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[Carcanken]

With a fresh install of the game, more times than not it ends up looking like this:

https://gyazo.com/1c45a343d11557eea25aa1ed469e70e5

My graphics settings are:
Color: Meph
Print Mode: Text-Will-Be-Text
Font: Masterwork
Tileset_ Meph - 32 x 32
Truetype Font: Off

Is this a common thing? It's happened with multiple fresh installs and I don't know how to fix it or why it's even happening.

Thanks!

[Amostubal]

This is one of the discussion at hand.  We are looking into why so many are reporting similar issues at this time, just to get a baseline can you post more info,
OS:
Gpu:
Cpu:
Ram:
Monitor settings:

And anything else you consider useful.  We want to get a handle on this and see how we can remedy this issue and pass along the best gaming experience for everyone.

[Carcanken]

OS: Windows 10
Gpu: GTX 960
Cpu: Intel i5-3570K CPU @ 3.4GHz (4 CPUS) ~3.8GHz
Ram: 16GB
Monitor settings: 1920 x 1080, default settings

I've noticed this tends to occur more while generating medium maps or above, so maybe it could be memory/cpu related? It also can happen if you attempt to resize the game window.

[chaosfiend]

Getting the same issue as above. My stats are as follows:

Masterwork Settings:
Color: Meph
Print Mode: Text-Will-Be-Text
Font: Masterwork
Tileset_ Meph - 32 x 32
Truetype Font: Off

Computer Stats:
OS: Windows 7
Gpu: Nvida GeForce GTX 660M
Cpu: Intel i7-35610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
Ram: 12GB
Monitor settings: 1920x1080 Resolution, True Colour (32 bit), 60 Hertz Refresh

[Dookmiester]

Praise be I think I solved thanks to reddit! Just click in Masterwork settings Open → Utilities → Large Address Aware → Select Dwarf Fortress.exe and check the box. BAM back in business!

Edit: Of course that means it is a memory problem.

[chaosfiend]

Praise be I think I solved thanks to reddit! Just click in Masterwork settings Open → Utilities → Large Address Aware → Select Dwarf Fortress.exe and check the box. BAM back in business!

Edit: Of course that means it is a memory problem.

Worked 100% for me as well DM. Great work! *gives a Jack Rat tallow and Jack Rat Meat biscuit.*

[Amostubal]

Wow cool I'll try that tonight... yeah I am right between you two, and it happens to me too.

Works for me too!  Let's pass this info around.

[Carcanken]

Praise be I think I solved thanks to reddit! Just click in Masterwork settings Open → Utilities → Large Address Aware → Select Dwarf Fortress.exe and check the box. BAM back in business!

Edit: Of course that means it is a memory problem.

Worked for me as well! Thanks for finding this!

[Amostubal]

so I've never used that utility before, do I have to leave it running? do I have to reuse it every time I say shutdown/restart my system?

[Meph]

so I've never used that utility before, do I have to leave it running? do I have to reuse it every time I say shutdown/restart my system?

No, its sets a flag in the .exe, once patched, that .exe will remain large-adress-aware. You only do it once.

[zakhad]

You won't have to do this with the next DF hack version that's compatible/stable with the 64bit version of dwarf fortress.

I wonder meph is DF hack a live memory editor?
I don't envy them having to re write the program to split up various actions into multiple threads :S e.g. clean map - one thread dealing with blood another with vomit etc, so the program effectively makes uses of multiple cores, unless my understanding is wrong :/