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Author Topic: Dwarf Fortress GUI enhancement  (Read 1700 times)

Loon

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Dwarf Fortress GUI enhancement
« on: May 08, 2011, 03:43:01 am »

Sry for this kind of "request", but wouldn't it be possible to let DF look like in this picture:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7071/depthdf.png

I mean, The other layers are calculated anyway, so why don't show them slightly? Is it possible to make this? perhaps with an external overlay Frame for the UI, as it's just graphics (you still can only do things in the main layer. The 3 or 4 times calculation of ASCII shouldn't be that hard to take.

Tense greetings,
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Tarran

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Re: Dwarf Fortress GUI enhancement
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2011, 04:34:10 am »

Sorry, but it's not possible via modding, it's hard coded into the executable. It would require another, separate program, which would likely take a long time to program for so little gain.

If you were actually making a suggestion for Toady and not asking the modding community, this is the correct board, at least I think. Just remember to use the search function first, as quite a few of us frown upon duplicate threads.
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