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[ragincajun]

Saves are not compatible across major releases I don't think.

[SlyStalker]

Thanks for posting this, TinyPirate! It really helped out a lot. The 'Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress' book did too... did you write that?

[mkaito]

Thanks for posting this, TinyPirate! It really helped out a lot. The 'Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress' book did too... did you write that?

According to his website, yes, he's the book's author. Awesome book! Wish it went into more detail about dwarven engineering, managing water, and the military. Then again, it's a "getting started" book.

[Chimerat]

Am I missing something or is there no way to get the PDF without paying?

[mkaito]

I bought it on Amazon, kindle version. It's a truly excellent book, and it's worth supporting the author, although I'm not sure how much he might get off Amazon for it. It's an O'Reilly book, so you can be fairly certain that you're getting at least a very decent book.

And it's just $10.95, so it's not like you're gutting your budget over it.

[Big Black Beard]

Many thanks for this tutorial.

[TinyPirate]

With all of the updates I have decided to start a small DF series on my YouTubes. I hope to cover little tips and guides that aren't yet in the book. Have a look!

[USP45]

With all of the updates I have decided to start a small DF series on my YouTubes. I hope to cover little tips and guides that aren't yet in the book. Have a look!

Awesome!  Subscribed.

[Rafy800]

Awesome tutorials !

I can read and write english, but i'm best with my language : french.

But the french link is dead i think ...

[shadowclasper]

I liked these a lot, but are they still relevant given all of the changes to well, everything ever since it came out? Even the wiki seems to be lagging behind in a lot of areas.

[4maskwolf]

I liked these a lot, but are they still relevant given all of the changes to well, everything ever since it came out? Even the wiki seems to be lagging behind in a lot of areas.

If you see the wiki lagging, make changes.

[Keybounce]

Bump

Is there a newbie tutorial for the current game? This is 8 years old, and at the start of this page someone even says that the saves are not compatible.

[Fleeting Frames]

Uh, yeah. There are several. The most recent one being New Players Basics Guides, though I'm not one for videos much and haven't looked at them. I've reviewed WanderingKid's DFHowTo Tutorial Series videos, though, and the only significant note I'd add is that Mining is a moodable skill, which I'm not sure he fixed.

If you want play-along (with save) tutorial, I think PeredexisErrant has one: PeridexisErrant’s DF Walkthrough.

I learned with quickstart guide on the wiki. I like reading and wiki, but even if you do too it is something you can grasp at once and doesn't have many in-game images.

However, the front page is still mostly correct. Having looked at first two tutorial links in the front page of this thread, the most significant differences would be Phoebus tileset (vanilla bay12 download uses Curses ASCII), bit different menu movement keybinds (you'll see what you have available on screen though, default is +-) and only significant gameplay difference seems to be now multi-level trees. TinyPirate did write a book, after all.

[Ziusudra]

vanilla bay12 download uses Curses ASCII

Technically, it uses images of ASCII characters, called Tilesets, composited by SDL by default. The GNU/Linux version can be configured to use curses and actual ASCII. The end result of either does look pretty much the same, though. All versions can be configured to use OpenGL which again looks the same but is usually faster.

This is all separate from the Graphic sets like Phoebus that really just add more images for creatures.

[alexsm]

Hey everybody... I have a few play along tutorials that I think you might enjoy.
I would like to get some feedback on my work ... I'm not too sure about the configuration of it., but lemme know

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?action=login