Dwarf Fortress

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How is hacking DF to attack TPR's dudes working out for you?



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[TPRJones]

Oh, that would explain it. I did all my searching here. Oops.

[Troy]

Some of the mods are really fun... not even the combat ones.

Some of the better put together ones, add like 20 odd new plants, 100s of new animals, and a couple of interesting ore types.

[TPRJones]

Forget Dwarf Manager. There's something much better: http://www.ohloh.net/p/dwarftherapist

So, about generating custom worlds. I tried that awhile back, but the menu system for that was so thick with crap I had no idea where to start. Can you give me any pointers?

[TPRJones]

Could you share links to (or names of) your favorites?

I'm not so much interested in the ones that lead to more combat. But more ore types sounds interesting.

[WSGrundy]

I have always wanted to try this game but it seemed like you needed to invest a lot of time and I don't like the idea of being married to one game.

[TPRJones]

Well, you don't have to invest a lot of time. It's just that you really really want to.

[Troy]

I think i used the Dig Deeper mod:

http://dffd.wimbli.com/category.php?id=12
(this has a list of all the major mods, there are a lot more smaller ones)


But I also remember going manually into the data files and deleting a lot of things I thought were crap, and manually only using creatures I had sprites of (I hunted down alternates)

I think i tinkered with the data/skins file for the better part of two weeks before I got it right.

Come to think of it, I'm not totally sure i didn't just piece together a few smaller mods, like more food/ore/animals/orcs into my own batch of awesome.



I still have the version of DF i was using on my computer, but I only know that because i renamed the file "Click this one"

[Troy]

Update a year in the making was released today.

Not an April fools joke.

[Troy]

Reading up on it.

Medical, Military, Combat, 1000x more caves and interesting things in mountains.


I might wait for the Mayday pack to release, though.

[Cakedaddy]

raided a neighbor tonight. They're probably more newb than us. But, I got free stuff. Took some crap clay and built stuff they had started. So, the best thing I stole from them was LP. Oh, and a bone hook and a dream. So, nothing major.

[Cakedaddy]

One thing I have learned from this game. . . if a game has a good concept and is done well, graphics will be over looked.

This game has a GOOD base and the concept is extremely playable. The fact that it has a java client and is prone to lag are it's biggest flaws.

It would not be hard to write a game people will play from your basement. This game is written by two guys in Norway? Swedan? Belguim? I don't remember. But, it's too dudes in their college dorm.

Then there's dwarf fortress. Isn't that ascii or something? Again, a solid game and people will play without WoW graphics.

[TPRJones]

Good graphics can make a good game better. They can't make a bad game good.

Nice save on the misposts, though.

[Cakedaddy]

Actually, it wasn't a save. . . . it was two misposts in a row!

Ya. Graphics make it better. But often, people who can code a good game, can't draw to save their lives.

[Troy]

If enough people on this forum played DF, I would say we should do a year by year switch off...

Essentially tell the story of a Fortress in a really hard Area, with each person taking a year, taking good pictures, doing a write-up, and then passing it to the next guy for a year.

[Cakedaddy]

RL year, or in game year? If in game, how long is a year?

[Troy]

An hour or so of playing.

[TPRJones]

I might wait for the Mayday pack to release, though.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mtmimncmzmy

via http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Tileset

Haven't tried it yet, though.

[TPRJones]

Use that at your own risk, it's a bit buggy.

Rumor is that 2010 is a bit buggy overall, anyway.