Yeah, they keep on removing mechanics for what appears (to an outsider) to be petty reasons: the developers don’t like map modification, so you can no longer us

Yeah, they keep on removing mechanics for what appears (to an outsider) to be petty reasons: the developers don’t like map modification, so you can no longer use wands to disintegrate various solid materials. (Which is a bit disappointing, because it’s sometimes fun (in the Dwarf Fortress sense, at least), to take on the angels found in certain temples.) It’s particularly frustrating because recent versions have some nice UX modifications for things like manual skill training and there’s no easy way to get the modern UI with some of the older mechanics.