Tile - Revision history

73.52.232.2: Lowered to Tattered: This article needs a major reorganization. It is impractical as it stands, and doesn't describe tiles in a useful or descriptive way. (See also: Nethack Wiki, Dungeon Features)

2025-03-27T23:44:00Z

Lowered to Tattered: This article needs a major reorganization. It is impractical as it stands, and doesn't describe tiles in a useful or descriptive way. (See also: Nethack Wiki, Dungeon Features)

Zippy: I was out of ideas for what image to use, so I went with this...

2024-03-14T17:28:12Z

I was out of ideas for what image to use, so I went with this...

99.95.166.20: Diligently acknowledge the third dimension.

2024-03-14T03:18:19Z

Diligently acknowledge the third dimension.

Silverwing235: /* Murky Pool tile */ formatting issue (caps, mostly)

2023-07-22T10:45:52Z

Murky Pool tile: formatting issue (caps, mostly)

Silverwing235: /* Statues */

2023-05-04T19:02:18Z

Statues

Silverwing235 at 18:57, 4 May 2023

2023-05-04T18:57:21Z

LethosorBot: Tagging v50 page (4393/4888)

2022-12-21T00:49:31Z

Tagging v50 page (4393/4888)

LethosorBot: LethosorBot moved page DF2014:Tile to Tile: Migrating v50 page (4189/4618) (content)

2022-12-20T04:03:18Z

LethosorBot moved page DF2014:Tile to Tile: Migrating v50 page (4189/4618) (content)

Voliol: For/see tilesets, for those looking for the graphics kind of tiles

2021-11-11T07:09:07Z

For/see tilesets, for those looking for the graphics kind of tiles

GeloMor at 20:08, 22 August 2021

2021-08-22T20:08:06Z

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-{{Quality|Superior}}
+{{Quality|Tattered}}
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 {{for/see|a list of all tile characters used in DF|[[Tilesets]]}}

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 {{for/see|a list of all tile characters used in DF|[[Tilesets]]}}
+[[File:tile_preview_anim.gif|right]]'''Tiles''' are the square rectangular cuboids that form a map. They are ''approximately'' two meters long, two meters wide, and three meters high.<sup>[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6700479#msg6700479 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]</sup> However, the physics calculations assume a tile size of 2.8 meters high and a tick rate of 10 ticks per second, and from the listed speeds (in km/h) and gaits (ticks per 100 tiles) and the tick rate of 10 ticks per second, a tile would be about 8×8 feet (2.4×2.4 meters). The horizontal cross-section of a 1×1 [[embark]] is 48×48 tiles; this is also the scale of overland travel tiles in [[adventure mode]]. 16×16 local tiles, the maximum embark size, covers a region map tile. A single region map tile (the maximum embark size) would have a cross-section of 768×768 embark tiles (approx. 6144 feet or 1873 meters across). As worlds can have between 17 and 257 region map tiles, a world in ''Dwarf Fortress'' is between 20 and 300 miles (32 and 481 kilometers) across with a maximum area of 89,434 square miles (231,632 kilometers squared)– which is about 4% smaller than the United Kingdom.
 A tile consists of two sections—a wall section and a floor section, shown in cross-section like this:

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 {{for/see|a list of all tile characters used in DF|[[Tilesets]]}}
-'''Tiles''' are the squares that form a map. They are ''approximately'' two meters long, two meters wide, and three meters high.<sup>[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6700479#msg6700479 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]</sup> However, the physics calculations assume a tile size of 2.8 meters high and a tick rate of 10 ticks per second, and from the listed speeds (in km/h) and gaits (ticks per 100 tiles) and the tick rate of 10 ticks per second, a tile would be about 8x8 feet (2.4×2.4 meters). There are 48×48 tiles in a 1×1 [[embark]]; this is also the scale of overland travel tiles in [[adventure mode]]. 16×16 local tiles, the maximum embark size, covers a region map tile. A single region map tile (the maximum embark size) would contain 768×768 embark tiles (approx. 6144 feet or 1873 meters across). As worlds can have between 17 and 257 region map tiles, a world in ''Dwarf Fortress'' is between 20 and 300 miles (32 and 481 kilometers) across with a maximum area of 89,434 square miles (231,632 kilometers squared)– which is about 4% smaller than the United Kingdom.
+'''Tiles''' are the square rectangular cuboids that form a map. They are ''approximately'' two meters long, two meters wide, and three meters high.<sup>[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6700479#msg6700479 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]</sup> However, the physics calculations assume a tile size of 2.8 meters high and a tick rate of 10 ticks per second, and from the listed speeds (in km/h) and gaits (ticks per 100 tiles) and the tick rate of 10 ticks per second, a tile would be about 8x8 feet (2.4×2.4 meters). The horizontal cross-section of a 1×1 [[embark]] is 48×48 tiles; this is also the scale of overland travel tiles in [[adventure mode]]. 16×16 local tiles, the maximum embark size, covers a region map tile. A single region map tile (the maximum embark size) would have a cross-section of 768×768 embark tiles (approx. 6144 feet or 1873 meters across). As worlds can have between 17 and 257 region map tiles, a world in ''Dwarf Fortress'' is between 20 and 300 miles (32 and 481 kilometers) across with a maximum area of 89,434 square miles (231,632 kilometers squared)– which is about 4% smaller than the United Kingdom.
 A tile consists of two sections—a wall section and a floor section, shown in cross-section like this:

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 ==Special Tiles==
 There are some naturally-occurring special tiles, these can't be recreated{{verify}}:
-===Murky Pool tile===
+===Murky pool tile===
 Occur on at least{{verify}} 2 z-levels, as an open space wall section with an open space floor section, and in the lowest z-level another open space wall section (filled with water) with a murky pool floor section, the lower open space wall section can fill with rain water and during winter with an ice wall{{verify}}
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 ===Statues===
-[[Statue]]s block normal movement, but not unintended movement (dodging, being thrown, swept by current, etc). Nor do they block fluids.
+[[Statue]]s block normal movement, but not unintended movement (dodging, being thrown, swept by current, etc) nor do they block fluids.
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   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ----> Floor       -|                      ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ----> Floor       -|
-==Statues==
+==Furniture==
 [[Statue]]s block normal movement, but not unintended movement (dodging, being thrown, swept by current, etc). Nor do they block fluids.
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   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ----> Floor       -|
-==Furniture==
 ===Doors and Windows===
 [[Window]]s and [[door]]s both block fluids (doors only when closed).
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   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ----> Floor       -|                     ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ----> Floor       -|
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-=Special Tiles=
+==Special Tiles==
 There are some naturally-occurring special tiles, these can't be recreated{{verify}}:
-==Murky Pool tile==
+===Murky Pool tile===
 Occur on at least{{verify}} 2 z-levels, as an open space wall section with an open space floor section, and in the lowest z-level another open space wall section (filled with water) with a murky pool floor section, the lower open space wall section can fill with rain water and during winter with an ice wall{{verify}}
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                                             w# = water level
-==River==
+===River===
 {{verify}} under construction...
 River Source tiles: generate infinite flowing water for both rivers and brooks?? {{verify}}
-==Brook tile==
+===Brook tile===
 Brook tiles occur on at least{{verify}} 2 z-levels, as an open space wall section with a brook floor section, and in the lowest z-level another open space wall section (filled with water) with another brook ''(or river source)'' floor section, the lower open space wall section can fill with rain water{{verify}} and during winter with an ice wall{{verify}}
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