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[MatrexsVigil]

I'm pretty sure I know what everything is while I'm playing the game, but I'm not quite sure what the various graphics are supposed to be when I'm generating a world.  There's cups, ore, dwarf statues, dressers, and some others that I guess represent cities...but whose?

Any ideas on what the various icons mean during world gen would be a great help!

-P.C.

[Shad0wyone]

This is why I don't use graphic sets, they mess up world gen with weird symbols.
Just set it back to normal graphics and it should be fine, don't bother trying to decode it.

[MatrexsVigil]

Yeah, that's not gonna work cause I can't play the game with the normal ASCII graphics.

-P.C.

[Shad0wyone]

Well, after embarking just set it back to your tileset.

[AncientEnemy]

i don't use mayday's, but you can figure out what is what by opening the tileset font file (data->art->maydayfontwhatever.bmp) and comparing it to this list: http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Tileset#What_tiles_are_used_for_what

[Sir Finkus]

Yeah, that's not gonna work cause I can't play the game with the normal ASCII graphics.

-P.C.

I'm sure you are perfectly capable of playing it with ascii.  I seem to be able to do it.

[Michaelsoftman]

After the world is generated, you can scroll around it before accepting it.

Put the cursor over the tile and it will say "elvish forest retreat" or "dark goblin fortress" or something to tell you what it is.

[Vampire Penguin]

Hurr hurr grafix sets r bad. 

The "drawers" are Dark Goblin Towers, the Goblets are Elven Forest Retreats, the homes, ores, and gems are typically Human Towns. The statues are, of course, Dwarven Mountain halls.

[MatrexsVigil]

Thanks!  And to the others that gave helpful info!

-P.C.

[IceShade]

It's kinda sketchy at first.. but once you get it all figured out (shouldn't even take that long), it's a lot better than the standard ASCII graphics. Especially all the animal/dwarf replacements help a lot. A child and a camel are actually a child and a camel, and not a C and a C. 

But each to their own, I guess. The ASCII graphics makes the game pretty much unplayable to me. I don't care much for fancy graphics, but I sure like to identify my game objects properly.

[Tormy]

This is why I don't use graphic sets, they mess up world gen with weird symbols.

Yep, this is one of the reasons, why I am waiting for the gfx/txt separation.

[Rutilant]

It's kinda sketchy at first.. but ones you get it all figured out (shouldn't even take that long), it's a lot better than the standard ASCII graphics. Especially all the animal/dwarf replacements help a lot. A child and a camel are actually a child and a camel, and not a C and a C. 

But each to their own, I guess. The ASCII graphics makes the game pretty much unplayable to me. I don't care much for fancy graphics, but I sure like to identify my game objects properly.

Yeah. I honestly don't know how the previous poster thinks that making the tiles even more vague and uninformative would help anything. Yeah, some things don't perfectly represent what they're supposed to be in a tileset, and when that happens they're just arbitrary symbols - exactly as arbitrary as your beloved friggin ascii. 

If he was using no tileset the OP would still be here asking the exact same question because they'd STILL be a 'goblet' 'dresser' and 'statue', they'd just be the ascii version instead.

[Hagadorn]

People, These snappy comments about Graphics and Ascii are an easy way to incur the wrath of the...

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  TOAD

Don't turn this into another Graphics Vs Ascii rage thread... we don't need it.
The OP has had his question answered.

[IceShade]

This is why I don't use graphic sets, they mess up world gen with weird symbols.

Yep, this is one of the reasons, why I am waiting for the gfx/txt separation.

I'm sure Toady has it planned. He probably has everything planned you could come up with! For he is the Toady.

[qwert]

There is actually a really easy solution: set a standard ascii tileset for windowed mode, and keep the Mayday tileset for fullscreen. Then, when you generate a world, or need the full ascii for whatever reason, hit F11.