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[Iamblichos]

No worries, Phoebus... you have brought a tremendous amount of joy to a tremendous number of people    Come or go as you need, but always know that you made an enjoyable thing ever so muchly more enjoyable for hundreds of folks.  That's some serious good karma right there 

[krenshala]

I would also like to say (another) thank you for all the hard work you have put into one of the best known graphics sets for DF.  As others have said, please do not worry about stopping work on this.  I think we would all rather have you healthy, happy and, hopefully, still a part of the DF community.

[James009]

I just wanted to express my support for your graphical modpack, Phoebus. I know it's super difficult keeping this stuff updated, maintaining interest and focus, and taking all of the feedback but your pack is one of the main reasons I love playing Dwarf Fortress. It makes the game into something similar to an old Sega RPG and that's fantastic!

[NullForceOmega]

Thanks for all the work you put into the set Phoebus, I can honestly say tat without your pack I could not have played DF at all (my glaucoma makes high contrast, especially bright colors on dark backgrounds, very painful for me if I look at them for more than a few minutes.)  Do what is best for you, and remember that there are people who wish you well.

[Boltgun]

Good luck Phoebus, you did a lot of good.

[Terminutter]

There is no need to apologise, Phoebus, you have done a tremendous amount of good for the community, and I firmly believe that you should do what is best for you as a person. Your health comes first, and always should. You don't owe your work to anyone, you should only ever do something because you want to, and if it is making your condition worse, I fully support dropping it like it's hot! I am sure the community will keep supporting the pack, and even if they don't, I think we can all agree that we would sooner have you healthy than a tileset!

I wish you all the best with managing your condition, and hope you can find successful coping strategies to mitigate the effects of it. I also struggle with diagnosed anxiety, and can understand that this tileset was probably a massive burden to keep updated with performance anxiety about the speed and quality of updates! You should be proud with how well you managed, but don't feel guilty or sorry that you stopped, it is your choice and for your health, and you are no indebted to anyone, the only slavery we support is that of elves!

Maybe you will come back later to it, maybe you won't. I believe we can agree that for now it is good that you leave it for now.

[meadman]

Thanks for all your hard work, Phoebus!

[rudregues]

Thank you very much Phoebus, your graphic was the only that helped me to play df.
I wish you the best

EDIT: I'm playing df 0.42.03 through a Linux box and was able to use the last graphic set

[rudregues]

I struggled a little, so I'm posting the steps here:

Worked for Manjaro Linux (Arch based):

• Download the last graphic set in the fist post of this thread
• Unzip DF_Phoebus_40_24v00.zip
• Copy all contents from DF_Phoebus_40_24v00 directory (except data, raw and sdl folders and its contents) to $HOME/.dwarffortress
• Copy all contents from DF_Phoebus_40_24v00/data/art/ to $HOME/.dwarffortress/data/art/
• Copy all contents from DF_Phoebus_40_24v00/data/init/phoebus/ to $HOME/.dwarffortress/data/init

(Optional, unless you already has a saved game) update your savings:

• Enter your df directory:
• cd $HOME/.dwarffortress
• Allow df_savegame_updater.sh to be executed:
• chmod +x df_savegame_updater.sh
• Run the script:
• sh df_savegame_updater.sh

Obs.: In Manjaro, df is installed in /opt/dwarffortress (fromAUR) and the directory $HOME/.dwarffortress has symlinks to /opt/dwarffortress, so I'm not sure if it could work with other distro like Ubuntu/Debian, maybe some adaptation would be required.

[Magganon]

a Job well done Phoebus, you helped this noob get into DF!  I myself have struggled with anxiety and depression and fully understand your decision. I see you already got a ton of thank you messages from the communities vets and noobs alike, but I decided to also add my own personal thank you note to the pile to help show you the magnitude of our appreciation. I wish you all the best!

[splinterz]

Thanks for the tileset and supporting it for so long Phoebus, it was the very first tileset I ever used and is still a favorite!

[slothen]

I'm sad, this is my favorite tileset!  Thank you for contributing to my joy in this game and I wish you well.

[pamelrabo]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your beautiful and amazing work.

Your tileset introduced me to Dwarf Fortress, and still now I consider it the only way to play it. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.

That said: you go first. Do what you need to do to be ok.

And again: thanks a lot for all your efforts.

[Phoebus]

Wow, I did not expect this reaction! I'm very touched! Thanks everyone for the support, I feel a lot better now that I've read all your replies!
I won't be replying to specific replies, but to you all, so much thanks!

PS: RIP my inbox.

[Button]

Phoebus, would you feel comfortable naming a successor/Official Phoebus* Graphics Pack Maintainer? I'd love it if we could keep your graphics pack & its style alive, and an official new maintainer with an official new thread would help with that, I think.

I'm not volunteering, I can't art worth a damn; but I'm hoping someone will want to pick up the torch?

* or a different name if you don't feel comfortable having your name on it, ofc