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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Whats a good, stable graphics pack/launcher for a long term fort?
« on: August 24, 2019, 04:16:09 pm »
I'm just retiring my fourth fortress due to crashing issues. Even after reducing my max dwarves below 100 and limiting visitors and other complex things, the game starts crashing four or five years in and crashes multiple times per season.
Currently im using the LNP 0.44.12-r06 and DF 44.12, with the Meph+Vordak(lite)32x graphics pack. I really like the meph graphics in the LNP as opposed to the ones that come with Mephs launcher that I tried, and I'd prefer to keep them. I've tried many combinations of settings and different things but the crash problem doesn't seem solvable. At this point, I'd switch to ASCII if it would let the game actually run.
I would definitely prefer to have some kind of decent tileset though, so if anyone has experience with a very stable version of the game that they have used I'd appreciate a recommendation. I'd also really like to keep the functionality of the ingame dwarf-therapist like screen that comes with the LNP but I assume that is a common feature of DFHack.
I do seasonal autosaves and I even save manually pretty frequently but even so I have lost countless hours of work and decision making due to random crashes with no apparent cause.
Any help or advice is appreciated. This is one of my favorite games now, and the constant headache and heartache due to the crashes is really bumming me out.
Currently im using the LNP 0.44.12-r06 and DF 44.12, with the Meph+Vordak(lite)32x graphics pack. I really like the meph graphics in the LNP as opposed to the ones that come with Mephs launcher that I tried, and I'd prefer to keep them. I've tried many combinations of settings and different things but the crash problem doesn't seem solvable. At this point, I'd switch to ASCII if it would let the game actually run.
I would definitely prefer to have some kind of decent tileset though, so if anyone has experience with a very stable version of the game that they have used I'd appreciate a recommendation. I'd also really like to keep the functionality of the ingame dwarf-therapist like screen that comes with the LNP but I assume that is a common feature of DFHack.
I do seasonal autosaves and I even save manually pretty frequently but even so I have lost countless hours of work and decision making due to random crashes with no apparent cause.
Any help or advice is appreciated. This is one of my favorite games now, and the constant headache and heartache due to the crashes is really bumming me out.