Difference between revisions of "v0.31:Stonegears/Glossary"

Revision as of 03:17, 7 July 2011

40d: Short for "0.28.181.40d", the last version of Dwarf Fortress before the 2010 release.
Template:L: A mode which lets you create, equip and control monsters for testing purposes.
DF2010: Shorthand for Dwarf Fortress 0.31.xx, released in 2010 and later. It has many changes and new features compared to 40d.
Fortress Mode: The playing mode used in this tutorial. The other playing mode is Template:L.
FPS: A numerical measure of game speed.
Template:L: A mode which lets you look up historical information.
Seed: When talking about a game world, seed is the number which is used to determine how the world map is made during Template:L. The game usually randomly a random number for you when generating a new world, but if a player finds a particular interesting site on a world they generated they can find out the number which was chosen and share it with other players.
Template:L: Text files which define civilizations, species, materials, items and so forth. Template:L and Template:L are done by modifying these files.
Toady, Toady One: The creator of Dwarf Fortress.

Candy, Cotton Candy, Clownite: Template:L, for SPOILER type reasons.
Template:L, Birdsplosion: Out of control breeding of cats or birds.
Clowns, Clown car: Template:L.
Cutebolds: Template:Ls.
Template:L: Means of quickly training your Template:L via attacking them with Template:Ls loaded with non-dangerous weapons.
Dorf: Dwarf.
Goblinite: Template:L, so named because the Template:Ls in Template:Ls bring lots of iron weapons and armor which can be Template:L down and re-used.
Goblin Christmas: A goblin siege, which not only brings lots of iron, but lots of goblin Template:L which can be sold to Template:Ls.
Template:L: The means of killing annoying Template:Ls.

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 ==Formal terms==
 * '''40d''': Short for "0.28.181.40d", the last version of Dwarf Fortress before the 2010 release.
+* '''{{L|Arena}}''': A mode which lets you create, equip and control monsters for testing purposes.
 * '''DF2010''': Shorthand for Dwarf Fortress 0.31.xx, released in 2010 and later.  It has many changes and new features compared to 40d.
+* '''Fortress Mode''': The playing mode used in this tutorial.  The other playing mode is {{L|adventurer mode}}.
 * '''[[FPS]]''': A numerical measure of game speed.
+* '''{{L|Legends}}''': A mode which lets you look up historical information.
+* '''Seed''': When talking about a game world, '''seed''' is the number which is used to determine how the world map is made during {{L|world generation}}.  The game usually randomly a random number for you when generating a new world, but if a player finds a particular interesting site on a world they generated they can find out the number which was chosen and share it with other players.
 * '''{{L|Raw file|Raws}}''': Text files which define civilizations, species, materials, items and so forth.  {{L|Modding}} and {{L|cheating}} are done by modifying these files.
 * '''Toady''', '''[[Toady One]]''': The creator of Dwarf Fortress.