Command line

The command line is used for quickly advanced world generation from prefs/world_gen.txt through the Command Prompt in Windows or a terminal window in Linux.

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 first gen will be created default Dwarf Fortress/gen_modlist.txt with ordered list vanilla mods ID which will be used in all gens.

Example

To generate 32767 maps on Windows create file "generate.bat" in 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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