Command line

The command line is used for quick advanced world generation from prefs/world_gen.txt through the Windows command prompt or a Linux terminal window.

Here is the text from "command line.txt":

See readme.txt for general information about the release.
See release_notes.txt for information on handling saves and a brief writeup on the changes for this version.
See file_changes.txt for new init/interface information.


Dwarf Fortress Command Line Options


Dwarf Fortress currently offers one command line option, a world generator, suggested by genmac.  You can use it as follows:

FORMAT:	"Dwarf Fortress.exe" -gen <id number> <seed> <world gen param title>
EXAMPLE:	"Dwarf Fortress.exe" -gen 1 3498 "MEDIUM ISLAND"
EXAMPLE:	"Dwarf Fortress.exe" -gen 2 RANDOM CUSTOM6

This will open a silent, introless dwarf fortress, generate a world with the given id number and seed, export the region files and a picture, and finally quit.  The window remains open so you can see what's going on.  You can still abort world generation while it is running.  If you attempt to create a world number that already exists, it will abort immediately.

On Linux, make sure to rename the df shell script to something else before putting it in your path, since a df command already exists and replacing it with the Dwarf Fortress launcher script could mess up your system.

Mods

After the first gen, a default Dwarf Fortress/gen_modlist.txt will be created with an ordered list of vanilla mods ID, which will be used in all future gens.

Example

To generate 32767 maps on Windows create a file "generate.bat" in the game folder with this content and run.

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:loop
"Dwarf Fortress.exe" -gen %RANDOM% RANDOM "SMALL REGION"
goto loop
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