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[snow dwarf]

There's no fundamental format difference between cloud saves and regular saves.

Aren't they on a Steam cloud server somewhere?
How would you share them with someone on Classic?
(Have no idea how cloud saves work - genuinely interested)

I was fairly sure cloud saves are both local and on a steam, I'm probably wrong though.

[Jiri Petru]

This announcement made me excited about DF in ways I haven't been for many years. I last played in 2011 but then grew tired with the user-hostility of the game, after its successors with better UI/UX came out - like Rimworld or Prison Architect. I just couldn't get back to the chore of playing Dwarf Fortress.

Now I'm again excited about the upcoming changes, and if Toady manages to do something not only with the graphics but also with the UI, it will be a little miracle. Go Dwarf Fortress!

[Admiral Obvious]

There's no fundamental format difference between cloud saves and regular saves.

Aren't they on a Steam cloud server somewhere?
How would you share them with someone on Classic?
(Have no idea how cloud saves work - genuinely interested)

I was fairly sure cloud saves are both local and on a steam, I'm probably wrong though.

You're right. You've got one copy somewhere on your hard drive. Then it's up to the developer to set what the cloud uploader looks for to save online.

[Urist McManiac]

This is a bit of an odd question, but is there any information about being able to turn off the tileset in the Steam version? I fully plan on buying said version, but since I played DF the past few years on ASCII graphics, I kind of grew attached to it.

[Telgin]

I haven't heard, but I'd expect the same configuration file options to allow you to turn graphics off.  I'm guessing the Steam version will probably just ship with a version of that file with the graphics turned on by default.

[Knight Otu]

This is a bit of an odd question, but is there any information about being able to turn off the tileset in the Steam version? I fully plan on buying said version, but since I played DF the past few years on ASCII graphics, I kind of grew attached to it.

Per the Steam page, ASCII will be available.

[CaptainArchmage]

I turned off cloud saves, but at least once in the past I didn't have any problem transferring them onto the computer I was using.

That said, cloud saves (is there any limit on the size or number?) might be useful as long as your internet connection speed permits them. Dwarf Fortress saves have a certain reputation regarding size, particularly with bigger worlds...

[Shonai_Dweller]

I turned off cloud saves, but at least once in the past I didn't have any problem transferring them onto the computer I was using.

That said, cloud saves (is there any limit on the size or number?) might be useful as long as your internet connection speed permits them. Dwarf Fortress saves have a certain reputation regarding size, particularly with bigger worlds...

There's apparently a limit on size, so they're not sure if it's a good idea to enable them yet (Reddit Q&A, I think).

[Admiral Obvious]

I turned off cloud saves, but at least once in the past I didn't have any problem transferring them onto the computer I was using.

That said, cloud saves (is there any limit on the size or number?) might be useful as long as your internet connection speed permits them. Dwarf Fortress saves have a certain reputation regarding size, particularly with bigger worlds...

There's apparently a limit on size, so they're not sure if it's a good idea to enable them yet (Reddit Q&A, I think).

From what I've seen, you usually have a 2GB cap per game that you have.

[Zangi]

I can just imagine it now: "You can buy the feature-limited version of the game, but if you want to access all the really cool stuff you have to download the free version!"

Quite a reversal from the usual P2W model.

Not just that, it is theoretically no-fuss new player friendly.
Just needs to work with therapist and that other editor I forgot the name of.

[Starver]

Better grabbed from Steam than streamed via Google? Though I'd love to see an unexpectedly popular DF make mincemeat of the back-servers and virtual machines tasked to run it in the Google datacentres.

[Urist McManiac]

This is a bit of an odd question, but is there any information about being able to turn off the tileset in the Steam version? I fully plan on buying said version, but since I played DF the past few years on ASCII graphics, I kind of grew attached to it.

Per the Steam page, ASCII will be available.

Thanks for the confirmation!

[CaptainArchmage]

From what I've seen, you usually have a 2GB cap per game that you have.

So this would be about 20 medium-large sized worlds. Notably, it's a bit hard to backup saves on the cloud system though.

[scourge728]

You know, I was thinking about the whole "steam demands you update thing" and then thought why not do what minecraft is doing and put a launcher that lets you download new versions from somewhere as they become available, while also allowing you to play and even download old versions from that launcher

[Bumber]

You know, I was thinking about the whole "steam demands you update thing" and then thought why not do what minecraft is doing and put a launcher that lets you download new versions from somewhere as they become available, while also allowing you to play and even download old versions from that launcher

Steam has something like that: