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Yes and it's okay because there are other versions now

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[LucasUP]

This version of The Lazy Newb Pack is very out of date
CURRENT VERSIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE:


Lazy Newb Pack Wiki Page

Windows
PeridexisErrant's Expanded LNP

MacOS X
fricy's MacNewbie Pack Reborn

Linux
andrewd18's Lazy Newb Pack Installer







OUT OF DATE WINDOWS VERSION BELOW THIS POINT


[0.34.11] [V15]
V15 with Dwarf Fortress 0.34.11
- Video Tutorial -

• This package is for Newbs and those too Lazy to put everything together every new version.
• It Includes the latest version of Dwarf Fortress, Graphics, and the best compatible Utilities!
• It has a graphical interface that lets you change Settings, Graphics, Aquifers, Exotics, Keybindings, Run utilities, and MORE
• Donate to Bay 12 Games to support Dwarf Fortress and keep it alive!
• Utilities and graphics in this pack are NOT made or supported by Bay 12 Games

DOWNLOAD

Lazy Newb Pack
Everything a Newb needs
Mirror 1 | Mirror 2

Lazy Newb Pack Advanced
Adds DFHack, Stonesense and Quickfort utilities
Mirror 1 | Mirror 2

Note: Requires Microsoft .NET 3.5

Old versions

Contents

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+ Dwarf Fortress v0.34.11 Windows SDL w/Sound
+ Lazy Newb Pack GUI (V1.5)
    - A Graphical User Interface that can change Settings, Graphics, Aquifers, Exotics, Keybindings, Run utilities, and MORE!
    - Install any graphics pack put in the graphics folder! Run any utility put in the utilities folder!
    - Built-in init text editor!
    - Open common links and folders!

Graphics
+ Phoebus Graphics 0.34.11v00
+ Ironhand's Graphics 0.73
    - Replaces ASCII with a pleasant graphical tileset. Easily switch between sets!

Utilities
+ Dwarf Therapist v0.6.12 with 0.34.11 compatibility
    - Easily manage labors: what tasks your dwarfs perform.
+ Soundsense r35
     - An amazing sound engine for dwarf fortress!
       (NOTE: To get sounds go to "Soundpack update" and press "Start automatic update")
+ DFInit Utility v1.53
    - Easily change more game settings

Advanced Utilities (In "Advanced" version only)
+ DFHack 0.34.07 r1
     - Collection of utilities and hacks: vein digger, map reveal, etc. Use at your own risk.
+ StoneSense (Launched by typing "stonesense" in DFHack console)
     -See your fortress in isometric 3D. Can (f)ollow along with your DF window.
+ Quickfort v2.04
     - Use spreadsheets to automatically designate large areas of your fort. Click link for help and resources.
+ Chromafort
     - Converts images into spreadsheets which can be used with Quickfort.


Extras
+ LazyNewb Keybinds
+ Custom Embark Profiles (LNP, Mayday, DFVIDTUTS2012, DFVIDTUTS2011)
+ Custom World Gen
    - Lazy Newb World: Peaceful, MORE MINERALS, small world, much less scary Hidden Fun Stuff, generally fewer Z levels.
    - To use this you must select "Design New World with Advanced Parameters" and then "Lazy Newb World".
+ Large Address Aware patcher (In Dwarf Fortress Directory)
    -Lets DF use more ram. Solves some crashing. Only use if you have more then 2GB of ram
    -Run "Large Address Aware.exe", browse for and select Dwarf Fortress.exe, check the checkbox, and click save.

Additional Utilities

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+ Full List of Community Mods and Utilities

+ Legends Viewer
     - View history and information generated during world gen.
+ Perfect World DF
     - Create your own customized worlds (Manual included)
+ Runesmith
     - Hack and modify your dwarfs. Use at your own risk.
+ Mouse Fortress
     - Mouse-based user interface for dwarf fortress
+ Fortress Overseer
     - Cool 3D Fort Visualizer!
+ IsoWorld
     - An Isometric world map viewer.

Screenshots

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Mac Alternatives

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Lazy Newb Pack is currently windows only. Here are some Mac alternatives:
MacNewbie
Dwarf Builder

Video Tutorials and Lets Plays

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Feature Length tutorial by captnduck (2.5hr!) [0.31.21+]
Video Tutorial of the Lazy Newb Pack by Djrodw [0.31.21+]
Djrodw's Dwarf Fortress Lets Play [0.31.19]
51ppycup's Video Tutorial [0.31.12]
Cptnduck's Video Tutorials [0.31.03]
quill18's Let's Play DF [0.31.0?]

HELP: Moving saves over to a new version

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• Saves are located in "Dwarf Fortress\data\save". You can also find them by going to Open Folder -> Savegame Folder
  Copy the save folder over to a NEW VERSION of LNP.
  At this point your saves still contain old raw and graphic files.
• To upgrade saves to latest version, open the new version's GUI, go to the Graphics tab, and install an updated graphics pack. Or just press Update Savegames if you don't want to use/update graphics.

HELP: DIY Upgrading

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-Explains how to manually upgrade your Lazy Newb Pack to a new version of Dwarf Fortress.
-Explains the contents of the LNP folder.
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=SAVES=
Saves are kept in "Dwarf Fortress\data\save". You can copy your save folder over to the new version.
However, it's often recommended that you start with a fresh game, or else you won't benefit from most of the changes.
You can also just backup your old saves for safekeeping, or keep them with an old version of LNP.

=GAME=
Extract files from the new version of Dwarf Fortress into the "Dwarf Fortress" folder. You may need to delete the old files first, but make sure you salvage your savegames first.
Note that the "Dwarf Fortress" folder can be re-named to ANYTHING starting with "Dwarf Fortress" (ie "Dwarf Fortress 9001" would work)


OPTIONAL STEPS:

=UTILITIES=
Put ANY utilities you want to use into the "LNP\Utilities" folder. LNP automatically recognizes .exe and .jar files.

=GRAPHICS=
Extract any graphics packs you want to be able to use into "LNP\Graphics"
LOOK LIKE: "Graphics\Mayday\[files]"
NOT LIKE:   "Graphics\Mayday\Mayday\[files]"
Once placed you can press the "Simplify Graphic Folder" button in the Lazy Newb Pack program to delete all the extra files the pack may contain.
This is useful to save space or to re-pack to a friend

=DEFAULTS=
Copy d_init.txt and init.txt from the new DF version into "LNP\Defaults"
These will be what your settings revert to when you click the "Defaults" button.

=EXTRAS= (This is mostly for my own use)
Any files in "LNP\Extras" are copied into the Dwarf Fortress folder the first time Lazy Newb Pack was ran.
It contains embark profiles and world-generation by default. (You may want to delete world-gen files because they may be incompatible with newer versions)
A text file is made named "LNP1.3.txt" in the DF directory. If you delete this file, the Extras folder will be installed again the next time Lazy Newb Pack is ran.

HELP: Links

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Please do not use this thread to report problems with utilities made by other people.
Use the appropriate links provided above and below instead:

Dwarf Fortress
- Homepage and Development log
- Dwarf Fortress Wiki (Learn how to play Dwarf Fortress! Always keep this open in a window!)
- Bug Tracker (REPORT PROBLEMS HERE. Requires quick and free registration)

Dwarf Therapist
- Forum Thread
- Issue Tracker (OR HERE)
- Project Page

Stonesense
- Forum Thread (REPORT PROBLEMS HERE)

Open Source!

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Download and Discuss it at the Lazy Newb Pack Development Thread

Mega-Credits  (See individual project threads for more details!)

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LucasUP: Putting it all together so you don’t have to.

Dwarf Fortress
Bay 12 Games:
Tarn Adams (Toady One)
Zach Adams (ThreeToe)

Lazy Newb Pack.exe
Programming: LucasUP, TolyK
Special Thanks: Mason11987 and xndrad

Phoebus' Graphic Set
Units: Sphr, Bane, Magnut, Phoebus.
Fonts: Martin, Guybrush, Bisasam, Phssthpok.
Tileset: RantingRodent, Hermano, DrD_AVEL, Darkond, Isenhertz.
Special Thanks: Skie, Greenbane, Deon.

Ironhand's Graphic Set
Ironhand and Wormslayer

Mayday's Graphic Set
Mike Mayday

Download Mirrors
finesse for direct download options

Stonesense
Programming: Jonas ask, Kris Parker, Japa Illo.
Lead graphics designer: Dale Holodampf.
Contributers: 7¢ Nickel, Belal, DeKaFu, Dante, Deon, dyze, Errol, fifth angel, frumpton, IDreamOfGiniCoeff, Impaler, jarathor, Jiri Petru, Lord Nightmare, McMe, Mike Mayday, Nexii Malthus, peterix, Seuss, Talvara, winner, Xandrin.
Dfhack library: peterix.

Dwarf Therapist
chmod, Dwarf Engineer.

Other Utilities
Dwarf Foreman: devek
DFInit editor: xnrad
DFHack: peterix
Quickfort: joelpt
PerfectWorldDF: cephalo
Runesmith: sizeak

Utility Compatibility (memory locations & .xmls)
Valathil, daego, vrga.

Special Thanks
Mike Mayday for the concept and his embark profile
jonask84, Japa, chmod, Phoebus, Mike Mayday, xnrad, joelpt, Ironhand and devek for their support and approval.

Changelog

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V15:
Updated Lazy Newb Pack GUI to V1.5
Removed:
-Economy Button
-Exotics Button
Added:
+Varied Ground button
+Starting Labors button
+Open Savegame Folder button in Advanced tab
Changed:
*NEW TOOLTIPS WHICH MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HELPFUL!
*Made separate menu drop-down for opening folders
*Slightly different button layout
*Added file-name headers to init editor


V14:
-Split back into regular/advanced versions!
-Update: SoundSense r35
-Added: DFHack 0.34.11 r1 (Advanced only)
-Quickfort utilities moved to Advanced only

V13:
-Dwarf Fortress v0.34.11 Windows SDL w/Sound
GRAPHICS:
-Phoebus Graphics 34.11v00
-Ironhand's Graphics 0.73
(All sets are interchangeable!)
UTILITIES:
-Dwarf Therapist 0.6.12  +0.34.11 layout
-DFInit Utility 1.53
-SoundSense r34
   (NOTE: To get sounds go to "Soundpack update"
   and press "Start automatic update")
-Quickfort v2.04
-Chromafort 4/25

V12:
-Dwarf Fortress v0.34.07 Windows SDL w/Sound
-Phoebus Graphics 34.07v00
-Mayday's Graphics 34.07
-Ironhand's Graphics 0.68
-Dwarf Therapist 0.6.12  +0.34.07 layout
-DFInit Utility 1.53
-SoundSense r33
-DFHack 0.34.07 r1 (Advanced only)
-Quickfort v2.03 (Advanced only)
-Chromafort 4/25 (Advanced only)
-Laptop Keybinds Updated to 0.34.07

V11:
-Dwarf Fortress v0.34.05 Windows SDL w/Sound
-Phoebus Graphics 34.05v01
-Mayday's Graphics 34.05
-Ironhand's Graphics 0.66
-Dwarf Therapist 0.6.12
-DFInit Utility 1.53
-SoundSense r33
-DFHack 0.34.05 r1 with StoneSense (Advanced only)
-Quickfort v2.03 (Advanced only)
-Chromafort 4/25 (Advanced only)
V10.1:
Fixed: Phoebus Graphics no longer missing mouse.png
Added: Large Adress Aware patcher (In Dwarf Fortress Directory)
   -Lets DF use more ram. Solves some crashing. Only use if you have more then 2GB of ram
   -Run "Large Adress Aware.exe", browse for and select Dwarf Fortress.exe, check the checkbox, and click save.

V10.0:
-Dwarf Fortress v0.34.02 Windows SDL w/Sound
-Phoebus Graphics 34.02v01
-Mayday's Graphics 34.02a
-Ironhand's Graphics 0.62 temp
-Dwarf Therapist 0.6.12
-DFInit Utility 1.53
-SoundSense r32
-Quickfort v2.03
-Chromafort 4/25
-New Embark Profile: DFVIDTUTS2012

V9.3:
Update: Phoebus 31.25.23
Update: Ironhand 0.60
Update: SoundSense r32
Update: Quickfort 2.01
Update: DFHack 0.31.25 r8 (Launches automatically.)
     -Includes Stonesense Felsite v3.1 (Type "stonesense" into DFHack console to run)
     -Includes DFusion (Type "dfusion in DFHack")

V9.2:
Update: Phoebus 31.25v21
Update: Mayday 21.25a
Update: Runesmith V0.1.20
Update: soundSense r29
Update: DFHack 0.5.15
Update: Quickfort 2.00

V9.1:
Added: More Quickfort Blueprints (in both versions)
Added: Ironhand April Fools day edition
Update: Phoebus Graphics 32.25v06
Update: Soundsense r27
Update: DFHack 0.5.12

V9.0:
-Dwarf Fortress v0.31.25 Windows SDL w/Sound
-Phoebus Graphics 31.25v02
-Mayday's Graphics 31.25
-Ironhand's Graphics 0.57

-Dwarf Therapist 0.6.10
-StoneSense Slate v2.3
-Runesmith v0.1.9
-DFInit Utility 1.53
-DFHack (0.31.35 test-ok)
-SoundSense r26
-Quickfort v1.11  and v2.00pre3
-Chromafort 4/25
-Lazy Newb Pack GUI v1.3!

Bonus: LazyNewbWorld now has MORE MINERALS (observations on balance needed)
Also: SoundSense can now automatically download sounds (go to "Soundpack update" and press "Start automatic update")

V8.5:
Added: Stonesense Slate v2.3
Upgrade: Dwarf Therapist 0.6.10
Upgrade: Phoebus 31.21v04

V8.4:
Upgrade: DFHack v0.5.7 (IMPORTANT fixes)
Added: new embark profile by captain_duck: DFVIDTUTS2011.
Also made the dwarves for each embark easier to read.

V8.3:
Upgrade: Lazy Newb Pack.exe v1.3 - Fixed changing population cap not saving automatically
Added: Runesmith v0.1.9
Upgrade: Phoebus 31.21v03
Fixed: Keybindings - Renamed "Laptop" to "LazyNewb". Makes BOTH ,/. AND </> work for z-level change

V8.2:
-Dwarf Fortress v0.31.21 Windows SDL w/Sound
-Phoebus Graphics 31.21v01
-Mayday's Graphics 31.21
-Ironhand's Graphics v0.53 (Interchangeable with all other sets!)
-Dwarf Therapist v0.6.9
-DFInit Utility v1.53
-DFHack v0.5.4
-SoundSense r25
-Quickfort v1.11  and v2.00pre3
-Chromafort 4/25
-Lazy Newb Pack GUI v1.2!
-Custom Embark Profiles (LNP, Mayday, DFVIDTUTS2010)
-Custom World gen (Lazy Newb World)
-Laptop Keybinds

Old Polls:

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90% agree that LNP should become open source. So it will eventually!


I don't actually care if this thread is stickied. It floats on its own well enough, and is not officially supported.

[Deon]

That's a good pack. You forgot to say that you use Sphr's dwarves and creatures. These sprites are awesome, you should give the author a credit.

[LucasUP]

Thanks!
Yeah, that's true! Phoebus' pack uses resources from many people.
I figured linking to the projects for full credits and details would be better then duplicating the existing credits on all the project pages.
Maybe I'll create some sort of mega-credit list anyways though

Edit: And done! Stonesense doesn't even have credit list on its page! I had to hack together what was on the wiki with what I read off the title screen. Also is there anyone else I should add for Dwarf Therapist?
I realize that I could/should have included a README! Next time!

[Deon]

Yeah, Stonesense is hard to credit. There's a ton of graphical work, even mine.

P.S. I wonder why nobody comments on it. It's a really useful download because I see many people everyday asking "how to install this pack?" .

[jonask84]

The pack is actually very useful. I've bookmarked this page and submitted it to reddit. I think this is the perfect handout to my friends who are DF-curious (A new word!?).

[zwei]

The pack is actually very useful. I've bookmarked this page and submitted it to reddit. I think this is the perfect handout to my friends who are DF-curious (A new word!?).

Yeah, it should help some people to come out of closet.

[Dr. Hieronymous Alloy]

I stonesense working for the latest version? for me it just hangs at "connecting to df." (would be great if someone could get Reveal working too)

[Halykan]

The pack is actually very useful. I've bookmarked this page and submitted it to reddit. I think this is the perfect handout to my friends who are DF-curious (A new word!?).

Yeah, it should help some people to come out of closet.

And move them back in when the dwarven economy kicks in.

Convenient to have all this together - I've got a new project in mind that Stonesense would probably help a lot. I've never actually used a graphics set to play DF so far but I suppose i could give it a try.

[Rowanas]

Well, at least it's appropriately named.

[Mattasmack]

Nice!  I don't consider myself lazy or a newb, but I haven't been keeping up with the 0.31.xx releases.  It is quite nice to have a set of utilities where I know they should all just work together; I don't have to try to keep track of the latest releases of each individual program.

It wouldn't hurt to specify (in the 'contents' spoiler) that the DF included here is the full (with music) SDL version. 

[FuzzyDoom]

*CoughWhere'sMaydayCough*

Nice pack, would've been useful for me a few weeks ago, but whatever. Should makes some newbs very happy.

[Petr Ga]

I am very happy

despite not vounting myself to newbs;)
just some RL pressure so I run out of time to check ss/dt threads/svn for 31.xx update.

keep it live in future!

PS: i would recommend variants for lazy people with laptops like alt+cursor second scroll

[LucasUP]

Wow. Thanks for all the praise guys!

I added some links to resources and where people should go to report problems with individual utilities.

I actually was thinking of altering the keybinds a bit, but thought against it because it might cause confusion/debate.
I like changing my </> keys to ,/.
my up/down to -/= and pageup/pagedown to _/+ (SHIFT versions of -/=)
This reduces the need for pressing shift so often and lets me play without a numpad.
What do people think of that? Maybe an alternate version or keybind file would make sense, with documented changes.

Edit:

I stonesense working for the latest version? for me it just hangs at "connecting to df." (would be great if someone could get Reveal working too)

Stonesense works for me with this pack. Please note that I have applied an additional .xml file WHICH IS NOT YET INCLUDED IN THE MAIN STONESENSE BUILD. You can find the .xml HERE at the end of the stonesense thread, or just download the version in this pack! If you still have problems with Stonesense not connecting, please post in the Stonesense thread.

[Mattasmack]

...
I actually was thinking of altering the keybinds a bit, but thought against it because it might cause confusion/debate.
I like changing my </> keys to ,/.
my up/down to -/= and pageup/pagedown to _/+ (SHIFT versions of -/=)
This reduces the need for pressing shift so often and lets me play without a numpad.
What do people think of that? Maybe an alternate version or keybind file would make sense, with documented changes.
...

I think that's a great idea.  Could you just put all the alternate keybinding files in init folder with alternate names?  Then, if someone wants to use one, they only need to delete/rename the default file and rename the one of their choice.  (e.g., interface_std.txt, interface_nokeypad.txt, interface_lessshift.txt, interface_dvorak.txt, etc.)

Or at least, from my perspective it sounds great.  I don't know how much extra work it makes for you.

(I assume all that changes is interface.txt?  I've wanted to edit the keybindings to work better on my laptop, but I looked in that file and just ... didn't.  OK, so maybe I AM lazy after all!)

[Deon]

Just make a separate download for the keybindings. If newb had changed keybindings noone would be able to suggest him right hotkeys, and send a newb to a "hotkey menu" which has TONS of info is not a good thing.