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Author Topic: DF on Win8.1 Tablet  (Read 1464 times)

Ghills

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DF on Win8.1 Tablet
« on: June 03, 2014, 02:24:38 pm »

I got my Windows tablet a while back.  Naturally the first thing I did was install DF. :D

DF actually works really, really well.  I got a reasonably high-end tablet with an i5 processor, and started with a pocket world.  So far it runs reasonably.  I'm not doing anything demanding - no pump systems, etc.  I set DF to take half the screen and the keyboard to take the other half. I use the desktop keyboard layout, not the tablet ones.  The desktop/standard keyboard needs to be enabled in Settings before it's available, which took me <5 seconds. 

I use the LNP with a tileset. I unzipped that on my PC and copied over to the tablet.  I used the LNP program to change settings on the tablet.  DwarfTherapist is a bit fiddly but works.  Haven't tried any visualizers.  DFHack works fine, with the usual typing-on-screen-means-typos caveat.  DF works great 90% of the time.  Better than some supposedly touch-driven modern games.

Not So Great 10%:
* Changing z-levels is incredibly awkward. I'm experimenting with new keybindings
* Running through the list of available materials and job types is even more tedious than usual
* Getting back to the fort after migrants appear is more a chore than usual.  Tiny screen = navigation generally a bit harder, but it really bites when I get yanked across the map.  Hotkeys are more helpful than on PCs
* DwarfTherapist really is more fiddly to use.  The tiny squares are hard to hit with fingers.  Still better than vanilla, though! 

I have a tablet capable of running a program wherein people have built themselves computers.  I HAVE SEEN THE MATRIX AND IT FITS ON MY LAP. :D :D
« Last Edit: June 03, 2014, 02:28:51 pm by Ghills »
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Re: DF on Win8.1 Tablet
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2014, 02:36:03 pm »

* Changing z-levels is incredibly awkward. I'm experimenting with new keybindings
I activated one of the keymappings that came with LNP that added , and . for Z-level changes.  You can add those yourself in settings without changing anything else.

One problem I had was that . is also the one-step key when paused.  I changed mine to shift-space, but that's probably not workable on a tablet.
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Re: DF on Win8.1 Tablet
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2014, 12:42:11 am »

What kind of Tablet do you have?
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Re: DF on Win8.1 Tablet
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2014, 08:32:39 am »

yeah, what do you have and how big is it?
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Re: DF on Win8.1 Tablet
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2014, 02:56:29 pm »

What kind of Tablet do you have?
yeah, what do you have and how big is it?

I have a Dell Venue Pro 11.  i5 processor, 11 in screen.  8 in would probably be too small.  The standard keyboard layout is really necessary.  I don't think an 8 in. screen would be big enough.
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