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Myrku

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DF map viewer
« on: February 11, 2012, 01:12:58 pm »
Hi guys !
Do you know if there is a map viewer for DF, so you can see your map, zoom in, and see all the smallest places.

Thanks !
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Caldfir

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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 01:25:21 pm »
There is IsoWorld if you want to look at the world map, and Stonesense is an isometric viewer bundled with DFHack.  If you are looking more into 3D visualizer then check out Fortress Overseer. 
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Myrku

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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 02:05:25 pm »
I'm not interested in those wich permit to view fortress only,
But Isoworld looks good !
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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2012, 07:23:19 pm »
There's also the map export in legends. It exports two images, the tileset map used in game and a colored, shaded map showing you every curve and bump in a coastline.
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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2012, 07:58:40 pm »
There is nothing, so far as I know, that will let you browse an entire DF world in 1:1 scale.
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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2012, 09:51:21 pm »
that would take so long to generate.
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Myrku

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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2012, 09:59:54 am »
It would be difficult but also nice if you can view every places in the world !
 
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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2012, 11:10:02 am »
Quote from: Myrku on February 12, 2012, 09:59:54 am
It would be difficult but also nice if you can view every places in the world !
You can do that already by walking there in adventure mode.
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Myr0ku

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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2012, 12:06:53 pm »
A bit longer, no ?
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BigD145

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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2012, 01:09:49 pm »
In the time it would take to generate 1x1 squares of the whole map in a 3rd party map viewer? No. Probably less time.
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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2012, 05:48:14 pm »
Quote from: BigD145 on February 12, 2012, 01:09:49 pm
In the time it would take to generate 1x1 squares of the whole map in a 3rd party map viewer? No. Probably less time.
Eh, if you dynamically load the map squares, shouldn't be too bad (guessing at the architecture of the world file here, but you should be able to render it in blocks; otherwise DF would need the entire world decoded and in memory at all times)
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Re: DF map viewer
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2012, 10:29:43 am »
Quote from: BigD145 on February 12, 2012, 01:09:49 pm
In the time it would take to generate 1x1 squares of the whole map in a 3rd party map viewer? No. Probably less time.

Yes.  This.

DF world is procedurally generated.  That 100mb save file only contains the parameters for that generation, and the history thus far, not every little detail.  As you visit with an adventurer, more of the world gets generated and saved, hence it growing quickly to several GB.

The only way to get a view of the whole world would be to somehow send an adventurer to every block of the game.
Get your peta-byte hard drive ready, if that's your goal.
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