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What graphic set do you use?

Default Graphics- ASCII
- 72 (43.9%)
Custom Graphics- Ironhand
- 15 (9.1%)
Custom Graphics- Phoebus
- 44 (26.8%)
Custom Graphics- Mayday
- 24 (14.6%)
Custom Graphics- Other(post)
- 9 (5.5%)

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Davichococat

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What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« on: March 04, 2011, 08:13:23 pm »

What do YOU use?

The default ASCII? I use it!

A custom graphic set? Phoebus, mayday, Ironhand or other?

Which you think is better? ASCII, Phoebus, Mayday, Ironhand, or other?

Why do you use it?

Let's discuss about it!
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 08:19:01 pm »

Real men use ASCII. But being a woman, I use Pheobus' tileset.
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Davichococat

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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 08:21:33 pm »

Personally, when I started playing I would love to use a tileset. But tilesets seems to make my FPS mad, so I can't play quite right. I played for months with ASCII, so now I quite like it more than tilesets. I like DF as it is.
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 08:30:16 pm »

I've always used ASCII. Something about tilesets ruin the mood and atmosphere of the game for me.
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 08:31:22 pm »

I'll play whatever. I seem to change it every couple of weeks or so, depending how long it takes me to get bored.
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2011, 08:34:01 pm »

I'm using ironhand at the moment but i been really contemplating going to ASCII it has this draw to it....
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Davichococat

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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2011, 08:36:00 pm »

I've always used ASCII. Something about tilesets ruin the mood and atmosphere of the game for me.
Same here. I don't feel like playing DF when using a tileset.
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2011, 08:49:15 pm »

ASCII FOREVER

But I do use a 960 x 300 tileset on a 960 x 600 window.  I like my squares to be square, or at least close.  :)
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2011, 08:54:07 pm »

I use a slightly modified version of Dorten's tileset because I like the look of the diagonal walls. No creature graphics at all.
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 08:54:36 pm »

For Nethack my answer would have been ASCII, but for DF... well, previously it was Sphr's Set, now it is Phoebus. Anyway, can we truly call it ASCII if the base font is a colourized bitmap (Okokok, thats just meddling with semantics)? I just love the extra in visual information that can be gained by having more then the default 256 tiles available.
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2011, 09:04:01 pm »

For Nethack my answer would have been ASCII, but for DF... well, previously it was Sphr's Set, now it is Phoebus. Anyway, can we truly call it ASCII if the base font is a colourized bitmap (Okokok, thats just meddling with semantics)? I just love the extra in visual information that can be gained by having more then the default 256 tiles available.
Is Nethack a game? :P I don't know whats it.
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2011, 09:07:13 pm »

For Nethack my answer would have been ASCII, but for DF... well, previously it was Sphr's Set, now it is Phoebus. Anyway, can we truly call it ASCII if the base font is a colourized bitmap (Okokok, thats just meddling with semantics)? I just love the extra in visual information that can be gained by having more then the default 256 tiles available.
Is Nethack a game? :P I don't know whats it.
...

Sir, you honestly don't know NETHACK?!

Sir, play it. NOW. It's probably the most well known Roguelike around.
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Quote from: Phantom
Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
Quote from: Ze Spy
Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2011, 09:16:52 pm »

For Nethack my answer would have been ASCII, but for DF... well, previously it was Sphr's Set, now it is Phoebus. Anyway, can we truly call it ASCII if the base font is a colourized bitmap (Okokok, thats just meddling with semantics)? I just love the extra in visual information that can be gained by having more then the default 256 tiles available.
Is Nethack a game? :P I don't know whats it.
...

Sir, you honestly don't know NETHACK?!

Sir, play it. NOW. It's probably the most well known Roguelike around.

I will give it a try. What's it? RPG?
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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2011, 09:20:12 pm »

For Nethack my answer would have been ASCII, but for DF... well, previously it was Sphr's Set, now it is Phoebus. Anyway, can we truly call it ASCII if the base font is a colourized bitmap (Okokok, thats just meddling with semantics)? I just love the extra in visual information that can be gained by having more then the default 256 tiles available.
Is Nethack a game? :P I don't know whats it.
...

Sir, you honestly don't know NETHACK?!

Sir, play it. NOW. It's probably the most well known Roguelike around.

I will give it a try. What's it? RPG?
No, it's a Roguelike.
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Quote from: Phantom
Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
Quote from: Ze Spy
Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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Re: What do you use? Default ASCII or custom graphic sets?
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2011, 09:26:40 pm »

I really think that the Phoebus tileset helped me learn the game; i would have left if it was ASCII. I may switch soon, thinking im a high and might pro now
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