May 9, 2024: The May '24 Report is up.
News: April 23, 2024: Dwarf Fortress 50.13 has been released.
News: February 4, 2021: Dwarf Fortress Talk #28 has been posted.
News: November 21, 2018: A new Threetoe story has been posted.
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Most people are used to "pick up and play" games that are intuitive and simple. Dorf Fortress is the opposite extreme. It's not hard to learn, it just takes patience and the wiki. Most games sacrifice depth for ease of use. Dwarf Fortress doesn't and that's why we love it. A lot of people simply don't want to put in the time to learn it because they don't understand what the game is capable of.
Once you understand K, Q, and V you can figure the whole game out.
Then you discover T and more is made clear.
By Armok's blood-soaked beard.. I've played this game on and off for over a year now and never found T.. thank you..
THIS!!! is why the Interface sucks the big one.
Gah... this is kinda annoying...Each city has at least one Free Jam that's owned by the city - it's just that the game doesn't show you locations at lesser quality than Nice when you're viewing the city amenities. So, go to the City page, and then look for an option that says something along the lines of 'show all locations'.
How the heck do I get money?
The 'tutorial' tells me to jam, but to jam costs money. I have no money...
you'd think the tutorial would teach you to get money...
@WinterHanging out in public places is a good idea as well - sometimes, you'll hear someone recite a haiku, which more or less guarantees an extra XP.
Whats the best way for them to earn XP? I know they'll be getting newbie points for a while (and ALL should go into intelligence until it is "perfect:) but after they stop getting those I only know about performing shows and taking pictures.
But I'd have to stop composing "Bondage is for hamsters too" , right?Yes.
Well, we're gonna tour eventually, obviously.I'm able to teach individuals, yes, in any skill that I have five stars or more in. For example, I can teach you Basic Singing, Basic String Instruments, et cetera.
Can you physically teach?
That's unfortunate. Do you have any plans to make finished stone look a bit more finished? Would be nice if they looked like tiles or at least a bit smoother.Yeah, that's what I was asking - it would be nice if they were patterned like the screenshot that you posted.
#1 I agree with. I'll just adjust those a bit and update the link. Try re-downloading in about half an hour. #2 was on purpose. Being able to recognize materials by sight? Awesome.Oh, I wasn't complaining about #2 - I was thrilled. It's an amazing step forward. My OCD demands that I know where stuff is, because it would be a pain in my ass to find out that there was a platinum deposit where I wanted to put a workshop.
I imagine it would look somewhat like this:Gorgeous.
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please forgive the compression, it's automatic from the image host.
CobaltKobold, I hope you don't mind me imitating your test zone.
Why not just draw only the surface of the water, but transparent, and let the new fog shader take care of a depth cue? Basically try to achieve the same effect as now but using alpha.Not any more complex than doors and floodgates are now.
Each water tile could just check for whether there's water above it? That would screw up waterfalls though... THe algorithm for deciding whether a given tile of water is visible to the 'camera' might be too complex.
