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DF Adventure Mode Discussion / Re: Funniest Names
« on: June 27, 2011, 10:57:26 am »
I haven't been playing long, but one of the first worlds I created with the world generator had a huge sea called "The Sea of Dying"  :o.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« on: June 24, 2011, 06:22:03 am »
Quote from: Farmerbob on June 23, 2011, 11:21:43 pm
Quote from: Zarnium on June 23, 2011, 11:06:00 pm
What exactly is the point of having a large world? Do you ever travel around to other parts of the world or anything?

Sure, in adventure mode, otherwise it just means richer history, and more embark locations.

So do you never leave the area you start out in Dwarf Fortress mode?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« on: June 23, 2011, 11:06:00 pm »
What exactly is the point of having a large world? Do you ever travel around to other parts of the world or anything?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« on: June 23, 2011, 04:41:55 pm »
Do dwarves die of old age?

Also, I was playing yesterday and two of my miners were flashing darker and then lighter. What does that mean?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: New Player, need help setting up Mac version
« on: June 20, 2011, 09:19:06 pm »
Quote from: Wizard on June 20, 2011, 04:34:12 pm
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Probably what I'm just going to do by now is play the old tutorial version on my Windows computer so I can actually figure out how to play the game, and then I'll worry about installing the proper graphics on the new Mac version later. I might just end up playing with the ASCII graphics anyways; it looks more classy.

I think the graphical sets are mostly not that helpful at this point. I find the little bitmap illustrations more difficult to interpret than just a character, though you still get the odd goat/goose/goblin issue, though you'll probably still get that anyway. A small letter is easier to make out than a small picture.

I like the higher visibility mod/tweak. It just brightens up the colours a bit (a blue dwarf on black in the vanilla version is practically invisible on my screen) and is really simple to do.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/40d:Color_scheme#Higher-visibility_scheme

Actually, I think I'm with you- the game seems easier to read without graphics installed. It's easier to learn with graphics, but for long term playing I'll probably just use a regular tileset. So far, I think I like the Guybrush tileset combined with one of the lighter color settings. The default square tileset is pretty good too, but the 16x16 one is sort of distorted. I'm up for suggestions about good graphics-less tilesets if anyone has any recommendations.

One quirk I've noticed is that the some of the punctuation marks are also used for the ground, so if you want your ground look more natural it makes your text look funny.


Anyway, thanks for all the tips, everyone. I'll probably either use Wine, go without utilities, or keep playing on my Windows computer.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: New Player, need help setting up Mac version
« on: June 20, 2011, 12:09:59 am »
I have a new question that probably seems kind of simple, but I'm having trouble finding the answer. I understand that there are several different utilities out there for managing your dwarf's tasks, like Dwarf Therapist and Dwarf Manager. Are there any out there that are Mac compatible and will run with the newest Mac version? I found one on the wiki called "Mac Foreman," but it won't load my game. I think it might be too old.

BTW, I've been playing with the tutorial version on my PC and it's working fine. I just want it on my Mac because it's faster and has a nicer and larger screen.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: New Player, need help setting up Mac version
« on: June 17, 2011, 11:10:18 pm »
Quote from: Conan on June 17, 2011, 07:09:31 pm
OH.

I GET IT.

The tutorial is from an older version of DF, so that probably is it. I meant for you to download the most recent version of whatever texture pack you want and then moving the raws folder from that.


Anyways, as one guy says it

Quote from: Badspot
When you bought a Mac, you signed up for this shit.

Don't I know it :s. Truth be told, I'd rather have a Windows computer for games, but my primary and most powerful computer is a Mac so it's more convenient if I can get all my games to work on it. Plus it has a larger and nicer screen.

In any case, as I said before, I got the Mayday graphics set to work, but I think it isn't working properly since some of the text is displayed as symbols instead of letters. And is the latest version supposed to have colored boxes around all the text?

Probably what I'm just going to do by now is play the old tutorial version on my Windows computer so I can actually figure out how to play the game, and then I'll worry about installing the proper graphics on the new Mac version later. I might just end up playing with the ASCII graphics anyways; it looks more classy.

Quote from: Tharwen on June 17, 2011, 07:40:07 pm
Couldn't you just put the script file from the mac version into the tutorial folder?

You might need to get the script from an older mac version from the downloads page though.

I think I tried something like that with both the tutorial and the most recent Mayday release, but it didn't work. However, I don't really know what I'm doing, either. What exactly is the "script file"?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: New Player, need help setting up Mac version
« on: June 17, 2011, 02:23:23 pm »
Just the copying raws folder doesn't work. What I've been doing is:

1. Replacing the entire raws folder on the Mac version with the raws folder from the tutorial.

2. Copying the files in the tutorial art folder (maydayMAX.bmp, maydayMED.bmp, maydayMIN.bmp, maydayMIX.bmp) into the Mac art folder.

3. Copying the files init Max.txt, init MED.txt, init MIN.txt, and init MIX.txt from the tutorial into the Mac init folder, and replacing the Mac version's init.txt with the tutorials init.txt.


When I do this and start the game up, it doesn't use any of the special graphics (it just uses a different font), and the world generator keeps crashing for some reason.

EDIT: I think I fixed it by using the latest Mayday download and not the one from the tutorial. I replaced the raws folder, the art folder, and I changed the text in the init.txt file to accept graphics and to load them from the right place. Now I just need the saved game and world.

One question: I noticed that some of the punctuation on the menu screens got replaced with tiles with dots on them. Is that supposed to happen?

EDIT2: I'm really starting to think I did something wrong, because every now and then, text or punctuation will show up as symbols instead of text. I also tried transferring a save file I made myself and it worked, but it caused the mayday graphics set to not work and display the wrong graphics.

It's sort of hard for me to judge whether the game is working properly or not though, since on any given test, I don't actually know what is and isn't supposed to happen... >.>

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DF Gameplay Questions / New Player, need help setting up Mac version
« on: June 17, 2011, 12:55:40 pm »
Hello, newby here :D.

I downloaded the latest Mac version of the game, and it runs just fine as far as I can tell. However, I want to play the game along with the "Complete Newby Play-along Tutorials" and the version you download from there is for Windows. I need help with a couple things.

1, How do I transfer the saved game and world from the tutorial version onto the newest Mac version? I understand that transferring saved games from older versions is difficult and I don't know how out of date the tutorial version is.

2, How do I install the Mayday graphics set onto the newest Mac version? I can only find the Mayday set bundled with downloads of the game, and not as its own download. I've tried ripping it out of the tutorial version and putting it onto the Mac version, but I don't know exactly what files you need to transfer and what changes you need to make to the init files. I've figured out how to change the tileset from the wiki, I just can't figure out how to change the graphic set.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Complete Newby Play-along Tutorials... are complete!
« on: June 16, 2011, 03:30:49 pm »
Newby here :D.

I want to play along with this tutorial, but if I'm not mistaken, the download link on the first page is for the Windows version. I have a Mac. How do I transfer the saved game and tileset (and anything else necessary for the tutorial) from the Windows bundle onto the Mac version of the game?

Bonus question: Is this guide still reasonably up to date with the most recent release of the game? It seems to be, but I want to make sure.

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