v0.31:System requirements/Report Template

This page has been made to explain how one should create a report for inclusion into the system requirements reports.

Report template explained

Configuration type: The type of your configuration, aka is it a full desktop PC, a laptop, a netbook or anything else.

Game info

Game version: Which version of DF are you using.

World size: What size world are you using.

Embark size: What is your embark size (2x2, 3x3, 4x4, anything inbetween, whichever it is, make sure to post it.

Age of fort: How old is your fort ingame?

Number of dwarves: Self explanatory.

Average fps: What is the fps at which your game runs over at least a period of half an hour of observation.

Default/nondefault raws: Have you modified the game's default files? (init files are not covered here)

Tileset in use: If you are using any modified/custom tileset, make sure to enter it here.

Amount of stone dug: The amount of stone that your miners have dug out can have a massive effect on your FPS. Take care to report what your stocks screen tells you.

Amount of water and state: The approximate amount of water, is it a brook, river, ocean, some artificial construction, and is it mostly moving, or mostly staying put.

Approximate amount of z-levels: Amount of z-levels which you have dug downwards and approximate z levels that the landscape itself takes up.

RAM usage of game: Self explanatory, your OS provides you with tools to monitor memory useage of applications running on it.

Draw mode in init.txt: Enter here which draw mode you have set up in your init.txt (located in the dwarf fortress directory, under the data/init folder)

PC info

CPU: Which processor does your computer use?

MBO: Which motherboard does your computer use?

RAM: How much Random Access Memory does your computer have, and which speed?

GPU: Which graphics card does your computer use?

OS: Which OS are you using to play Dwarf Fortress?

Report template

Configuration type:
;Game info
:Game version:
:World size:
:Embark size:
:Age of fort:
:Number of dwarves:
:Average fps:
:Default/nondefault raws:
:Tileset in use:
:Amount of stone dug:
:Amount of water and state:
:Approximate amount of z-levels:
:RAM usage of game:
:Draw mode in init.txt:

;PC info
:CPU:
:MBO:
:RAM:
:GPU:
:OS:

Example report

Configuration type: AMD based, full desktop PC

Game info

Game version: 31.08 - graphics

World size: Medium region (default, nonmodified)

Embark size: 5x5

Age of fort: 6 years

Number of dwarves: 140

Average fps: 6-14

Default/nondefault raws: nondefault, dwarven speed modified, some smelting recipes modified.

Tileset in use: Phoebus prebuilt version

Amount of stone dug: 8693 at the moment of measure

Amount of water and state: A brook, dammed and diverted into big cisterns for trap use, mostly static and pressurised.

Approximate amount of z-levels: Beyond 200 below the ground level, around 5 upwards from ground.

RAM usage of game: Around 1.25 GB when playing

Draw mode in init.txt: VBO

PC info

CPU: AMD 7750x2 BE @ 2.7GHz

MBO: Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3h

RAM: 4GB DDR2 800

GPU: XFX GTX260

OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate