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Author Topic: How do I delete a world?  (Read 36724 times)

zoutzakje

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How do I delete a world?
« on: April 17, 2012, 11:08:16 am »
I like creating them, but I don't want to end up with tons of worlds. So how do I delete worlds that are boring or worlds that I'm just done with?
Is there an option for it somewhere ingame or I do I have to delete some files manually?

EDIT: I don't want to delete my worlds all at once. I want to be able to select which ones I delete and which ones I keep.
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Re: How do I delete a world?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2012, 11:38:39 am »
Go into your DF folder, then /data/save/. Delete the folders for the worlds you don't want.
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Re: How do I delete a world?
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2012, 01:31:11 pm »
got it, thanks =)
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Re: How do I delete a world?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2012, 01:53:42 pm »
Hopefully when Toady decides to revamp the UI a bit, there'll be a button to delete it in-game.
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Re: How do I delete a world?
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2012, 02:49:37 pm »
Dwarf Fortress;

A game so complex that I could make an entire page dedicated to the making of a single bar of steel - therefore there must be some obscure way to delete an old world and I just can't find it, right?

Nope. (Or yep, depending on how much you like playing with folders/directories and so on.)
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Re: How do I delete a world?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2012, 03:01:50 pm »
I saw this thread title under "So much potential, dashed!" and thought about all the little dwarves and humans that are destroyed each time you delete a world. You're creating and ending countless lives.
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Re: How do I delete a world?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2012, 03:27:54 pm »
Quote from: Cruxador on April 17, 2012, 03:01:50 pm
I saw this thread title under "So much potential, dashed!" and thought about all the little dwarves and humans that are destroyed each time you delete a world. You're creating and ending countless lives.
Go see this movie, think about Dwarf Fortress, and be very, very afraid.
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