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Title: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: vh on February 18, 2012, 05:55:19 PM

another game thread.

DF is like a free game. kind of like minecraft but in semi 3 dimensional and has many complicated things in it.

this is like my "fortress" after an hour of leaarning

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: blotz on February 18, 2012, 05:59:22 PM

lek u nue?

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: matty406 on February 18, 2012, 06:18:10 PM

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/v0.31:Tutorials (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/v0.31:Tutorials)

This one helped me a lot:
http://afteractionreporter.com/2009/02/09/the-complete-and-utter-newby-tutorial-for-dwarf-fortress-part-1-wtf/ (http://afteractionreporter.com/2009/02/09/the-complete-and-utter-newby-tutorial-for-dwarf-fortress-part-1-wtf/)

Keep the wiki (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page) open in a tab so you cann look stuff up while playing. Always use the K key to see what a tile has on it or what a symbol means. :D

when you start getting serious, see how to make a military:
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/v0.31:Military (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/v0.31:Military)

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Darvince on February 18, 2012, 06:37:49 PM

Still making history. Ttt.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: atomic7732 on February 18, 2012, 07:26:19 PM

I'm going to play this. Like. Now.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: blotz on February 19, 2012, 10:56:48 AM

How do you collect the wood? My dwarfs chop the trees, but they will not collect it. Same for berries.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: blotz on February 19, 2012, 11:33:36 AM

Also, if someone dies, how do you collect their items?

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: matty406 on February 19, 2012, 11:53:17 AM

Supplies aren't collected by individuals, but hauled to a stockpile.
They'll be left on the floor unless there's a stockpile set for that sort of material.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: blotz on February 19, 2012, 02:19:02 PM

How do you get a new stoneminer if one gets killed?

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: matty406 on February 19, 2012, 03:21:44 PM

You can set jobs manually by pushing V, go to a dwarf, push P then L. There's a list you can navigate with the - & + keys. Enter to select.
I do this at the start to set two miners, as you start with two copper picks.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Darvince on February 19, 2012, 07:56:44 PM

Guys there's hope. Not all land is covered by aquifers.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: blotz on February 20, 2012, 09:02:06 AM

Quote from: matty406 on February 19, 2012, 03:21:44 PM

You can set jobs manually by pushing V, go to a dwarf, push P then L. There's a list you can navigate with the - & + keys. Enter to select.
I do this at the start to set two miners, as you start with two copper picks.

How do you switch dwarfs? (like if you do not want the fisherdwarf to mine) I remember doing it, but i forgot how.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: smjjames on February 20, 2012, 09:06:50 AM

Quote from: Darvince on February 19, 2012, 07:56:44 PM

Guys there's hope. Not all land is covered by aquifers.

Guys, you can remove the aquifers. Go into the dwarf fortress folder, find the text file for rock layers, open that, and remove the tags for aquifers, or just from selected layer types.

I played it a while back, but stopped since I got bored (and the lower RAM kind of held me back then. Still, its very fun and while the learning curve is steep, there is a very good community to help you out.

Anyways, DF is eXTREMELY moddable, everything but the base code is moddable.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: matty406 on February 20, 2012, 11:24:20 AM

I love dwarf fortress' moddability, it's like the Spore creature creator, but you can't see anything. Creatures are modular.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Darvince on July 15, 2014, 02:19:52 AM

his update when

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: matty406 on July 19, 2014, 09:32:55 AM

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/888365/screenshots/DF/worm.JPG)
wat
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/888365/screenshots/DF/priorities.JPG) BDSM Dorf

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/888365/screenshots/DF/prison%20party.JPG)
The rope is a restraint used in a prison cell.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/888365/screenshots/DF/prison%20party2.JPG)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/888365/screenshots/DF/sdfdfsd.JPG) WHAT