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[ptb_ptb]

It has been a long, very long, time since I last played Dwarf Fortress. Now I'm back and trying 0.40.05.

My computer is Windows 7, normal display resolution 1920 x 1080. I want to play Vanilla (possibly with minor tweaks) and using Dwarf Therapist. I'm open minded as to whether to use pure ascii or a tileset.

Are there any recommended setting changes you can make? Any must have mods?

I tried phoebus tileset, but the interface text and Adventure mode looks quite odd.

[Mardukker]

Get PeridexisErrant's Starter Pack, it will have everything you need. Aside from Therapist, I recommend Soundsense, it greatly improves immersion IMO. Also, the pack comes with CLA's tileset, which is a (way) prettier form of ASCII.

[ptb_ptb]

Get PeridexisErrant's Starter Pack, it will have everything you need. Aside from Therapist, I recommend Soundsense, it greatly improves immersion IMO. Also, the pack comes with CLA's tileset, which is a (way) prettier form of ASCII.

Thanks, I'll give it a try and see how it looks.

[Trif]

The Starter Pack has a few tilesets to try out, but the weird text and Adventure mode display will be a problem with every graphical tileset until DFHack has been updated.

The only setting that I'd recommend is opening /data/init/d_init.txt and setting an autosave interval (say, AUTOSAVE:YEARLY). It can save you a lot of grief, especially since the new version isn't quite as stable as the older ones.
Otherwise, the default options are fine. Have fun!

[therahedwig]

You can also try to turn on truetype support, but that is unfortunatly limited to the menus. (So descriptions don't get true-type)

[MarcAFK]

I change my keybindings slightly so I'm not searching for the - + or umkh keys constantly.
I make Control +direction for speed cursor scrolling, then set shift up and down to secondary selector (moves up or down the construction menu), I also set shift up and down and shift left - right to increase or decrease building size. These make building walls, farm plots, anything really much easier..

[Spehss _]

Personally, I'd recommend going into d_init and setting [VARIED_GROUND_TILES:YES] to [VARIED_GROUND_TILES:NO]. Much simpler and easier to read for ASCii when all ground tiles are uniform dots.

[userpay]

What about stuff like PRINT_MODE? Whats the best settings for that section for performance?