Utilities

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Utilities are third-party applications useful for Dwarf Fortress players and modders, and this page serves as a list of them. Dwarf Fortress is a difficult game to play, and any help that can be had in the task is welcome help. This page lists utilities useful for modders and players alike. If you would like to add an article on a specific game utility to the wiki, please do so under the Utility namespace. Not included on this page: tileset repositories and graphics set repositories, due to having been given their own, separate pages. Mods have also been listed under their own Modification namespace. To avoid namespace clutter, websites are considered utilities, though they really aren't, and have been included.

A subsection of the Bay12 forums is devoted to such third-party programs, and contains development threads for most of them.

The Lazy Newb Pack is an effort to make Dwarf Fortress more accessible for new players by bundling and configuring utilities, graphics and tilesets, and extras such as reference material or more intuitive controls.

Launchers

Lazy Newb Pack

A commonly-used software bundle with a nice launcher. Allows you to start playing DF really quickly on a new machine - no need to download and integrate tilesets and tools like Dwarf Therapist, SoundSense, etc. - or even know what you need to get. The newer packs also include many third-party fixes for common bugs, which work automatically, and a large number of significant user interface improvements. The launcher makes changing settings or graphics options much easier (press button, instead of editing files) and can even remember to launch selected utilities whenever you open a game of Dwarf Fortress. See the Lazy Newb Pack page for more information, or the forum thread for your platform.

• PeridexisErrant's Starter Pack (Windows)
• MacNewbie Pack (OS X)
• Unofficial Linux LNP (Linux)

PyLNP

A cross-platform LNP port, written in Python. The launcher and configuration interface for all of the Lazy Newb Packs. PyLNP is under active development for bugfixes, addition of features pioneered by other launchers, and creation of entirely new features - such as rebuilding the raws of modded saves to change graphics packs.

Manila Launcher

A Java interface that allows easy option toggling, update and devlog checking, and tileset, mod and color scheme switching. Designed for players who prefer vanilla DF to a bundle like the above.

3D Visualizers

Stonesense

Stonesense is a third party visualizer, implemented as a DFHack plugin, that lets you view your fortress in a classic isometric perspective. It runs alongside Dwarf Fortress, and can follow the main game's view, updating in real-time. It is included in DFHack, and can be opened by typing stonesense or ssense into the console window.

Fortress Overseer

Fortress Overseer is the only 3D visualizer supporting v0.31. It has been completely rewritten and is currently updated to support v0.34.11 and v0.31.25. Overseer works indirectly, by using DFHack's mapexport to export a file which can then be rendered in 3D. DirectX 9 must be installed, though this requirement is not documented. Has not been tested for 0.40.13.

Armok Vision

Armok Vision is a 3D real-time visualizer using Unity for version 0.40.24. It works as a separate program communicating with the game through fast network interfaces.

Isoworld

Isoworld is an isometric world map viewer, which can display each of the detailed maps exported from Legends Mode. It also has a pictographic view which makes finding waterfalls easy.

Isoworld can link with