions and ores. Just a suggestion ofcourse.

Linky: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=33340.0

Thank you for the praise and I'm looking into the Metal and Minerals Overhaul mod as we speak. I might not take the whole idea but I'm sure there's concepts I can implement into DIG DEEPER. Thank you very much for taking the time to make a suggestion and I hope I can put it to a deserved good use!

EDIT 2: How strong are the Orcs in your mod? As strong as the Orc mod?

A tad weaker than the orcs in the orc mod. I based them on the orcs in the orc mod but I decided that they should be more like really, really, really tough goblins.

I've noticed that all the non-animal-man "-man" creatures were changed to Golems, except Blizzard Man, at least in the changes.

I've always thought of the blizzard man as something different to a golem... More like a yeti type creature perhaps? The reason being that all the other 'mans' were based on a distinct material like iron, rock or even magma but 'blizzard' is not an element in itself. I have plans to make an 'Ice Golem' and if you still have qualms about this speak up now... I may have it replace the blizzard man...

[Faenaris]

Thank you for the praise and I'm looking into the Metal and Minerals Overhaul mod as we speak. I might not take the whole idea but I'm sure there's concepts I can implement into DIG DEEPER. Thank you very much for taking the time to make a suggestion and I hope I can put it to a deserved good use!

...

A tad weaker than the orcs in the orc mod. I based them on the orcs in the orc mod but I decided that they should be more like really, really, really tough goblins.

Thank you for the fast reply! Good luck with the modding.

[Kiberkiller]

your mod seems like alot of fun...the only thing that stop me from downloading it is incompatibility with MayDay's graphic set, and by that i mean that new creature will be letters or numbers.
correct me if i'm wrong.

[The13thRonin]

your mod seems like alot of fun...the only thing that stop me from downloading it is incompatibility with MayDay's graphic set, and by that i mean that new creature will be letters or numbers.
correct me if i'm wrong.

You are correct but I'm afraid you'll have to take that issue up with MayDay or one of our other competent tile-set/graphics designers. I'm not much of an artist and I wouldn't know where to start even if I knew exactly how to start!

On a different note no-one has commented or rated the file on DFFD yet  . I'd really like some feedback on how things are going in peoples games and if they have seen any of the changes, what they like and what they don't like! Don't be afraid to post in this thread guys, even if it's just a line! I really appreciate it when people take the time. Working on the next version as we speak, might put a poll up to gauge where you guys stand on incorporating more fantasy metals or if you want me to stick with predominantly realistic additions. Everything added so far is pretty much realistic with the exclusion of creatures.

Sneak peak at the next update: Two new real alloys of gold have been added. More creatures are being planned... Perhaps even some new mega and semi-mega beasts...