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[Lacota]

So, I login recently to find that the mac version is out, and it runs much snappier then before *ducks*.

However. now I miss things like Regional Prospector and heal.exe  

[Flok Speargrabber]

Aww, now you can't cheat? How sad  :p

[Romantic Warrior]

quote:Originally posted by Flok Speargrabber:
<STRONG>Aww, now you can't heal a dwarf when his mates refuse to take him food and water? You can't get a decent look at the place you are settling in because, even if you end up in hell's half acre, that damn wagon driver won't get off his arse again.</STRONG>

Fixed that for you.  

[Magnnus]

quote:Originally posted by Romantic Warrior:
<STRONG>

Fixed that for you.    </STRONG>

Now, now, lets not start a Mac vs. PC war  :p  .

On a different note, I personally would have a hard time playing this game without regional prospector and I am sure all our Mac users would be grateful if it and other utilities were ported to the Mac version.

[ February 28, 2008: Message edited by: Magnnus ]

[Helmaroc]

I've never used ANY cheat/help programs.  

[Stromko]

I don't think there's anything wrong with using regional prospector, or even heal.exe even though I wouldn't do so personally. A fortress is a big time investment and if the local features are such that it won't be able to support the things you want to do with it, it's nice to know that.

I suppose there's ways to get around not having regional prospector, like having extra miners and doing a lot of exploratory digging before you dig out the fortress proper, but about the 10th time you do that and don't find what you want, frustration would set in.

[Keiseth]

Regional Prospector is pretty important for anyone who isn't or can't make very huge areas. 6x6 squares in a mountain? Fairly good chance of interesting features. 3x3? Very good chance of nothing but rocks.

[Lacota]

quote:Originally posted by Keiseth:
<STRONG>Regional Prospector is pretty important for anyone who isn't or can't make very huge areas. 6x6 squares in a mountain? Fairly good chance of interesting features. 3x3? Very good chance of nothing but rocks.</STRONG>

That pretty much nails it right there.

[OverrideB1]

While I'm very much against "cheats", I see nothing wrong with Regional Prospector. As has been pointed out above, those who can't run huge areas without the game turning into a damn' slide-show need assistance to hit the things they need in the smaller play-areas they're constrained to.

As for me, I know I'm going to loose eventually, so I'd like to know that I'm going to have a viable fortress before the inevitable doom descends upon my hapless dwarves.

I won't use Heal, Reveal, or any of the other programmes of that ilk since, IMHO, they really do spoil the game.

[Alex Encandar]

...I run DF through a windows emulator in Linux.

[bhelyer]

quote:Originally posted by Alex Encandar:
<STRONG>...I run DF through a windows emulator in Linux.

 </STRONG>

As do I. A native version would be nice, as the framerate is usually 5-15 better under Windows.

[Alex Encandar]

Yeah, same for me. But turning off all the options helps. That brought it up to a wopping 10fps