Dwarf Fortress
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Developers | |
---|---|
Tarn Adams | |
Publishers | |
Bay 12 Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 8, 2006 |
macOS (OS X) | August 8, 2006 |
Linux | August 8, 2006 |
Key points
- Many bugs are fixed by third-party mods and hacks.
- Extensive modding support community.
- Many bugs and partially-implemented features.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Developer website | Freeware. |
Essential improvements
Mods
Lazy Newb Pack
- Homepage
- Bundles the game itself and includes many important custom tools made to make playing Dwarf Fortress easier.
- Comes with some tilesets to improve readability of gameplay.
- Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux.
Utilities
DFHack
- Homepage
- Acts as a framework for plugins and scripts that extend what one can do with Dwarf Fortress.
- Its main uses are bugfixes and plugins that improve the interface.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\data\init[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/data/init |
Linux | <path-to-game>/data/init |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\data\save[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/data/save |
Linux | <path-to-game>/data/save |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
OpenGL | 2.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | FMOD | |
Interface | FreeType 2 |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0+ GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 100 MB | 100 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
- Version 0.28.181.40d was the last version to support Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 and PowerPC Macs.[1]
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.3 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0+ GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 100 MB | 100 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
- Version 0.28.181.40d was the last version to support Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 and PowerPC Macs.[2]
Linux | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 2.0+ GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 100 MB | 100 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).