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[sogeking99]

hey guys, how can i get DF to run in propper full screen? i get it to fullscreen but it doesn't fill the screen just all black and a little box for the game i tried

http://pastebin.com/9GTDTaAh this is my 'init.txt' i've been trying to mess around with it trying to get it to work.

thanks.

[AngleWyrm]

Press F11.

[mal7690]

I personally don't use the fullscreen, since maximized will get almost the same thing, except I can alt tab easily.

For your init, it looks like it should work, although I would set the fullscreen resolutions to 0, so dwarfort decides for you to see if that fixes it.

[sogeking99]

yeah as you can see from this image even maximized the display is boxed. to small for my weak eyes.



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i changed fullscreen resolutions back to 0 but to change.

[CapnUrist]

Scroll down on the mousewheel. The scroll wheel controls the zoom; I use it often to get a look at an entire embark or project.

[sogeking99]

ok that worked, now i need to learn to play. whats the best source?

[MonkeyHead]

trying, failing, laughing your ass off, trying again, failing more spectacularly, repeat.

remember... losing = fun.

[MagmaMcFry]

ok that worked, now i need to learn to play. whats the best source?

A new player! Welcome to DF.

How to learn:

• First option, learn by trial and error. This is by far the most fun/Fun. I strongly recommend this.
• Second option, read through the complete forum and/or the wiki and craft a completely working megafortress on the first try. Strongly discouraged, because it lacks Fun.
  
• Third option, play along and ask for help on everything in the forum. Semi-fun.

...

• Fourth option: Make a community fortress! Fun for everyone, and it trains your Storytelling skill. Do it!

BTW: A community fortress is a fortress which you play and simultaneously narrate in the forum. Some other forumites will ask to be "dwarfed", meaning that they want to have a dwarf named after them in your fort. Community forts are generally completely awesome. Read up on a famous community fort here.

[Xenos]

Do option 1 and 4 at the same time!  xD  Imagine if your first year were used for a community fort...

[MagmaMcFry]

Exactly my point, good sir.

[sogeking99]

thanks for the welcome i want my first kingdom to named after the land from the book 'dwarves' which im reading. i LOVE that book.

[twilightdusk]

You have a limited amount of control over your fortress and group name if that helps. Feel free to ask for help in these forums if you need, I think there's a slightly outdated video tutorial you can look through if you want.

[Hydrall]

That's actually a pretty interesting idea- A Community Fortress specifically for first time players, as almost a tutorial. Maybe a veteran to get it started, in some easy to survive area with lots of cute fluffy wildlife to kill...

[sogeking99]

oh well i was king of hoping to call my fortess Ogre's Death but oh well

having a hard time findin a place without aquifer, is it on the map? what character represents it?

[Max White]

A newcommer? To our humble forums? BRING FORTH A BARREL OF CIDER! Time to blow some sit up.