You’ll notice the we’ve got a decent amount of space to work with. Use the arrow keys to navigate around the local area. Now we’re really cooking with gas! Soon you’ll be melting foes with magma-falls, and drowning goblins in artfully engineered traps! But before then, lets look around. Stop when your view matches the one below. “Tab” cycles through various menu arrangements. The center shows the action menu, the right shows the area map. First up, the screen is divided into three sections: The left shows the local view. Space pauses DF and also backs out of any menu you’re currently in. First thing though, hit “space” to pause the game. Although it’s confusing on first glance, don’t panic! It will all be made clear shortly. Once the game loads you will be presented with this screen. But for now all you have to do is use the down-arrow key (not the number pad arrow key) to select the region1-spr-201 save. This is the save game list, which gets cluttered very quickly as seasonal saves build up. You’ll then be presented with this screen. Well done! I can tell you’ll go far! Next step is to hit “enter” on “Continue Playing”, which should be highlighted. So, you’ve got the game running and enjoyed the exciting ASCII intro movie. You can read the DFWiki entry on grid size for a bit of help. Bear in mind, this game version is optimised to run in 1280 x 800 resolution, if your game doesn’t look like the screenshot, you might have to fiddle with the.
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Now we’re ready to get going! Run the dwarfort.exe shortcut and you should get the screen below. While you’re at it, go into the DwarfManager folder and create a shortcut to DwarfManager.exe, we’ll need that later. Then create a shortcut on your desktop (if you wish) leading to dwarfort.exe. Next you need to unzip the folder on to your had drive. I use that tileset as it’s a little easier to view than the pure ASCII of the original game. In case you’re wondering, this version includes a copy of MayDay’s Green tileset and it’s worth grabbing new versions of the tileset as the game is updated. Even if you’ve already got DF installed you should grab this version as it has the world and save file we’ll be working from for this tutorial. Lucky for you we’ve made that easy and the copy you’ll need for this tutorial is available from Sling File (temp not working) or mirrored at FileDropper and Mediafire. Never forget the carp… Set Upįirst things first. So grab a drink, get your thinking cap on and be prepared for some dwarfy fun! And carp.
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They also don’t take into account different tilesets and versions and the difficulty new users have in finding a good site for that first fortress.īut all that is in the past as is pleased to present The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress! It comes with a pre-made world and save and full game download for you to play along with. Although it isn’t hard to find tutorials, many assume some basic knowledge of the interface and what the player is looking at. Newer versions may have significantly different information.ĭwarf Fortress is an extremely interesting and complex game, but one which people find exceptionally difficult to get into. If you follow a link to the DF Wiki then try and read the pages for version v0.23.130.23a (see links at the top of each wiki page).
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You can still learn how to play DF with this tutorial and you will learn enough to play the new build. Note: This version is not the current build. I’ve written a book – Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress, available at O’Reilly and Amazon! It covers the current version and takes you from knowing nothing to being a confident Dwarf Fortress player!
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