Actually starting a game in Dwarf Fortress is enough to scare alot of people away before they even get to experience any game-play. With that in mind this page intends to walk you quickly through a no nonsense setup of a new game.
You should now have a copy of Dwarf Fortress open.
- Click 'Design New World With Advanced Parameters'.
- Press 'ESC' to continue.
- Press the 'Down' key until the option for LAZY NEWB WORLD is highlighted.
- Press 'ENTER' to continue.
- Wait for the world to be created.
- Take note of the name of the new map in the top left of the window.
- Press 'ENTER' to accept the new map.
- Note: The map is randomly generated. You will always get different results. The LAZY NEWB WORLD option is designed to create a small map with minimal problems.
- You will now be back at the main menu.
- Press Start Playing!
- Press ENTER on the map that you created above. If this is your first game there should only be one option.
- Press ENTER on the option for Dwarf Fortress.
- You are now at the screen to select a site to embark your journey on.
- You can press the ARROW keys to move the flashing cursor around the Region / World map.
- You should be able to easily identify:
- Trees
- Grassland
- Shrubs
- Mountains
- The goal here is to identify a location that has all of the resources you require. Move the flashing cursor around and notice the information on the right side of the screen changing. It is telling you the details of each site.
- The information on the right of the screen can help you identify a suitable location. You should be aiming for a site that meets the following requirements:
- Temperature: Temperate
- Trees: As many as possible
- Other Vegetation: As thick as possible
- Surroundings: Calm
- And the site should have all of the following:
- Clay
- Soil
- Shallow Metal
- Deep Metal
- Flux Stone
- You should avoid at all costs a site that has:
- An aquifer
- A site that is coloured purple... trust me your not ready for this yet!
- Note: There is no exact science to this. Just find a site as close to the requirements as you can.
- Once you have picked a suitable location take a look at the Local map in the top left of the screen. You will note a small 3x3 area that is highlighted. This is the game area.
- If you have a powerful computer you can increase the size of the game area. To do this use the following hot keys. You will see the highlighted area increase in size.
- Shift u - Increase Y Axis size
- Shift m - Decrease Y Axis size
- Shift k - Increase X Axis size
- Shift h - Decrease X Axis size
- You can now position the playing area on the Local map using the hotkeys below.
- u - Increase Y Axis
- m - Decrease Y Axis size
- k - Increase X Axis size
- h - Decrease X Axis size
- NOTE: Try and position your game area over a river.
- Once you are satisfied with your location press 'e' to Embark!
- NOTE: If you increased the size of the game area you ill need to confirm that you wish to continue.
- Click HERE to move onto preparing for your epic journey!
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