If you want your terminal emulator to use a square typeface instead of the tall rectangle I used the 'Kav_Curses_16x16' aka 'GA_Curses_16x16' it can be found here: I don't like playing in text mode with a typeface that is taller than it is wide, It makes designations for layouts looks odd since its bigger in one direction than the other visually, but not really. It took me a while to figure this all out and I didn't want others to have to deal with the same issues.

press Enter to open the add new binding box and pick your new key binding (I used the apostrophe key ' ) Highlight the selection that says 'By letter: Shift+Enter' press backspace to remove it, now Add binding will be highlighted. Keybindings > Militia > Main: Military, Alerts, Set/Retain To fix this start a game of DF as you would normally (generate world, embark) then once you can see your dwarfs and wagon you can set keybindings in the game. So do NOT make a bug report for this, its been done before by others, see sources below.)

(It's NOT a game bug, its a bug within the terminal emulators.

Putty, Kitty, cygwin all will not allow you to use a combination of + which is needed in a few places in game. (If you have issues with the game complaining about 'libstdc++.so.6' in the /libs/ folder you can simply move that file outside the df_linux folder somewhere else, or delete it and the game will use the local version of the file on the server.)Īfter this the game should run fine. sudo apt install libsdl1.2debian libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libgtk2.0-0 libopenal1 libsndfile1 libncursesw5 libglu1 I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.04 (your system my be slightly different.) But this should be similar for most Debian based Linux systems. Start by setting the game to in the init.txt file.Īnd your going to need some dependencies installed to run the game. So say you wanna load up Dwarf Fortress on your headless Linux server and play over ssh. HowTo: using + over ssh using TEXT mode fix.įYI: I'm doing this with Ubuntu Server 20.04, and Dwarf Fortress 47.05 for Linux (January 28, 2021) So your mileage may vary depending on your version of your OS or game. A three step guide:ĭownload Vanilla DF - or a Starter Pack (bundle with DF, mods and tools)įollow the quickstart guide on the wiki, or see other learning resources (below)Īsk any questions in the ☼Bi-weekly DF Questions Thread☼ - it's always activeīronzemurder and Oilfurnace (illustrated) See the reasons for our rules here, and please report any problems!ĭF can be intimidating, but we're dedicated to helping new players. Want to start playing? Read this sidebar!

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