Dwarf Fortress 0.42.01 released

Post by CaptSpify » Wed, Dec 02, 2015, 5:18 PM UTC

incepted wrote: post #75

epaga wrote: post #8

For anyone who is thinking about giving it a spin for the first time, do yourself a favor and don't get this .01 version. Either wait for a few patches or download the far more stable and mature 0.40.24 ( http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/older_versions.html ) Dwarf Fortress is basically a perpetual beta with lots of major bugs as it is, but especially brand new major versions like this one usually have multiple game…

> It would be a shame if people willing to give it a try would give it up due to the poor quality of the initial release of a new major version. I appreciate the intent but when, in the same message, you say: > Dwarf Fortress is basically a perpetual beta with lots of major bugs as it is, but especially brand new major versions like this one usually have multiple game-breaking bugs, including crashes, corrupted saves…

Post by ndarilek » Wed, Dec 02, 2015, 5:21 PM UTC

RodgerTheGreat wrote: post #74

ndarilek wrote: post #70

Does anyone know enough about how this game works internally to know if alternative interfaces and presentations are possible? I'm blind, and have wanted to play this game ever since I heard of it years ago. I used to play console-based roguelikes, and while they were a bit slow to interact with, RLs were a refreshing tactical change from text-based IF. Reading lots of DF stories would suggest that there's some sort…

As for audio cues, I do know there is a system called SoundSense which does exactly what you suggest: http://df.zweistein.cz/soundsense/

Post by 0xdeadbeefbabe » Wed, Dec 02, 2015, 5:22 PM UTC

macintux wrote: post #5

hodwik wrote: post #2

This is why text-based games are king. One dot release and we're seeing a mountain of new features. I've always dreamed of getting together a big budget to make a text adventure (e.g. Zork) of incredible scope, both in depth and "interactibility" -- a complex object typologies system, bring in learning chat bots for NPCs, and a system where users can add new objects, rooms and descriptions while they play, a complete…

How would this be substantively different from Muds?

Post by zeveb » Wed, Dec 02, 2015, 5:25 PM UTC

eropple wrote: post #14

hodwik wrote: post #2

This is why text-based games are king. One dot release and we're seeing a mountain of new features. I've always dreamed of getting together a big budget to make a text adventure (e.g. Zork) of incredible scope, both in depth and "interactibility" -- a complex object typologies system, bring in learning chat bots for NPCs, and a system where users can add new objects, rooms and descriptions while they play, a complete…

> One dot release and we're seeing a mountain of new features. A "dot release" (who really cares about numbering schemes?) that took ten months and included a number of incremental and ultimately minor features--yes, they sound very cool, but having played it last night they don't change the way the game plays all that much. I like games like this quite a lot, but this is the same cheetodusting that makes people take…

Post by vessenes » Wed, Dec 02, 2015, 5:30 PM UTC

aymeric wrote: post #4

It is unfortunate that a game as famous as Dwarf Fortress only makes so little in money: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=152358.0