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I consider it an essential part of Dwaf Fortress, and can't play without it.

119 (18.4%)

I use it for pretty screenshots, but otherwise don't use it during play.

211 (32.7%)

I only try it occasionally.

174 (27%)

I have no idea why I'm even in this thread, I don't use it.

141 (21.9%)

Total Members Voted: 642

[perkel]

hey where are screenshots made with F5 or ctrl f5

Readme doesn't say anything about location i searched in DF folder and my documents and desktop and found nothing.


Any help ?

[PeridexisErrant]

Screenshots are saved to your DF folder, called "screenshot1.png" (2, 3, 4...).

Make sure you read the feedback in the DFHack prompt, as sometimes you'll need to zoom out and try again.

[chrisadams3997]

Does anyone else have the problem of a crash when the caravan wagons enter or come near the stonesense current view?

[Bumber]

Is there any chance of the sounds configuration screen inside the utility getting an overhaul? It's kind of difficult to catch an annoying sound and disable it while playing.

I've noticed the source is distributed with the utility, but has anyone developed their own branch?

Whoops, wrong thread.

[chrisadams3997]

So, not sure what kind of interest this will pull in, seems a little slow around here... but, here I go anyways.

Some of you might remember a number of years back I started a project to update much of the stonesense graphics to higher resolution.  Then, well, rl stuff.  But I recently started playing the newer versions of dwarf fortress again, and what can I say, I'm a visual guy.  So the last few weeks, I started by updating what I already had to work with changes in stonesense since then.  That was it's own learning process (still ongoing).  Then I relearned blender basically from scratch (also, still ongoing).  And for the last week I've been spitting out new art assets each afternoon for whatever time I've had to work on it, focusing first on finishing out workshops and filling in all the smaller items and clutter, furniture, and added in stone constructed walls.

But, pictures are better than words, so why am I still talking.  Here goes.







Obviously still lots of work to do, but, it's been a nice start.  I'll focus on showing all of the workshops next time as I've only got a few more sprites to make to finish them out.



p.s. please excuse all the vomit.  if you were a dwarf you'd think there was a lot of bloody sunlight out there too. 

[Dirst]

The new workshops look really nice!  I had to include an updated farm plot with my mod's Stonesense content because my high-res plant was invisible against low-res dirt.  But all of my Stonesense art is quite ugly and in no way intended as a submission for generic assets

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When you do get around to releasing a pack for vanilla assets, I'll remove my override for farms and suggest folks get your pack.  One quick suggestion would be a border for any farm edge that doesn't touch another farm, like the border-stones you showed in your workshops.

[chrisadams3997]

Dirst:  I'll be getting there at some point.  General vegetation is the one thing I may not update, but farm plots are definitely in at some point.

So, a little status update, showing some new things from today, and some of the work already done.



I probably shouldn't lead with this picture because it's by far not the best I have, but, it's a couple of items that right now have no actual graphics for them and instead show just a pixelated block, so even simple filler sprites are a win.  Also got Japa's tracks fixed to work with my textures, and fixed the xml's so they show up on floors (ramps are still pending).  There is also an issue of differentiating between constructed tracks (which should use their material color) and carved tracks (which should use the stone layer color) due to the way things are presently coded, as well as smooth vs. rough floors w/ tracks.  can't do a thing about either without updating the source code by the looks of it.



Just put together the gem chest and stand for the jeweler's workshop today, while around it you can see some of the small craft items I added during the last week, earrings, bracelets, toys, and such



Cages.  Lots of cages.  Eventually I'll need to make separate models for wood, metal, glass, etc. with material coloring.  One thing at a time...  Bridges are one of my next action items.

[Rose]

This is all really nice.


Are you Amy good at texturing, by any chance?

[chrisadams3997]

Depends on what you mean by good, lol.  I've been around 3D graphics work on and off (more off than on) for a long time, but the vast bulk of what I've done is modeling for isometric stuff like this, spent a lot of time just after college doing stuff for sim city 4.  For that kind of work you only need to get as detailed as will actually show up at the zoom level it's being rendered at, details too small just get lost. Then again, I made some pretty crazy procedural dirt maps for roofs back in the day... they were nuts, like five or six layers of ramp maps and alpha transparencies and grime.. sorry, got a little reminiscent there. But, for the most part, I keep it simple

[Rose]

I was just asking because of Armok Vision

[chrisadams3997]

Maybe at some point, but this project is big enough for me for right now.  I also happen to be a programmer, and at some point I want to get dfhack compiling on my system (it's not right now) and fix and improve a few things as well (such as that crash bug on caravan wagons).  I wouldn't dream of signing onto another project until I get where I'm going with this one.

[chrisadams3997]

On that note, I've been looking through the code, getting a feel for it this afternoon, looking into a few of the issues I've run into.  While trying to make it so that every 'trap' (which includes levers and track stops) doesn't look like a lever, I discovered it isn't reading the sub_type for traps.  I found what should be the culprit.  In a section of code where it is reading building xml's, there is a (sorry, coding jargon ahead) case switch that looks like this:

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    switch (main_type) {
    case building_type::Furnace: {
        if(!strGameSub) {
            contentWarning("<building> Is generic - game_subtype missing.",elemRoot);
            break;
        }
        FOR_ENUM_ITEMS(furnace_type,i) {
            if (sub == ENUM_KEY_STR(furnace_type,i)) {
                subtype = i;
                break;
            }
        }
continuing on for all building types with subtypes except trap_types, even though they load it's subtype enums with all the rest right above it:

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#include "df/siegeengine_type.h"
#include "df/workshop_type.h"
#include "df/trap_type.h"
#include "df/shop_type.h"
#include "df/construction_type.h"
#include "df/furnace_type.h"
Adding a case for trap types will fix that issue.

And speaking of levers...

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[ndkid]

So, not sure what kind of interest this will pull in, seems a little slow around here... but, here I go anyways.

FWIW, I'm *far* more interested in isometric representations of DF than the true 3D of Armok Vision, so I'm greatly interested in your work!

[chrisadams3997]

ndkid: sure appreciate the encouragement!

So, this one has been a doozy, I spent a lot of time setting up lights and specular maps, getting everything lined up for both walls and floors to seamlessly work together, and I REALLY wanted to capture the metallic look of the original metal walls/floors, but without overdoing it.  Here's what I've got now.  I may go back and edit the base texture under that specular (that's the shiny parts) to be more pronounced, but other than that, it came out great I think.



Needed to do this before I could hit any glass stuff because the same techniques will apply to them as well.

[EDIT]

With the hard part done, I quickly made some clear glass walls and floors as well:

[Rose]

These are all looking really beautiful. Keep up the good work.