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monofuel

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Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« on: February 26, 2011, 03:37:55 am »
today i finally wrapped up a project of mine and reached a lifetime goal- dwarf fortress in my pocket. i'm running a regular android 2.2 phone (with a physical keyboard of course!). what's that? it's arm based? and far too week? that doesn't matter considering the widespread availability of 3G and the simplicity of an ssh connection! i signed up for amazon cloud E2- a computer in the cloud with a public IP.  i simply setup an ubuntu micro instance under the limitations of the free tiered plan (only available for first year after signup) and installed dwarf fortress on it in text mode. using connectbot, i can ssh into the instance from anywhere i get wifi or 3G reception and i can play dwarf fortress! it is a little bit low, the instance has hardly 600mb of ram and a simple CPU- however now i have an always-on completely free virtual PC for dwarf fortress. the ssh connection is a little funky at times on a few screens (such as embark location), but so far it's worked pretty well overall. the keyboard is a little bit tricky but works so well for the most part, some tricky keys like tab are an issue but thanks to the ability to remap keys, it's not an issue.

so far it's been fun and i recommend others to try it!
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2011, 04:12:51 am »
Very awesome.
Now, your next task is, to go door-to-door with it, and convert people to Dwarfortism.
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2011, 10:56:18 pm »
Quote from: martinuzz on February 26, 2011, 04:12:51 am
Very awesome.
Now, your next task is, to go door-to-door with it, and convert people to Dwarfortism.
OOH i want to follow dwarfortism!!!!!!  8)
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 11:00:08 pm »
*DING DONG*
"Who's at the door, honey?"
"Lemme see... *sigh* it's those damn Armok's Witnesses again."
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2011, 11:04:29 pm »
Quote from: Gatleos on February 28, 2011, 11:00:08 pm
*DING DONG*
"Who's at the door, honey?"
"Lemme see... *sigh* it's those damn Armok's Witnesses again."

"Have you accepted Armok as your savior? Because it you haven't, then when the goblins come rushing across your drawbridge stabbing babies left and right, his Magma Cannon of heavenly fire will not spare you."
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2011, 11:07:38 pm »
Quote from: Gatleos on February 28, 2011, 11:00:08 pm
*DING DONG*
"Who's at the door, honey?"
"Lemme see... *sigh* it's those damn Armok's Witnesses again."
Kill wife. Make her into a chair. Give to Witnesses. New wife come next year.
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 11:48:50 pm »
Armok wants to be your savior, if only because he needs someone to watch commit supremely stupid acts
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2011, 01:55:21 am »
Quote from: Scaraban on March 01, 2011, 11:48:50 pm
Armok wants to be your savior, if only because he needs someone to watch commit supremely stupid acts
So Armok is the "Armok's Witnesses"... witness?
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Quote from: shadowform on August 29, 2010, 03:05:49 pm
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2011, 02:06:17 am »
Wow, I have been waiting so long for this!

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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2011, 08:59:21 am »
hehehe. well done, that dorf.

I just play it on netbook while on public transport. *
Never use my desktop anymore. ><

*There is the slight fear of getting mugged for my hardware though.
« Last Edit: March 02, 2011, 10:50:22 am by Areyar »
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2011, 09:15:20 am »
*Stands there, slackjawed.*

There are not enough words in the english language to describe the awesomeness of this.
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2011, 10:53:47 am »
Armok loves you and has a wonderful plan for your death.
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2011, 01:13:26 pm »
Quote from: dhokarena56 on March 02, 2011, 10:53:47 am
Armok loves you and has a wonderful plan for your death,
but he's open to even more overengineered catastrophic deaths as well.
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2011, 01:59:27 pm »
Quote from: SirAaronIII on February 28, 2011, 11:07:38 pm
Quote from: Gatleos on February 28, 2011, 11:00:08 pm
*DING DONG*
"Who's at the door, honey?"
"Lemme see... *sigh* it's those damn Armok's Witnesses again."
Kill wife. Make her into a chair. Give to Witnesses. New wife come next year.

Start meme. Make meme into post. Give to forumites. New meme come next year.
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Re: Dwarf fortress on-the-go
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2011, 03:54:32 pm »
What size embark? What sort of FPS are you getting?

Ask questions, get answers, more questions come next year?
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