Dwarf Fortress 2014

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Just posting this here for you happy bug testers to post your most fun experiences with this byotiful new pile of game. Before even starting I've got a world with an island completely filled with elf sites.
 
Holy crap, downloading now. I was just playing DF tonight.
 
I never actually got around to playing DF because of its graphics which I didn't mind too much and no mouse support but I love everything about its content and the tales I have read about it, like Boatmurdered. Will DF 2014 have mouse usability because if so I'd play it.
 
If you're willing to set everything up yourself you can already have mouse integration and 3d graphics. Not sure if it officially uses the mouse but you can definitely get mouse support. Use the old version though, because we just got 2 years worth of new stuff so all bets are off for the current version.

Is the new version crashing a lot for anyone else? I have not been having good luck so far and playing it with ASCII graphics is hurting my eyes.

Edit: I think I'm going to have to go back to the 2012 version until there are a few bug fix updates. I've been really looking forward to this ability to retire your fort without abandoning it, but it crashes so much I don't see how I'll ever get there.
 
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I haven't crashed yet, but then again I'm playing adventure mode, not dorfs.

Speaking of which, impersonating gods to strangers is now a thing. And the text is misspelled, I think :lol: "Hello, mortal. I am a diving being."
 
The constantly ongoing world generation sounds intriguing. I'll make bronze colossi playable in Adventure mode, punch as much important figures as possible in the face and then check the impact of my figure punching quest in the Legends mode.
 
I've been crashing adventure mode too.

I really like this "retired fortresses, world keeps on spinning" thing so I really want to get a decent fort going with the new version. I can't wait until the graphics packs get updated.
 
It seems like most of the changes influence Adventure Mode more than anything, which is great because I always thought it was much less fleshed out than Fortress Mode. In particular the new conversation engine is fucking awesome. Half the time you get genuinely engaging conversations and the other half you get unintentional comedy gold that sounds like it was written by an autistic robot neck-deep in the uncanny valley.

"It is terrifying." became stuck in my head really, really quick and I couldn't be happier

Uzumaki said:
If you're willing to set everything up yourself you can already have mouse integration and 3d graphics.
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If you're referring to visualizer programs than "graphics" is quite a big stretch. Everything looks like it was made in the Build engine. Unless there's some crazy new mod I haven't heard about
 
DeagleDad420 said:
It seems like most of the changes influence Adventure Mode more than anything, which is great because I always thought it was much less fleshed out than Fortress Mode.
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Yeah, this update is the greatest thing to me since I'm mostly an Adventure player. With the new systems you can do so many badass things it's ridiculous. My latest adventurer took a while chatting up some elves before getting one to follow him to a volcano, where he proceeded to tackle him, sending him flying in :lol:
 
GOTTA GET THIS SHIT NOW!
Edit: We should have a community fort.
 
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The DF community should qualify as Lolcows. Idiots argue over nearly anything. Some sperg left a message on the forum bitching about the direction the game is going, and then kept arguing. For 20 pages.
 
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DeagleDad420 said:
Half the time you get genuinely engaging conversations and the other half you get unintentional comedy gold that sounds like it was written by an autistic robot neck-deep in the uncanny valley.
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The random text generator is probably one of the best parts of the game. It's like a game of mad-libs every time.

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The DF community should qualify as Lolcows. Idiots argue over nearly anything. Some sperg left a message on the forum bitching about the direction the game is going, and then kept arguing. For 20 pages.
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Then there are those people that will consider you worse than Hitler if you use a graphics pack.
 
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EleSigma said:
Then there are those people that will consider you worse than Hitler if you use a graphics pack.
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I personally don't use one, but more power to the people who do. I find it easier to understand without one. By now, I can understand most of the symbols.
 
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