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v0.34:Utilities
| This article is about an older version of DF. |
- You may also like to see the Tileset repository or Graphics set repository.
Here are third party applications useful for Dwarf Fortress players and modders.
Dwarf Fortress filesharing services
Dwarf Fortress File Depot
The Dwarf Fortress File Upload Service - an excellent place to store mods, community games, tilesets and other files. Courtesy of Janus; for files related to Dwarf Fortress only.
DF Map Archive
The Dwarf Fortress Map Archive is a large collection of user-submitted maps and a nice flash viewer for perusing them. Maps are uploaded, stored, and downloaded in a special compressed format created by the DF Map Compressor (see below).
Read more about the DF Map Archive on Markavian's User page.
3D Visualizers
Fortress Overseer
Fortress Overseer has been the only 3d visualizer since DF 2010, It has been completely rewritten and is currently updated to support DF 2012 (currently supporting versions 34.07 and 31.25).
Read more on the bay 12 forum post
Music and Sounds
SoundSense
SoundSense is a tool that parses game logs and reacts to game events with sound effects, incidental music and dwarfy comments.
forum thread, download at homepage.
Interface tools
Game manipulation tools
Dwarf Therapist
Dwarf Therapist gives you an advanced GUI to manage and check dwarf job allocations, military assignments (40d), statistics (such as attributes, personality traits and happiness), plus sort dwarves by various criteria (eg. profession, migration wave, happiness, number of assigned jobs etc.) and generally manage the Dwarven Resources of your fortress in a very convenient way.
Version 0.6.12 is out. This version supports DF builds up to 0.34.02 by default, but with the auto-update it supports up to 0.34.10.
Read the full changelog here: http://code.google.com/p/dwarftherapist/source/browse/CHANGELOG.txt
Discussion on Bay 12 Games forums: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=66525
For Mac users
A DT version for natively running it on OSX is in the works by DwarfEngineeer and beta versions compatible with 34.03+ are now available on the dwarftherapist downloads page. A mac version of this utility (built by ghalidrim) is outdated and is compatible with DF version 31.25. It is free for download at the DF file depot. It is also possible to use DT with the latest version of DF by using Wine.
Dwarf Therapist and Dwarf Fortress on Mac using Wine
- Download latest windows versions DF and DT.
- Download winebottler http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/. It should also download wine. Launch them both.
- Click the Wine icon on your taskbar and find Change Prefix.
- From there, create a prefix (it may auto-detect some other games and create prefixes for them, don't bother with that) in a convenient directory, call it 'generic' or something.
- Click Change Prefix again after it's done configuring and make sure Wine is using that one.
- Move DF and DT to the Program Files associated with the *general* prefix. DT won't find any running versions of DF otherwise. Mine was located in *username*/documents/generic/drive_c/program files.
- When launching DF and DT a small window pops up asking which prefix you want to use, choose general.
- Strike the earth.
If Dwarf Therapist in Wine starts running slow or gets really laggy, find it's preference file, "Dwarf Therapist.ini," and trash it. It is located in *username*/documents/generic/drive_c/users/*usernameagain*/application data/UDP Software/.
DFHack
DFHack is a Dwarf Fortress memory access library and a set of basic tools using this library. The library is a work in progress, so things might change as more tools are written for it. Releases support versions up through 0.34.11 (as of June 22nd, 2012). Runs on both Windows and Linux.
DFHack has an official forum thread.
Code and binary releases are available from the Github site.
Fortress layout tools
DF Designator
DF Designator helps you build fortresses from either image files or Quickfort .CSV files. It also has a user interface that allows you to assign hotkeys to blueprints and to combine blueprints in multi z-level designs. Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available.
Quickfort
Quickfort is an AutoHotkey-based utility for Dwarf Fortress that helps you build fortresses from "blueprint" .CSV files (comma separated values). These files are easily created and edited in an app like Excel. Most building-oriented DF commands are supported through the use of multiple .CSV files to describe the different phases of DF construction (designation, building, stockpiles, and making adjustments. Also see Quickfort Community Blueprints.
Modding tools
Raw tile tools
World Map / World Gen Tools
Perfect World DF
requires an additional (tiny) download to be funtional for current versions (34.#): http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5491 . generate worlds to your liking easier or faster than df's ingame map maker. easy access to world settings too to modify. forum thread
Other/miscellaneous
Exita
Exita is a python program that takes your DF world map exports and dump them into several different text outputs.
Tools under development
The tools listed below are under development for DF 2012, but cannot perform the task they are intended for at this time.