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v0.34:Utilities
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Utilities are third party applications useful for Dwarf Fortress players and modders, and this page serves as a list of them. Dwarf Fortress is a difficult game to play, and any help that can be had in the task is welcome help. This page lists utilities useful for modders and player alike. If you would like to add an article on a specific game utility to the wiki, please do so under the Utility namespace. Not included on this page: tileset repositories and graphics set repositories have been given their own, separate page. Mods have also been listed under their own Modification namespace. To avoid namespace clutter websites are considered utilities, though they really aren't, and have been included.
Dwarf Fortress filesharing services
Dwarf Fortress File Depot
The Dwarf Fortress File Upload Service - an excellent place to store mods, community games, tilesets and other files. Courtesy of Janus; for files related to Dwarf Fortress only.
DF Map Archive
The Dwarf Fortress Map Archive is a large collection of user-submitted maps and a nice flash viewer for perusing them. Maps are uploaded, stored, and downloaded in a special compressed format created by the DF Map Compressor (see below).
3D Visualizers
Fortress Overseer
Fortress Overseer has been the only 3d visualizer since DF 2010, It has been completely rewritten and is currently updated to support DF 2012 (currently supporting versions 34.07 and 31.25).
Read more on the bay 12 forum post
Isoworld 2.0
Isoworld is an isometric world map viewer, which can display each of the detailed maps exported from Legends Mode. It also has a pictographic view which makes finding waterfalls easy.
Isoworld can link with DFhack to display a game view at full spatial resolution in wider context, including tracking the game view. This is particularly useful for adventure mode.
Music and Sounds
SoundSense
SoundSense is a tool that parses game logs and reacts to game events with sound effects, incidental music and dwarfy comments.
forum thread, download at homepage.
Interface tools
DFHack Utility Plugins
A collection of DFHack plugins that improve the in-game interface with features such as:
- Search function in screens with big lists.
- Ability to place furniture before it's built and have it automatically allocated when available.
- Ability to place constructions with box select (like laying designations), including easier material selection and open space placement (without having to wait till adjacent constructions are built).
- Easier pasturing, live happiness monitor, mouse support, stocks dashboard.
Game manipulation tools
Dwarf Therapist
Dwarf Therapist gives you an advanced GUI to manage and check dwarf job allocations, military assignments (40d), statistics (such as attributes, personality traits and happiness), plus sort dwarves by various criteria (eg. profession, migration wave, happiness, number of assigned jobs etc.) and generally manage the Dwarven Resources of your fortress in a very convenient way.
Version 0.6.12 is out. This version supports DF builds up to 0.34.02 by default, but with the auto-update it supports up to 0.34.10.
Read the full changelog here: http://code.google.com/p/dwarftherapist/source/browse/CHANGELOG.txt
Discussion on Bay 12 Games forums: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=66525
For Mac users
A DT version for natively running it on OSX is in the works by DwarfEngineeer and beta versions compatible with 34.03+ are now available on the dwarftherapist downloads page. A mac version of this utility (built by ghalidrim) is outdated and is compatible with DF version 31.25. It is free for download at the DF file depot. It is also possible to use DT with the latest version of DF by using
Dwarf Therapist and Dwarf Fortress on Mac using Wine
- Download latest windows versions DF and DT.
- Download winebottler http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/. It should also download wine. Launch them both.
- Click the Wine icon on your taskbar and find Change Prefix.
- From there, create a prefix (it may auto-detect some other games and create prefixes for them, don't bother with that) in a convenient directory, call it 'generic' or something.
- Click Change Prefix again after it's done configuring and make sure Wine is using that one.
- Move DF and DT to the Program Files associated with the *general* prefix. DT won't find any running versions of DF otherwise. Mine was located in *username*/documents/generic/drive_c/program files.
- When launching DF and DT a small window pops up asking which prefix you want to use, choose general.
- Strike the earth.
If Dwarf Therapist in Wine starts running slow or gets really laggy, find it's preference file, "Dwarf Therapist.ini," and trash it. It is located in *username*/documents/generic/drive_c/users/*usernameagain*/application data/UDP Software/. If you are using MacNewbie, it is located in "~/.config/UDP Software/".
Splinterz Fork
This is a fork from the original DwarfTherapist made by user Splinterz: http://code.google.com/r/splintermind-attributes/
This version contains the "labor optimizer" semi-automatic labor management system. As of 2013-07-24 Windows, Linux and OS X builds are avaliable.
Dwarf Builder (OSX)
"Dwarf Builder" for OS X is also available. It contains a working version of Dwarf Therapist, which can be created using "Build Dwarf Therapist" (or DT).
DFHack
DFHack is an advanced Dwarf Fortress memory access library and a set of tools and scripts using this library, providing direct object-oriented access to Dwarf Fortress's internals as if it were compiled into the game itself. Releases support versions up through 0.34.11 (as of June 22nd, 2012). Runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X.
DFHack has an official forum thread.
Code and binary releases are available from the Github site.
Fortress layout tools
DF Designator
DF Designator helps you build fortresses from either image files or Quickfort .CSV files. It also has a user interface that allows you to assign hotkeys to blueprints and to combine blueprints in multi z-level designs. Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available.
Quickfort
Quickfort is an AutoHotkey-based utility for Dwarf Fortress that helps you build fortresses from "blueprint" .CSV files (comma separated values). These files are easily created and edited in an app like Excel. Most building-oriented DF commands are supported through the use of multiple .CSV files to describe the different phases of DF construction (designation, building, stockpiles, and making adjustments. Also see Quickfort Community Blueprints.
Modding tools
Raw tile tools
World Map / World Gen Tools
Perfect World DF
requires an additional (tiny) download to be funtional for current versions (34.#): http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5491 . generate worlds to your liking easier or faster than df's ingame map maker. easy access to world settings too to modify. forum thread
Dwarf Fortress World Generator
A small bash script for automating world generation of large numbers of worlds on GNU/Linux. pastbin,reddit thread
Dwarf Map Maker
A photoshop action script which turns legends mode exported maps into a much prettier fantasy map. There is also a version available for GIMP.
Other/miscellaneous
Exita
Exita is a python program that takes your DF world map exports and dump them into several different text outputs.
Raw Explorer
Raw files manager.
Legends Viewer
Allows browsing legends easily.
- Please note if you use DFHack's workflow tool, clear your workflow in either adventure mode or fortress mode prior to exporting the XML. The settings are stored in HEX format as legendary figures and you will get the HEX error when trying to import the XML into the viewer.
Lazy Newb Pack
A commonly-used software bundle with a nice launcher. Allows to start playing DF really quickly on a new machine - no need to download and integrate common tilesets and tools like Dwarf Therapist, SoundSense, etc - or even know what you need to get.
There are multiple versions available, including:
- Traditional Lazy Newb Pack (windows)
- Expanded and Updated Lazy Newb Pack (windows)
- Traditional MacNewbie Pack Cyan v0.6 (OS X, outdated)
- MacNewbie Pack ReBorn v0.7.1 (OS X, alpha release)
Tools under development
The tools listed below are under development for DF 2012, but cannot perform the task they are intended for at this time.
DFMAP(Title subject to change) Is a tool currently under development by the Authors Kabookie(Art Direction) and Neo Kabuto(Programming) That will take the RAW files of your currently generated map and turn them into beautiful renditions of ancient maps. The project should be completed the first quarter of 2013. For any information contact us at: kaleb@tribenine.org/
