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[Jordrake]

I'm incredibly new to DF mods and modding, as well as this forum, so I have a question that I'm sure at least 98% of you could answer without thinking.
I've just downloaded the Gnome Mod, and generated a new world. How do I play as my newly downloaded race in Fortress Mode?

[Dude_Jebawe]

When you're selecting your embark site, press tab a few times until you reach the "civilizations" screen, and then just select a gnomish civ.

[Jordrake]

I'd assumed that was the way, but how do I tell which civ is which?

[NecroRebel]

All entities have different weights given to different name-types in the random name generator, so if you've got both dwarves and gnomes and you know that dwarves cull plant-related names and gnomes select for plant-related names, you could look for a civilization that has a plant-related name. That's confusing, I know, but essentially, it's just that the types of name different races have are different, even translated, so if you see an odd name out on the list of available civs, it's probably a different race.

Or, you could go into the entity_default text file in dwarffortress/raw/objects, find the entry labeled MOUNTAIN, and remove [CIV_CONTROLLABLE] from it. If your gnomes then have that tag, they'll be playable and dwarves won't.

[Kagus]

It's made much easier if the other civ uses a different language, as the civilization name will be in that other language.

[Asra]

You could also look in Legends first, if you want.

[Particleman]

Or you could just temporarily remove the CIV_CONTROLLABLE tag from whichever race(s) you don't want to play as.

[Jordrake]

Thanks a lot for the help, you lot.

[Lofn]

The easiest way is to tab to the civ selection screen, choose the race, then tab to the list of neighbors/other civs nearby.  The currently selected civ is up the top.