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Eктωρ

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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2011, 04:54:17 pm »
ASCII all the way, I'd get a square ASCII but I can't find one.
ASCII has a sublety that the other ones don't have, it's like reading a book, also blood and water look better in ASCII imho. I used to use Ironhand, but I got tired of it, manned up and started using ASCII, never been happier with the game.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2011, 05:10:04 pm »
I don't have a preference on 'grafics' sets. Of the available graphic sets for DF, I like Phoebus and sometimes Ironhand.  I've never been able to handle Mayday.

Eктωρ, a curses_square tileset comes with the vanilla game download. Have you tried that?
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2011, 05:16:41 pm »
I use ASCII, a square variation of the default tileset, but with cool diagonal walls.
And also use a different color configuration, I hate de default brown xD
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2011, 05:57:29 pm »
I use Ironhand's pack. I learned how to play with the ASCII and sometimes give it a whirl during new releases, but I get headaches looking at it for too long. With Ironhand's pack I can keep playing for longer, and it's awesome to look at too.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2011, 06:09:56 pm »
I use the default graphics, I tried Phoebus but it made my eyes hurt after a while and it was difficult for me to find creatures/items because the icons didn't really stand out from everything else as much as they do in the default.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2011, 07:50:35 pm »
Quote from: Ghills on August 30, 2011, 05:10:04 pm
Eктωρ, a curses_square tileset comes with the vanilla game download. Have you tried that?
The default curses_square set looks off to me, I usually use this one:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
It's exactly like the default, but square.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2011, 07:54:19 pm »
I was introduced to the game with Phoebus and have stuck with it ever since. I used to think the default graphics were a mess but these days I can tell what most things are, I just like using a tileset.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2011, 08:10:28 pm »
Ascii Tileset "Bisasam".
not because i'm "1337" for using it...
it's because i can imagine things better that way, with a tileset like mayday i lost that feeling, so i switched back.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2011, 08:12:09 pm by Elim »
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2011, 08:23:59 pm »
curses_640x300 because it's easier to read than any other tileset.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #24 on: August 30, 2011, 08:29:53 pm »
A modified version of the square curses.

I use phoenix or ironhand for screenshots though, they look sexy.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #25 on: August 30, 2011, 08:41:07 pm »
Curses. Y'know, the ASCII-style graphics that came with DF?
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #26 on: August 30, 2011, 08:47:54 pm »
Pheobus. It was the first tileset I dl'd and I've grown attached to it.
ASCII makes my eyes bleed.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #27 on: August 30, 2011, 09:03:15 pm »
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60176.0
Spoiler: Massive Image (click to show/hide)
It's surprisingly easy on the eyes.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2011, 09:12:18 pm by Lectorog »
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #28 on: August 31, 2011, 05:18:14 am »
Oh right, I forgot to show pictures of my custom almost-ASCII 12x12. If you use/like it, feel free to drop me a PM.

Spoiler: in-game screenshot (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: tileset (click to show/hide)

There's also a version with true diagonal (not only rounded) walls and slightly different faces, but that one's not ready for the public yet.
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Re: Which grafics do you prefer?
« Reply #29 on: August 31, 2011, 07:14:21 am »
I use the default ASCII. Graphics packs have too much graphics. The less physical graphics a game has, the more you can imagine yourself. IMO, computer graphics are for people without the willpower to use their imagination. Sadly, pretty much every single commercially distributed computer game since at latest 2000 targets only these people, because there are just so many more of them and because graphics are much easier to make than to inspire. Even sadlier, most people seem to have forgotten that there exists such a thing as imagination, because they never need it to play their computer games.
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