OT: Dwarf Fortress

[Archonsod]

Well & fisheries are on the building lists. Just scroll them down (you have figured out that you can do that, right?)

[PhilD]

Archonsod said:
Well & fisheries are on the building lists. Just scroll them down (you have figured out that you can do that, right?)

Well, no... the interface is somewhat confusing, and I didn't find a way to scroll down these lists! How do you do that?

[quantum_mechani]

PhilD said:

Well, no... the interface is somewhat confusing, and I didn't find a way to scroll down these lists! How do you do that?

Press ecape and look in the key bindings under 'move secondary selector'. That key should let you scroll through lists you couldn't otherwise.

[Agrajag]

Instead, I'd just look at the interface more carefully, IIRC it shows you how to move your selection, written on the bottom of the screen. (Default is +/-)

As for the US/EU keyboard, what is the difference between the two keyboards? Is the layout different or is it something else? (For me '?' works as you'd expect it)

[PhilD]

Agrajag said:
Instead, I'd just look at the interface more carefully, IIRC it shows you how to move your selection, written on the bottom of the screen. (Default is +/-)

I managed to scroll the list with * and /, I believe. I wouldn't have tried them if I hadn't known it was there to try, though.

As for the US/EU keyboard, what is the difference between the two keyboards? Is the layout different or is it something else? (For me '?' works as you'd expect it)

There is no "EU" layout; it seems that every country in Europe has its own "standard" keyboard layout

"UK" keyboards have some differences from the US layout, though I can live with the difference.

French keyboards use a different order for letters (AZERTY... instead of QWERTY...), with more differences for other characters. Because of these differences, I can't use a French keyboard with any kind of speed, and it's even worse when programming - though French keyboards have keys for accented characters, which is helpful.

I don't know what other kinds of keyboards look like, but I know there are lots of them out there - even for Latin alphabets.

[DominionsFan]

Hm, I just managed to do well finally...I had like 12 rooms, and lot of dwarves, and a small but strong army. Then I just got a sheriff, and I couldnt make him happy enough, he demanded some kind of jail or what, but I couldnt make all the required stuff. So he bacame angry and murderized like 20 dwarves, including my uber skilled miner.
Finally I managed to kill him, but my losses were still great.
Not so long after this, some monsters appeared and began to run after my weak little worker dwarves, they managed to kill 2, and wounded 3 others badly [1 lost his right arm ]. Thankfully I had nice traps, so 2 from the monsters died because they walked into them, and my army took care of the other monsters.
Damn this game is very hard and complex, but its extremely addictive.
I think that Shrapnel should take a look at this indie game, because in like 1-2 years this game might reach beta, and I must say that its so unique and awesome, that some publishers should contact the developer immediately then.
I bet that this game would sell very good.

[Agrajag]

Without graphics it probably wouldn't sell at all
As for keyboard layouts, check this out.
Obviously mine is the Hebrew layout (though I have a Start/Win between the left Ctrl and Alt, and what they call the Menu key between the right Ctrl and Alt), although atleast here in Israel we have several variations on the layout (bigger Return/Enter button but smaller Backspace and the | and \ button is moved upwards, different buttons between Ctrls and Alts as well as a bigger Left Shift instead of the second | \ button.)

Anyway, my active fortress just reached Automn, and apparently I wasn't doing as well as I thought, I need more dwarves (specifically an architect) and my food supplies are low, I doubt if I'll survive the winter.
I also made mistakes due to my noobness (for example I have a Metalsmith Workshop, but no Smelter, I have a FisherDwarf and for some reason can't build a fishery etc.)
Quite a shame too, because I had an excellent starting position.
Maybe I'll regenerate the world (because that was the only good position )

[Endoperez]

PhilD said:Well, no... the interface is somewhat confusing, and I didn't find a way to scroll down these lists! How do you do that?

Well, that does make things quite a bit harder...

-/+ , or up/down arrows. If one doesn't work, try the other. PageUp/PageDown work if arrows work, / and * do the same if + and - work.