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CaptainBadwheel

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This game is fat.
« on: February 09, 2012, 07:13:43 pm »
I just had to say it, this game is fat. As in, if dwarf fortress were a person his ass would be so huge it would dominate any room. Plus the guy it belongs to has a tenancy to park himself wherever is least convenient for the rest of the household and be completely oblivious to everyone trying to get around him.
DF in my kitchen:
Me: "Hey DF wanna, like get out of the way so I can make some bagel bites?"
DF: "Sure dude." (does nothing)
Me: "You're not moving."
DF: "Whatever man, you invited me in here so you gotta run at my speed." (scratches ass, continues to do nothing)
Me: "BLUH!" (DFhack: die)
Letting it run in the background is fine, but getting there requires you to maneuver you way around an ass that is registered as a mid-sized sedan in five states and is parked in your bathroom.
If I want to look up something on the Wiki I reduce the DF screen, go downstairs, make a drink, go upstairs, fire up Netflix on my 360, watch half an episode of Top Gear, then look over to realize DF has been crashed to Desktop for 20 minutes. My screen has gone white as my computer is shocked by the sheer amount of surplus power it has gained with DF's demise. Reliability, speed, we have none in the DF zone. Yes, I know it is a game that is in perpetual Alpha test phase meaning there is no optimization or final de-bugging planned in the future but that wouldn't be funny. Would it?
Thoughts of CaptainBadwheel on the 9th of February, in the year of our lord 2012
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2012, 07:22:42 pm »
Quote from: CaptainBadwheel on February 09, 2012, 07:13:43 pm
As in, if dwarf fortress were a person his ass would be so huge it would dominate any room.

Best compliment ever.
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2012, 07:23:09 pm »
Uh. How am I supposed to respond to this? Anger? Remorse? Confusion? Joy? Dull Surprise?
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2012, 07:24:52 pm »
Quote from: JoshBrickstien on February 09, 2012, 07:23:09 pm
Uh. How am I supposed to respond to this? Anger? Remorse? Confusion? Joy? Dull Surprise?

All of the above?
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2012, 07:25:46 pm »
Quote from: JoshBrickstien on February 09, 2012, 07:23:09 pm
Uh. How am I supposed to respond to this? Anger? Remorse? Confusion? Joy? Dull Surprise?

Dull Surprise.  It's always Dull Surprise.
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2012, 07:28:09 pm »
I agree wholeheartedly.
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2012, 07:33:41 pm »
Methinks, you need a new pc. My latop is a few years old, and not that awesome, but I do not suffer the same problems...
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2012, 07:41:25 pm »
You could just run it in a window rather than full-screen.
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2012, 07:44:10 pm »
welcome to dwarf fortress? i mean thats about the best descpription of it i have ever heard.

but you need to widen your hallways (better processor) buy some diet food (simplifying mod like masterwork DF or Reph's intensifying thing.)

overall, yeah DF is in alpha, likely will be for a while. but toady estimates version 1 at around his 50th or so birthday....
so grab a soda, sit your ass down and build a fortress... again, and again, and again, and again...
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2012, 08:26:20 pm »
Get a new PC.  I can run DF at 800+ FPS (for a new fort) and still open up another game and play it as I'm waiting for a set of tasks to finish in DF.
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2012, 09:02:51 pm »
Nooooope, fat. This is the internet, never admit any blame always blame someone else. Or something else. Fat. I may be trying to run this game on a glorified silicone Triscuit (low sodium!). But I'll be damned before I, or my shitty computer, takes the blame for how well (or not well) it runs this admittedly addictive game which is amazing in its simple complexity or complex simplicity. Still fat, getting fatter. Its obesity might be relative only to the size of my processor/Triscuit. Fat! Huuuge! Or the fact that its 8 years old. Nope its the game! The fat game! Dwarf Fatress!
Thoughts of CaptainBadwheel supplemental, Fat!
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2012, 09:13:49 pm »
Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2012, 09:42:59 pm »
buy a second screen, problem solved.
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Re: This game is fat.
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2012, 10:04:49 pm »
Kill every CPU core but one. Problem solved. Give DF 2 or 4 fridges and he'll not know what to do but blather on about "sooooo much foooood" /drool
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« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2012, 10:05:30 pm »
Well, I'm back. The OP's comp in here is sending a distress signal.
(df,) You broke it, didn't you.
*fixes comp*
There. Try it now.

Hmm. This comp must not be calibrated to someone of your... generous... ness. I'll add a few zeros to the maximum priority.
You look great, by the way, very healthy.
Try it now.

You seem to have defeated it's processing capacity. Well done. I'll just lower the ceiling.
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