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[LordZorintrhox]

New Basic Tileset Version
Now with revamped and smoothed characters!

Okay, slowly making a new version for the new version.  I have redone the whole base tileset in Illustrator, so it is all clean and smooth with proper transparency.  Get the new, vanilla tileset here.

The new version itself:

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A taste of the new basic tileset:

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I forgot that Flickr shrinks images that are larger than 1024, so that is a little fuzzier than it is in reality, but it gets the point across.  Better screenies to come once I get some good things to screenshot.

I won't be working on a new version of Dwarfletter Gothic until the new version comes out because I need the latest, stable raws to do so.


The old mod is no longer workable for this version, but I don't want to drop this part of the post just yet.

I know you've all been waiting patiently for this.  Well, at least those of you who posted in or read the thread about the development of this tileset.  The Dwarfletter Gothic tileset is finally in it's beta version and available for download at the Dwarf Fortress File Depot.  It's been a LONG several weeks of development, with a wedding in the middle to deal with, so I just finished final tweaks like, two hours ago.

For those who are not aware, Dwarfletter is a tileset I made from scratch incorporating a clean, Dwarvenly styled typeface.  It comes in a variety of flavors, including angular, round, and square walls, plus a vanilla-compatible version that is the whole of 437 done in the appropriate style (available as a separate download and in the full package).  The full-featured version DOES change a ton of tile and color assignments in the raws, but no variant affects gameplay.  This is purely a cosmetic endeavor.  The usual Mayday style of removing diacritics and the Sean Mirrsen all economic trick are incorporated because they allow more tiles and fill a functionality gap that I think the game could use, respectively.

Also, latest versions include a new dwarf mode soundtrack I nipped from Kevin Macleod at incompetech.com, the home of the best royalty free soundtrack music ever.  A very soothing, ethereal piece that adds a lot of atmosphere to gameplay, which is what this mod was originally about.  A more complete list of changes is on the DFFD posting.

Dwarfletter is being used as the typeface for the text in Deon's DF Complete mod.  Those graphics and typeface make for a satisfying visual experience.

Download it here:
Dwarfletter Gothic
And the no-frills vanilla, straight old-fashioned style tileset here:
Dwarfletter Classic

EDIT: Screenies (realized some may not have seen these):

The adventure map.

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A warehouse full of items and color.

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The Fortress Mode status screen, in all its be-fonted glory.

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The great outdoors, showing the look of terrain a z-level down.

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The great outdoors, with all the shrubs made unique.

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The Countess's palace, complete with patina copper doors.

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The ballista now with fanciness.

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[Squeegy]

You might want to provide a link.

[LordZorintrhox]

Yes, I know: had to cross reference the two pages so the download posting referenced the thread and the thread referenced the download.  So I had to post first, then edit.

[FluffyToast J]

Hell yes! Thanks alot for this, its awesome.

[The Doctor]

*steals*

[Faenaris]

Gonna grab this one and try it alongside the new d13 version.

[Granite26]

Looks awesome

[Deon]

Great! Time to update tileset for my mod!

I must suggest that you make ground tiles a bit darker, thus they will not blend with walls. This is a MUST!

This tileset is really awesome. With a bit darker "floor" it's perfect.

These are the best mountain tiles I've ever seen.

[LordZorintrhox]

Wow, the response has been awesome.  Hovering on 60 DLs a day, so something like 2.5-ish an hour, and a near 50% download to view ratio.

Thanks, y'all.  I hope the newly added vanilla tileset makes some certain people happy...

Tonight I'll whip up the Hexic(walls with diagonal corners) and Cubic(walls with square corners) versions and pack it all up proper with Gothic.  If there is time tonight I'll also take a crack at Retro, which has smaller non-square tiles but the same look as Classic.  I'm thinking 10 x 12 or 8 x 12.  Suggestions?

[G-Flex]

I really do like the style, but I feel like it decreases the intelligibility of things a little, which should (to me) always be the first priority in tilesets by far.

[Deon]

Well, it's great in terms of intelligibility for me (with new uses for unused/underused tiles), you just need some time to adapt. I am an adaptive person so it's not an issue for me.

For suggestions, again: darker-than-walls floor tiles please .

[G-Flex]

Yeah, I was probably overstating things a bit, but some of the graphics (see the outdoor view especially with the trees and such) look too "broken-up" in some manner. But again, probably overstating.

[Deon]

Well, it got about 5 minutes for me to get used to it totally. Now I greatly enjoy it .

I'm getting it for my Genesis project .

[gtmattz]

I really like the tileset and the color changes etc, however, since you have modified the raws extensively, to use your colors and tile changes I can now no longer use the molten rocks mod.  I have started working on adding the melting/boiling point data to your modified raws and will put them up on dffd when I get them done so that other people who like to use the molten rocks mod can also use your tileset.

[Battlecat]

Can't wait until Saturday, when I'll actually have time to try this out.  Those sample shots look amazing!  I might have to tweak it a bit to make it play nicely with the Dig Deeper Mod that I started using in my game lately.  I'll load it up in my old vanilla game that has lots of features though.