User:Soundandfury/DF Designer - Revision history

Soundandfury: Update for 0.16.3 release

2011-01-06T01:40:23Z

Update for 0.16.3 release

Soundandfury: 0.16.2 Windows bugfix release

2010-10-11T12:13:38Z

0.16.2 Windows bugfix release

Soundandfury: 0.16.1, Windows-specific bugfix

2010-10-10T22:37:19Z

0.16.1, Windows-specific bugfix

Soundandfury: Link to the new Tutorial (in the forum thread)

2010-10-10T22:06:11Z

Link to the new Tutorial (in the forum thread)

Soundandfury: /* Screenshots */ Added screenshots of 0.15-newgui and 0.16

2010-10-10T01:05:06Z

Screenshots: Added screenshots of 0.15-newgui and 0.16

Soundandfury: A couple of the keys have changed

2010-10-10T00:28:37Z

A couple of the keys have changed

Soundandfury: Updated - 0.16.0 (includes newgui merge)

2010-10-10T00:27:20Z

Updated - 0.16.0 (includes newgui merge)

Soundandfury: added link to new git repository

2010-05-26T19:34:34Z

added link to new git repository

Soundandfury: clarifying that we have ports all over the OS-ing place!

2010-05-23T05:49:25Z

clarifying that we have ports all over the OS-ing place!

Soundandfury: 0.13 ported to 'Doze (went surprisingly smoothly)

2010-05-23T05:34:37Z

0.13 ported to 'Doze (went surprisingly smoothly)

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 Since DF Designer does not 'talk to' Dwarf Fortress, it is version-independent.
-[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1652 Download 0.16.0 from DFFD]
+[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1652 Download 0.16.3 from DFFD]
-[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.16.2) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
+[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.16.3) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
 [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2312 0.12 for Intel Mac] Even less 'official'; HebaruSan compiled it, ask him for help and updates.  I don't have a Mac and can't test on one.
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 DFD uses about 7MB of RAM for the default map size; the maximum map size takes 2GB.
-The Isometric view is executed on CPU (not GPU) so might be slow on older or low-end machines.
+The 3-D view is executed on CPU (not GPU) so might be slow on older or low-end machines.
 The Minimap will ''really crawl'' on large maps.
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 'Objects' - beds, chairs, tables, and other stuff - don't appear in Isometric mode right now, because I haven't done any models or anything like that for them yet.
-"Shadowing" is DF Designer's way of showing you what's on nearby levels, in Edit--COLOURS mode; fainter versions of the z-levels above and below are superimposed upon the current level.  You can toggle shadowing from the View menu (4,6 Shadow).
+"Shadowing" is DF Designer's way of showing you what's on nearby levels, in Edit--COLOURS mode; fainter versions of the z-levels above and below are superimposed upon the current level.  You can toggle shadowing from the View menu (4,5 Shadow).
-"Semislice" allows you to choose whether the slice in Isometric mode cuts above or below the floors.  You can toggle semislice from the View menu (4,6 Shadow).
+"Semislice" allows you to choose whether the slice in Isometric mode cuts above or below the floors.  You can toggle semislice from the View menu (4,5 Shadow).
 You might notice that shadowing and semislice both use the same menu button.  In fact, they are controlled together; whenever one is turned on, the other is turned off.  Since only one has any effect at once (they affect different modes), this shouldn't matter.

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 [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1652 Download 0.16.0 from DFFD]
-[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.16.1) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
+[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.16.2) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
 [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2312 0.12 for Intel Mac] Even less 'official'; HebaruSan compiled it, ask him for help and updates.  I don't have a Mac and can't test on one.

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 [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1652 Download 0.16.0 from DFFD]
-[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.16.0) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
+[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.16.1) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
 [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2312 0.12 for Intel Mac] Even less 'official'; HebaruSan compiled it, ask him for help and updates.  I don't have a Mac and can't test on one.

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 [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2312 0.12 for Intel Mac] Even less 'official'; HebaruSan compiled it, ask him for help and updates.  I don't have a Mac and can't test on one.
-[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=45433.0 Forum thread]
+[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=45433.0 Forum thread]
 [http://github.com/ec429/DF-Designer ''git'' repository]

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 Image:Dfd_05_iso.png|Isometric (View) mode in DFD 0.5
 Image:Dfd_0_11_tiles.png|DF-TILES editing mode in DFD 0.11
 </gallery>

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 ===The Basics===
-DF Designer has two modes, ''Edit'' (top-down slice) and ''Isometric'' (view only).  You can switch between these modes with the keys {{key|e}} and {{key|i}} respectively, or toggle with {{key|&emsp;}} (spacebar).
+DF Designer has two modes, ''Edit'' (top-down slice) and ''Isometric'' (view only).  You can switch between these modes with the keys {{key|e}} and {{key|i}} respectively, or toggle with {{key|v}}.
 You do your actual building in Edit mode.  To edit a tile in any way, you move your cursor over it (you should see a little yellow box around the tile you're currently hovering over), and then left-click.  You can also click-and-drag, thus allowing you to designate several tiles.  To choose /what/ to build, press one of the designation keys (press {{key|h}} for a listing).  You can see which tool is currently selected from the icon below the menu.  You can also select tools using the menu system (menus 2 and 3).
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 Load and Save with {{key|l}} and {{key|s}}.  Suggested extension, ".dfd", though it's up to you.
-Edit has two submodes, COLOURS and DF-TILES, two methods of displaying what's in each tile.  Select them with {{key|:}} (colon) and {{key|@}} (at) respectively.
+Edit has two submodes, COLOURS and DF-TILES, two methods of displaying what's in each tile.  Select them with {{key|c}} and {{key|x}} respectively.
 DF Designer doesn't implement anything near the full ontology of buildings and constructions in DF; however, as the versions go by, it should increase.

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 Since DF Designer does not 'talk to' Dwarf Fortress, it is version-independent.
-[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1652 Download 0.13 from DFFD]
+[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1652 Download 0.16.0 from DFFD]
-[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.13) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
+[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1660 Port (of 0.16.0) for Windows users] '''Note: The Windows port is not 'officially' supported; updates may lag.'''
 [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2312 0.12 for Intel Mac] Even less 'official'; HebaruSan compiled it, ask him for help and updates.  I don't have a Mac and can't test on one.
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 DF Designer has two modes, ''Edit'' (top-down slice) and ''Isometric'' (view only).  You can switch between these modes with the keys {{key|e}} and {{key|i}} respectively, or toggle with {{key|&emsp;}} (spacebar).
-You do your actual building in Edit mode.  To edit a tile in any way, you move your cursor over it (you should see a little yellow box around the tile you're currently hovering over), and then left-click.  You can also click-and-drag, thus allowing you to designate several tiles.  To choose /what/ to build, press one of the designation keys (press {{key|h}} for a listing).  You can see which tool is currently selected from the icon below the map (although some of the images aren't done yet, so you just get a placeholder).
+You do your actual building in Edit mode.  To edit a tile in any way, you move your cursor over it (you should see a little yellow box around the tile you're currently hovering over), and then left-click.  You can also click-and-drag, thus allowing you to designate several tiles.  To choose /what/ to build, press one of the designation keys (press {{key|h}} for a listing).  You can see which tool is currently selected from the icon below the menu.  You can also select tools using the menu system (menus 2 and 3).
 Isometric mode is actually a misnomer; it renders in 3D and you can rotate the view in both azimuth ({{key|[}} and {{key|]}}) and elevation ({{key|{}} and {{key|<nowiki>}</nowiki>}}).
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 'Objects' - beds, chairs, tables, and other stuff - don't appear in Isometric mode right now, because I haven't done any models or anything like that for them yet.
-"Shadowing" is DF Designer's way of showing you what's on nearby levels, in Edit--COLOURS mode; fainter versions of the z-levels above and below are superimposed upon the current level.  You can toggle shadowing by pressing {{key|m}}.
+"Shadowing" is DF Designer's way of showing you what's on nearby levels, in Edit--COLOURS mode; fainter versions of the z-levels above and below are superimposed upon the current level.  You can toggle shadowing from the View menu (4,6 Shadow).
-"Semislice" allows you to choose whether the slice in Isometric mode cuts above or below the floors.  You can toggle semislice by pressing {{key|m}}.
+"Semislice" allows you to choose whether the slice in Isometric mode cuts above or below the floors.  You can toggle semislice from the View menu (4,6 Shadow).
-You might notice that shadowing and semislice both use the same key.  In fact, they are controlled together; whenever one is turned on, the other is turned off.  Since only one has any effect at once (they affect different modes), this saves a letter on the keyboard (which is just as well as we're going to run out soon at this rate).
+You might notice that shadowing and semislice both use the same menu button.  In fact, they are controlled together; whenever one is turned on, the other is turned off.  Since only one has any effect at once (they affect different modes), this shouldn't matter.
-There's a minimap for working with big maps (you scroll around with the cursor keys); to see the minimap you have to turn off the console - press {{key|0}} (zero).
+There's a minimap for working with big maps (you scroll around with the cursor keys); to see the minimap you have to turn off the console - press {{key|?}}.
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 ===Export Floor Map===
-Pressing {{key|x}} will export a floor map.  Note: Remember not to export the floor map over the top of the map save; use a different filename!  (Suggestion: append '.txt' for the floor map).  DF Designer doesn't have a function to import from floor-maps; you don't want to lose your map save, right?
+Menu item 1,4 (Export) will export a floor map.  Note: Remember not to export the floor map over the top of the map save; use a different filename!  (Suggestion: append '.txt' for the floor map).  DF Designer doesn't have a function to import from floor-maps; you don't want to lose your map save, right?
 Cunning features of the floor map include condensing of series of identical Z-levels.
 ===Quickfort Export===
-Pressing {{key|y}} will export the current z-slice as a [[Utilities#Quickfort|Quickfort]] .csv file.  This feature (internally called 'yxport') is still a bit hacky, and you may have to manually tweak the exported .csv files to make them work (eg. large regions of floor are built one tile at a time, which causes access problems).
+Menu item 1,5 (QF-Export) will export the current z-slice as a [[Utilities#Quickfort|Quickfort]] .csv file.  This feature (internally called 'yxport') is still a bit hacky, and you may have to manually tweak the exported .csv files to make them work (eg. large regions of floor are built one tile at a time, which causes access problems).
 ==Screenshots==

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	[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=45433.0 Forum thread]		[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=45433.0 Forum thread]
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		+	[http://github.com/ec429/DF-Designer ''git'' repository]

	==User's Manual==		==User's Manual==

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 '''DF Designer''', by [[User:Soundandfury|soundnfury]], is a fort layout and building planning tool.  It enables you to work out your designs before you start to build, and even see how they look in 3-D.
-It's written in C with SDL, and is basically a Linux project right now.  However, there is a Windows port (see below).  The source code is freely available under the GPL.
+It's written in C with SDL, and started out as a Linux project.  However, it has since been ported to Windows and OSX (see below).  The source code is freely available under the GPL.
 Since DF Designer does not 'talk to' Dwarf Fortress, it is version-independent.