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Tarn Adams assigns a version number for every Dwarf Fortress release . Recent version numbers contain three number sections defining the release information. The older format contains four.

Newer short form

Version numbers are composed of three numbers. Each component has its own meaning:

1. The first number is how many hundreds of core components have been completed.
2. The second number is the total number of core components completed.
3. The third number is increased by one for each "minor" release (one that does not advance the core components completed, usually a bug-fix release) of a version.

Example

v0.31.12, the 12th minor release of the version of Dwarf Fortress with 31 core components complete.

			0		.	31		.	12
Fewer than 100 core components complete			31 core components completed									12th minor release

Older long form

Version numbers were composed of four numbers and a letter, and possibly another number after the letter. Each component had its own meaning:

1. The first number was how many hundreds of core components had been completed.
2. The second number was the total number of core¹ components completed.
3. The third number was the total number of required¹ components completed.
4. The fourth number was the total number of bloat¹ components completed.
5. The adjacent letter was increased by one alphabetically for each bug-fix release of a version.
6. The number after the letter referred to openGL optimizations. These reflected no changes to the gameplay, only to top-level interface and improved performance on newer video cards.

¹ There used to be separate pages for each of these, they have now been archived here.

Example

v0.28.181.40d19, the 19th optimisation release of the 4th bugfix release of the version of Dwarf Fortress with 28 core components, 181 required components and 40 bloat components complete.

				0		.		28		.		181		.		40		d19
Fewer than 100 core components complete			28 core components completed						181 required components completed									40 bloat components completed					A fourth bug-fix release. A 19th openGL update.