40d:Legends

Legends mode is a recording of the myths that you uncover in Adventure mode. Legends can be found by talking to people in a town. Legends can also be found by viewing coins or items with images, or by visiting an abandoned Dwarven fortress and viewing the engraved tiles within.

You have to not have an adventure or fortress game active in order to use legend mode. Currently it doesn't support much. You can set up a fortress at a site you find in adventure mode, such as a cave or ruin.

History

The following are listed:

• Number of historical events left to discover
• Historical Figures
• Sites

Exporting maps

Also, you can export the regional map and seed info by pressing p. A highly detailed map can also be exported with d. Be warned, this can take a while and puts a highly detailed bitmap in your root Dwarf Fortress directory. Both maps are 4112 by 4112, and are uncompressed, so take the same amount of space, even though one is more detailed. Each bitmap is 48.3 megabytes.

Features in a high-detail map include:

• Different biomes are shown with different colors.
• Different shades show elevation, light being high and dark being low.
• The same shading is used for water depth.
• All rivers are shown, small streams and brooks are light blue, small rivers are blue, and large rivers are dark blue.
• The elevation shading overlaps the rivers, so they might appear quite dark near the ocean and it can be difficult to tell different river types apart.
• Points of interest are displayed as grey blocks on the world map.

Both of these maps can be used to search for appropriate fortress sites, however the high detailed map might be more useful for seeing small details.