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SteamDF: any way to play it without tiles?(ascii)
« on: December 10, 2022, 04:13:04 am »

SteamDF: any way to play it without tiles?(ascii). I've not been able to figure it out and I'm a DF old timer... I *really* prefer no graphics on it.
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Re: SteamDF: any way to play it without tiles?(ascii)
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2022, 05:58:10 am »

Wait for Tarn to finish the non-graphical interface (he's working on it right now, it's the very next thing to be released - unless another bug fix release comes first).
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Re: SteamDF: any way to play it without tiles?(ascii)
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2022, 07:39:03 am »

Wait for Tarn to finish the non-graphical interface (he's working on it right now, it's the very next thing to be released - unless another bug fix release comes first).
given steam is still seeing 'X crashed Dwarf fortress, what happened!' threads un mass, we'll prob' see major bug fixes for the next two months, (and hopefully some UI jank fixes too) before the great toad goes on to fix things up enough to release for free.
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Re: SteamDF: any way to play it without tiles?(ascii)
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2022, 09:24:51 am »

Wait for Tarn to finish the non-graphical interface (he's working on it right now, it's the very next thing to be released - unless another bug fix release comes first).
given steam is still seeing 'X crashed Dwarf fortress, what happened!' threads un mass, we'll prob' see major bug fixes for the next two months, (and hopefully some UI jank fixes too) before the great toad goes on to fix things up enough to release for free.
Don't think Tarn's ever done two months where he solely fixes bugs without adding any promised features. Guess he might be on a tighter leash this time and he was just mistaken. Lots of people are crashing, but, like the interface crashes, lots of people are crashing due to the exact same cause.

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Re: SteamDF: any way to play it without tiles?(ascii)
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2022, 07:33:10 am »

Wait for Tarn to finish the non-graphical interface (he's working on it right now, it's the very next thing to be released - unless another bug fix release comes first).
given steam is still seeing 'X crashed Dwarf fortress, what happened!' threads un mass, we'll prob' see major bug fixes for the next two months, (and hopefully some UI jank fixes too) before the great toad goes on to fix things up enough to release for free.
Don't think Tarn's ever done two months where he solely fixes bugs without adding any promised features. Guess he might be on a tighter leash this time and he was just mistaken. Lots of people are crashing, but, like the interface crashes, lots of people are crashing due to the exact same cause.

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We just put up one crash patch and may do another before Classic, or else the next patch will also include Classic as well

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Re: SteamDF: any way to play it without tiles?(ascii)
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2022, 10:23:46 am »

Wait for Tarn to finish the non-graphical interface (he's working on it right now, it's the very next thing to be released - unless another bug fix release comes first).
given steam is still seeing 'X crashed Dwarf fortress, what happened!' threads un mass, we'll prob' see major bug fixes for the next two months, (and hopefully some UI jank fixes too) before the great toad goes on to fix things up enough to release for free.
Don't think Tarn's ever done two months where he solely fixes bugs without adding any promised features. Guess he might be on a tighter leash this time and he was just mistaken. Lots of people are crashing, but, like the interface crashes, lots of people are crashing due to the exact same cause.

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We just put up one crash patch and may do another before Classic, or else the next patch will also include Classic as well

0.40.01-0.40.13, 2014-07-07 through 2014-09-17
And during that time Tarn promised to implement features, but didn't and just fixed bugs? Probably not. He said along with the next bug fix update, or the next one after that. But up to you if you want to believe him or not.
« Last Edit: December 11, 2022, 10:29:10 am by Shonai_Dweller »
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