No.1102
>Download the basic game here. Current version is Dwarf Fortress 0.40.13http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
>Official forumshttp://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php.
>Find a bug? Don't tell us! Tell Toady! Complaining in the thread will accomplish absolutely nothing.http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbtFor those coming from 34.11, check the changelog that comes with the DF2014 download for a list of new additions.
The full extent of changes to gameplay have yet to be fully established, so if you come across something new or unfamiliar, the wiki is probably your best place for knowledge.
Feel free to ask questions about changes in the thread, but please make sure to check recent archives and ctrl-f.
This is new frontier, and new facts are being discovered constantly.
>Wikihttp://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page
>Foolz archived threadshttp://archive.moe/vg/search/subject/Dwarf%20Fortress/
>Dwarf Therapisthttp://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122968
>DFHackhttp://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139553.0
>Starter Packhttp://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=126076
>More DF stuffhttp://pastebin.com/YecbDRFR
>Dwarf Fortress General IRC chat:http://en.irc2go.com/webchat/?net=freenode&room=dwarffortress(to connect yourself:
https://webchat.freenode.net #dwarffortress)
>Text tutorial:http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Quickstart_guide
>v34.11 pasta (legacy)http://pastebin.com/iFwqhpDL No.1103
No.1385
Currently playing 40.13, doing just peachy, first encounter with a kobold thief ended with it getting splattered brutally. Killed the first elf caravan just for funsies.
But somehow I'm like, way ahead of schedule in building my fort. Is it true that individual bedrooms aren't strictly necessary? For example, my dining room is fairly good if not entirely engraved.
No.1513
>>1102>8chan /dfg/>only 2 repliesYou dissapoint me anons…
No.1517
Every time I decide to play this, there's a new version out.
It's looking pretty good though. Wish the new trees dropped fruit.
Has anyone determined if the enemies can climb/build/tunnel? I haven't been able to get a straight answer about that yet.
No.1519
>>1513>want to learn to play DF>like I wanted to play crusader kings>godwhyisthissogoddamncomplicated.mp4>give up and only feel bad when I see these threadsWhat do anons?
No.1550
>>1519>git gudWell the first time I opened Dorf Fortress I shut it down immediately after the world creation (didn't even embark).
I suggest you watch CaptnDuck's tutorials, they are long but REALLY helpful, that's how I got started (if you can't stand his accent you can search for 51ppycup's tutorials).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL06686270DA5FF439I also suggest you download the previous version until you get the basics because it's more stable and in Dorf mode there are very few changes. Extract, download soundsense's soundpacks, choose Ironhand (or Phoebus, pics related) for graphics to make out what each icon is (you can change them later) and enjoy.
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8687
>give up and only feel bad when I see these threadsGiving up is not dwarfy so if you have free time dedicate it to Dwarf Fortress. You can't imagine how true the third pic related is. Also now that winter is coming (unless you live in some topsy turvy country) DF can actually be immersing at night.
Good luck Anon, strike the earth!
No.1551
>>1550>>1519This was supposed to be the second image, don't know what happened there.
No.1553
>>1550I will endeavor anon.
No.1762
anyone want to make a web~fort server for everyone to use
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139167.45it should be pretty "fun"
No.1945
>>1553>>1519Yeah man go watch captn ducks tutorials, theyre the thing that really got me into DF rather than just pissing around by myself.
The first time i opened DF i didnt know how to do fucking anything apart from move the camera around once embarked.
Second time i tried DF i managed to learn how to do designations like digging and stuff but then got fucked up by wild life and other shit. as well as confused by the god-awful build menus.
Third time i got stuck in, with help from the captnduck tutorials, and actually damn well got it, and made a long surviving fort that then tantrum spiraled.
No.2303
>>1762ill get on it as soon as more people start posting/migrating from 4chan to here, i already bought a PC to use as the server. all i have to do is set it up, as soon as i do ill post the link,
No.2434
>>2303I'm going to enjoy the fun that'll come out of this if it happens.
No.2438
>>2434its going to happen, the comp has a linux boot on it so im going to boot windows 7 into it, and then, install all the stuff needed, hopefully i can get it to work soon, (should make a donate thing so i can get better parts for it only has 2 gigs of ram right now
No.2487
Alright got the servers computer ready to fet started, unforcenentaly, the moniters back lights shot, so im going to have to do it blink (well not blind it works right when i turn it on, so more like… im doing it in short interavels (about 1 sec) till i get a sutable replacment moniter), thats whey this post looks like shit ntw, i can't see what im typing at all =V just hoping it looks good
No.2497
>>2487hope you guys are ok with 32.11 because that's what web for was build for and im to technically illiterate to make it work for the new version
No.2635
>>2497going to take a little longer than expected
have to get a graphics card and a few more ram, but soon the server will be up and running
No.2653
>>1103What the fuck is this nigger doing? Who would build their base within a cavern expanse? How much fun is this guy wanting to have?
Or did he just make a plan and then came across it when dug?
No.2655
>>2653Im guessing the latter
No.2728
whats a "typical" amount of play hours an average player has on a fort? or is that something that can even be answered?
No.2731
>>2728Follow your dreams, anon.
No.2735
>>1551>>1550how do you feel about spacefox?
No.2745
>>1513we're all on /tg/ :3
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No.2764
>>2728like per week?
about 12 hours+- 30 hours
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No.2767
>>2764no, total until you hit terminal fun and have to restart
No.2783
>>2767well thats a bit harder to say for beginner players its 20 mins to 2 hours
average player is about 10-30 hours
experienced players low end 50 hours theres no upper limit to the "fun" you can have.
No.2785
>>2783really? that seems super short. do things tend to fall apart that fast?
No.2791
>>2785you've never played DF have you?\
don't worry one the web fort gets going you can have "fun" to
No.2792
>>2791just a little. whats a web fort? i was just saying, its not hard to drop a couple hundred hours into something like X3 so 50 seems short especially if you are counting paused time
No.2811
>>2792>what a web fortyou'll see in a few days,
i was saying like in 1 week, thats the amount people play
No.2813
>>2811>i was saying like in 1 week, thats the amount people playoh well thats obviously where the problem is since i was asking how long an entire fort tends to last
No.2827
>>28132-24 weeks if your good
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No.2932
Everytime a rogue troll moving into my fort, the dwarves either just flat-out ignore them or never stop beating the shit out of them. Anyone else have this problem?
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No.3481
>curses interface
>uses SDL
whats the fucking point using curses if you cant play it in terminal? i see no acceptable excuse. is there a way to play this in terminal/over ssh etc.?
No.3529
I have a problem. I can never decide where to build my fort, and when I do, I get bored within a year.
>Haunted locations kick my ass
>Anything else is tame and boring
>Don't like military
>Start near cliffs -> Only use 1-2 Z levels in a blocky fort pattern
>Start in flat lands -> Quarry! Lets make above ground houses
I tend to start with 4x mason miners a brewer and 2 growers
No.3547
>>3529Hey Im having trouble finding my quests how do I do this the wiki and google isnt much help
No.3551
Is the military back to the working system of 40d, or is it still a complete, hot fucking mess?
No.3646
What are some cool mods, /dfg/?
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No.3699
Roll your fort, Dorfgen.
No.3700
>>3699Anyone got the latest vers?
No.3701
>>3652>LewdLiterally why.
No.3702
>>3547I go into the overworld map then go to the quests marker things.
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No.3766
okay, first time playing this. why wont my dwarves get rid of the corpses? i've set up refuse and corpse piles outside but they won't drag the dead cat and horse out of my fort.
No.3797
>>3766make a corpse stockpile or change your refuse stockpile to accept corpses
No.3823
>>3701Show me a better gore simulator, please.
No.3829
>>3766You have to set an option to allow moving corpses to stockpiles outside the fortress as I recall.
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No.3873
>>3872This is gonna be quick, I have trouble on normal embarks.
Any tips?
No.3921
Lazy newb pack for new release when?
No.3999
>>3647This post has been up for 5 hours and no one started a flamewar yet. People even made posts about graphics.
Truly, 8chan is the promised lands.
>>3699Rollan for later today.
No.4052
I just got a bandit group to pay homage to my nation in adventure mode. Will they stop being dicks now, or will I still have to kill them?
No.4477
>>3999
>those digitsI've never seen a fortress so absolutely fucked from the start.
No.4581
>>3999Terrifying Glacier. (enjoy your undead giant whales.)
No eggs or plump helmets (in a already barren area with nothing around to easily make drinks and food from)
And you have to put your entire fortress underwater (really easy because the water is frozen so it still counts :^), or impossible because all the water freezes.)
Your fucked.
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No.4989
>>3699>that list of restrictions full of things I never use anywayah well, rollan
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No.5059
Is /vg/ dead?
No.5060
>>2303We need to tell halfchan people about this
No.5252
Seeing as the board owner of
>>>/dwarf/ is inactive but won't let others claim his board, here's a specific board about Dwarf Fortress
>>>/df/ No.5263
>>1102I am laying on this comfy sofa, browsing 8chan /vg/ catalog
then I saw the animated OP amongst the thread thumbnails
and instantly lost my sense of balance for a moment
now my head feels odd, what the fuck is going on, did the sight of dworf fortress cause this?
No.5296
Wow /vg/ is dead
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No.5990
>MFW when i suddenly see all my dwarves in a pile of blood in my fortress
>They are all fighting eachother for some reason
>Have to purge them all in lava to stop the loyalty cascade
I have no idea what caused that.
There were piles upon piles of toes and shits.
Now i went from 80 dwarves to 17 adults 13 kids and 7 babies. Jesus christ
No.6639
>>3699Nice, I've been wanting to play DF again.
No.6715
>>3699Rollan even though I have a healthy fort already going and a Falloutfort as well.
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No.7682
>be toady
>While toying around with the art book code and poem/etc. composition, I thought I'd see what happens to an entire form created by an artist mid-world-generation when the only way the form can be passed around is between teachers, students and troupe members.
>be me
>will to live, lost
why?
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No.8619
>>8618How do I find a volcano in gen?
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>>1519
get masterwork and sit your ass down for 2-3 hours just playing it
No.11017
Just started playing Dwarf Fortress for the first time, decided to disregard the sexism in the game and see if it's actually fun.
And I'm about 5 hours into my first fortress, made fucken farm plots and shit, digged some shit, there have been migrants. I've had to make rooms for nobles.
But when does the fun start? Right now it just feels like a chore, if I wanted to take care of dwarfs I'd breastfeed my baby son.
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>>11017
What sexism? Men, women, and THONTHONS are all equally doomed in DF.
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>>3699
Rolling for more =FUN=
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No.16344
can you post save files in yet?
No.16497
Why arent my dorfs unloading the minecart?
The hauling menu says it's 100% full, but it only has a few ores, on a stop where the ores are supposed to UNLOAD.
WTF si going on? There are haulerdwarfs idling.
No.17034
hey DFG i know what half~chan's opinion on streaming was but what do you guys think of it, im asking because im streaming DF now but don't want to post a link to a stream people don't want to watch, already got a good fortress going, haven't had any "fun" times happen yet but im in a pretty nice area,
i think next run will be next to a dark tower though
anyway
stream or no stream?
No.18651
>DF thread on /v/ announcing the release of of 0.42.01
>nobody posts in the DF general on /vg/
>thread on /v/ dies
>nobody makes a new one