big silt doesnt want you to know the truth about sandy loam

Sandy was fired from her new gig too so everything's just falling apart here

Mod doesn't seem to work anymore unfortunately

Who, Sandy? She's got a new gig but she's workin, yeah.

still work?

Nice mod but also impossible to see open space between 1 z level when building floors for a new tower

Sounds like you just rubbed her the wrong way.

i don't like sandy loam. she's coarse and rough and irritating and she gets everywhere

If any of you are in touch with sandy loam, please just tell her I'm sorry

"who is sandy loam and why can't i reach her 🤨"

You didn't click the flashing-gif link, duh.

who is sandy loam and why can't i reach her 🤨

dont worry about sandy loam. let sandy loam worry about you

I don't know the code very well... is it possible to increase the max z-level view beyond 8 with a mod?

very pog mod wizard cat thankyou

"Sandy Loam... Who is she?"

"There are 5217 hot sediments in your area - click here to meet now!"

why can't I reach her?

Sandy Loam... Who is she ?
Please tell me
Asking for a friend

alright, thanks; i didn't expect it to be an in-game option (maybe in a future game update, haha)

"just out of curiosity, can you customize the amount of zfog transparency in any way?"

Unfortunately, there's no way for a mod to add options to the game. If you're technically minded, you can open your own multilevel_overlay.png and modify the layer transparency in a paint program. It's located in: 'Dwarf Fortress\data\vanilla\vanilla_environment\graphics\images'
There are also a few different z-level fog mods on the workshop if you search.

just out of curiosity, can you customize the amount of zfog transparency in any way?

Made it so much easier for me to get a quick, at-a-glance detail of what level it is I'm actually viewing. Particularly useful outside of the fort with numerous elevations on screen. 10/10.

"This might be outside what modders can do but it would be nicer if the fog fade was logarithmic-"

I had a similar thought. The difference between the first z-level and the second is the most important, with the others rapidly falling off. Being able to set a curve would be nicer than a uniform density increase, but a better default formula would be fine too. Even though it can be a lot harder to discern a one z-level difference with the reduced fog mods, I still prefer them because they make it easier to see things like caves and hills.

Right now the difference between adjacent z layers is so small I'm making mistakes related to depth.

This might be outside what modders can do but it would be nicer if the fog fade was logarithmic, so that one z layer away still has noticable fog but many z layers away still have the ground as faintly visible.

"Yo. Can you help me? I trying to do my first mod to DF, but smh going wrong."

If you explain what you are trying to do, and what seems to be the problem, I'll get back to you later. You could start a discussion here, or continue in the comments.

Yo. Can you help me? I trying to do my first mod to DF, but smh going wrong.

"Would this mod be compatible with something like Dark Depths?"

No, unfortunately not. You can only use one of the fog mods at a time, because there's only one sprite that they all change to get their effect.

Would this mod be compatible with something like Dark Depths?

"Of course. There are already a few different versions people have up....etc"

Wow you're nice!

thank you!

Thank you very much.

"If I modify the .png image in your mod as you suggested, am I free to upload a derived version with credit linking back to you?"

Of course. There are already a few different versions people have uploaded on the workshop. Including a white fog version which I personally think looks better than the default blue. They just changed the color of my modified .png and re-uploaded it as a new mod. It would be nice if the modding API supported custom menu options, so we could just make one fog mod to rule them all, with density and hue options in the menu.

If I modify the .png image in your mod as you suggested, am I free to upload a derived version with credit linking back to you? I am thinking specifically of changing the bluescale to a greyscale to better fit underground spaces.

Works with all 3 mods i tested (This one, Audible Alerts and Transparent Smoothing).

Just copy all the files inside the mod folder's "Objects" or "Graphics" folders, into for example vanilla_interface
It should load in your old saves too.

"Can this mod be applied to existing worlds/saves?"

I don't think so, but you can manually replace your vanilla multilevel_overlay.png with the modded version.


"Is it possible to make the fog change based on biome?"

That would be cool, but not as far as I know.

Can this mod be applied to existing worlds/saves?

Is it possible to make the fog change based on biome?

Is it not possible to add white fog? The basic blue looks very much like water.

I tried to make a version to completely remove the fog, but it doesn't really seem to work. Maybe it was my own error, but I just couldn't get a good result. You're free to go ahead and try modifying the .png image in the mod to see how that changes things. You'll need to delete the mod in the installed_mods folder and make a new world each time you want to test it.

could you make a version that removes it completely?

Excellent

update for new version??

thanks :)