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Dwarf Fortress has only one person writing its code. There's a lot of it, and a lot that is quite new, so it's unfortunately inevitable that some imperfections creep in. The game itself, while not particularly "hard" in the traditional sense (especially the later versions), is complex, and it's easy to become confused.
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Dwarf Fortress has only one person writing its code. There's a lot of it, and a lot that is quite new, so it's unfortunately inevitable that some imperfections creep in. The game itself is also just extremely complex, and it's easy to become confused.
  
This page exists so that when you run into the above, you can come here and hopefully solve your problem. Ain't that neat? Yeah, we people are cool like that on this wiki.
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= {{L|Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ}} =
  
== What? How? Why? (FAQ) ==
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If other documentation has not helped, you might see the {{L|Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ}} page.
  
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= {{L|Known bugs and issues|Bugs}} =
  
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Unfortunately, DF is not immune to bugs in the code. Some can be quite prominent. While Toady fixes them as fast as he can, you might find some workarounds on the {{L|Known bugs and issues|known bugs}} page.
  
== Was that... Supposed to happen? ==
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= Forums and Other Resources =
  
Unfortunately, DF is not immune to bugs in the code. Some can be quite prominent. While Toady fixes them as fast as he can, you might find some workarounds on the [[DF2010:Known bugs and issues|known bugs]] page.
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Not to worry, there are plenty of DF players out there and they are generally very friendly. Usually they'll gladly help you figure out your particular daunting dwarvish dilemma. Remember to be polite and use a forum's search function to see if your question has previously been asked before making a new post. If you follow this advice then people will be more than thrilled to help.
 
 
== This page can't help me! ==
 
 
 
Not to worry, there's plenty of DF players out there- often they'll gladly help you figure out your particular daunting dwarvish dilemma. Remember to be polite and searching for previously answered questions (when applicable).
 
  
 
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Revision as of 05:46, 28 April 2011

Dwarf Fortress has only one person writing its code. There's a lot of it, and a lot that is quite new, so it's unfortunately inevitable that some imperfections creep in. The game itself is also just extremely complex, and it's easy to become confused.

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If other documentation has not helped, you might see the Template:L page.

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Unfortunately, DF is not immune to bugs in the code. Some can be quite prominent. While Toady fixes them as fast as he can, you might find some workarounds on the Template:L page.

Forums and Other Resources

Not to worry, there are plenty of DF players out there and they are generally very friendly. Usually they'll gladly help you figure out your particular daunting dwarvish dilemma. Remember to be polite and use a forum's search function to see if your question has previously been asked before making a new post. If you follow this advice then people will be more than thrilled to help.

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