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[BinaryBeast1010011010]

Thanks to google alerts I stumbled on this :
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/153867/dwarf-fortress-with-amazing-hd-graphics/p18

[JimmyBobJr]

And what is "This"?

From what i can tell, its people attempting to make a fill 3d Dwarf Fortress.

Which is physically impossible.

So what is this about?

[thvaz]

That Mayday guy probably is Mike Mayday.

It looks like a graphical tileset, with the twist that they are hacking into DF to make full graphical support possible.

[Mike Mayday]

Yeah, that's me and there's a thread for this project in DF Modding, dudes!
That bit about digging too deep was actually a joke, lxnt isn't doing anything DFhack couldn't.

[Cruxador]

I don't understand what this is or what's going on.

[thvaz]

Yeah, that's me and there's a thread for this project in DF Modding, dudes!
That bit about digging too deep was actually a joke, lxnt isn't doing anything DFhack couldn't.

Yes, I imagined. Hack in the sense DFHack is a hack.

[Mike Mayday]

Oh also- the title of that thread has nothing to do with lxnt's project. It's PA's general DF thread and the title is a joke.

[smirk]

I don't understand what this is or what's going on.

lxnt is rewriting the PRINT_MODE:SHADER renderer over in the modding forum. Only for Linux, because the renderers are separate files there rather than combined with the executable ala Windows. He's doing some brilliant junk over there, and I will be installing Linux for the first time in years just to play with it.

[gimli]

I don't understand what this is or what's going on.

lxnt is rewriting the PRINT_MODE:SHADER renderer over in the modding forum. Only for Linux, because the renderers are separate files there rather than combined with the executable ala Windows. He's doing some brilliant junk over there, and I will be installing Linux for the first time in years just to play with it.

Huh, so we gonna have gfx like this:



..but we must install Linux?  I never ever used Linux to be honest, and I never planned to....perhaps it's time to change my mind?...If I have 2 HDDs, is it possible to install Windows on the first one, and Linux on the second one and choose between them on bootup or something like that? [I know that this stuff is far from being complete but oh boy, fully graphical DF which looks like this? I am sold!]

[peskyninja]

Yes you can do that.

[gimli]

Nice, thanks!
I was just wondering about the good old isometric DF mockup... ->

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Would it be possible to create this as well with the print_mode:shader method?

[Crossroads Inc.]

They have that on Stonesense you know 

Just imagine someday.. Someone would merge the actual UI with Stonesense, and the two shall become One!