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Title: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Angles of death on April 25, 2010, 03:45

PLEASE HELP!i need to know how to play fortress mode correctly [i don't know ANYTHING about fortress mode]and I need to know the keybindings for all modes  g

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Melon on April 25, 2010, 05:06

Read the dwarf fortress wikia, they have a lot of helpful hints and tutorial how to start your own fortress. I would start from there.

Prepare yourself, this is really a hard game.

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Angles of death on April 25, 2010, 05:08

*Angles of death takes his hat off to melon*Thanks melon.

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Angles of death on April 25, 2010, 07:08

Oh no the wiki didn't help....I still don't know what im meant to do

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Melon on April 25, 2010, 13:55

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/40d:Your_first_fortress

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: AStranger on April 25, 2010, 15:57

http://afteractionreporter.com/2009/02/09/the-complete-and-utter-newby-tutorial-for-dwarf-fortress-part-1-wtf/

This was the tutorial I used to learn how to play Dwarf Fortress. I'd say it took me around ten hours to have a vague idea what I was trying to do, about twenty to get a bit more comfortable and at thirty hours I realized that I had been playing a game for thirty hours straight and that it was time to go to bed. The next ~3-4 months were a blur of flowing magma, drowning traps, goblin sieges and the like. I think after I completed the door bell (pressure plates that instantly caused a repeatable cave-in) I was able to set the game down for a bit.

Haven't played the new version (still waiting for the OpenGL/Linux version) but the tutorial should be close enough. Definitely worth the learning curve. I think the mechanics system is the most fun.

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Angles of death on April 26, 2010, 08:52

i need to know how to get underground,what to do when it says there is nothing to catch in [insert place here],which key creates fortress and which key gets you underground [if any button] also how do i prepare to travel to [insert place here]when i start a new game because it wont let me choose any skills or items.

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on April 27, 2010, 11:07

Angles, with all due respect, I think you'll get better help with Dwarf Fortress here:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/

Title: Re: How do i play dwarf fortress correctly?
Post by: Angles of death on April 27, 2010, 19:10

Thanks for the help kornel.