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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Lanceheat and its Legendary Hall

« on: March 14, 2008, 02:55:00 pm »

Thanks all for the kind words!

Akroma: Ooh! That's amazing. I'll have to upload Lanceheat. I've now got my skull tombs and rib crypt completed!

DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Lanceheat and its Legendary Hall

« on: March 13, 2008, 12:10:00 pm »

Hey all. I'm pretty new to this whole Dwarf Fortress thing, so I thought I'd introduce myself by way of my current fortress. I love hearing about other people's fortresses. I'll share the love:

Lanceheat. I'm having tons of fun making outlandish rooms and drowning antmen!

If anyone's interested in the pattern for that fractal mushroom design, let me know and I can post a better picture. It's not space efficient, but my dwarves value ambition over practicality.

DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Very slow in OS X?

« on: April 04, 2008, 12:33:00 pm »

I've tried nearly all the stuff at the Wiki. Tonight I'll try turning off Temperature.

Last night I deleted and reinstalled the game, just in case it was some of my customization. With default world creation & settings, it's noticeably slow with the initial seven dwarves.

Before the reinstall, it was slow with weather off, sound off, graphic refresh capped to 15, priority high. And this was embarking with seven dwarves in a 2x2 area in a pocket region!

DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Very slow in OS X?

« on: April 04, 2008, 03:49:00 am »

I'm running DF on my iMac and it's SUPER SLOW!! My friend verified that his older iMac is running nice and zippy. What gives? Has anyone experimented with performance on Macs?

Here are my system specs:
Model Name:   iMac
Model Identifier:   iMac5,1
Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:   2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors:   1
Total Number Of Cores:   2
L2 Cache:   4 MB
Memory:   1 GB
Bus Speed:   667 MHz

DF Suggestions / Re: Panic room

« on: March 18, 2008, 01:53:00 pm »

Yes! Create a no-traffic zone outside where an invasion's likely to come from. Build a pressure plate there and attach it to your Panic Button.

DF Suggestions / Re: Framerate/speed Improvement: Important to you, or not?

« on: April 16, 2008, 12:14:00 pm »

C - Very important

I'm currently running on an iMac with a noticeable speed drop from a slightly better PC. I can't populate my fortresses with war dogs, and am considering an pet-killing room in my current fortress.

Speaking as a Dwarf Fortress fan and a video game programmer, I'll extend an offer to casually help with optimization if needed. The first question being: Toady, have you used a profiler on DF?