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Revision as of 06:53, 30 November 2022

Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress cover
Developers
Tarn Adams
Publishers
Bay 12 Games
Release dates
Windows August 8, 2006
macOS (OS X) August 8, 2006
Linux August 8, 2006
Dwarf Fortress on HowLongToBeat
Dwarf Fortress on IGDB
Dwarf Fortress guide on StrategyWiki
Dwarf Fortress on MobyGames
Dwarf Fortress on Wikipedia

Key points

Many bugs are fixed by third-party mods and hacks.
Extensive modding support community.
Many bugs and partially-implemented features.

General information

Dwarf Fortress Wiki
Community Mods and Utilties List
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Freeware.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io (unavailable)
DRM details are not known
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows

Version differences

The Steam and itch.io versions will have a custom premium tileset with graphics enabled by default, new music, and auto-updates. Additionally, the Steam version will have Steam Workshop integration.[1]

Essential improvements

Mods

Lazy Newb Pack

Homepage
Bundles the game itself and includes many important custom tools made to make playing Dwarf Fortress easier.
Comes with some tilesets to improve readability of gameplay.
Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux.

Utilities

DFHack

Homepage
Acts as a framework for plugins and scripts that extend what one can do with Dwarf Fortress.
Its main uses are bugfixes and plugins that improve the interface.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\init[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/data/init
Linux <path-to-game>/data/init
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/975370/pfx/[Note 2]
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\save[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/data/save
Linux <path-to-game>/data/save
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/975370/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Freely re-sizable window.
Multi-monitor
Requires spreading window across monitors.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
May need a third-party tileset or Lazy Newb Pack to see gameplay.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
The SDL version can be resized, 'legacy' is locked to 80 by 25 tiles.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Limited by simulation speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
Colors are defined in config files, and colorblind sets are available.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See "data/init/interface.txt"
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Some menus are mouse-enabled, and DFHack can provide additional mouse support
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Text announcements, all events written to "gamelog.txt".
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 2.1
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit since version 0.43.05.[2]
macOS (OS X)
64-bit since version 0.43.05.[2] PowerPC support was removed after 0.31.12.[3]
Linux
64-bit since version 0.43.05.[2]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Interface FreeType 2

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU)
Version 0.28.181.40d was the last version to support Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 and PowerPC Macs.[4]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU)
Version 0.28.181.40d was the last version to support Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 and PowerPC Macs.[4]
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/975370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (975370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References