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The third party graphics are helpful (but still make your eyes bleed) but the main issue is the controls -- I just couldn't get past how difficult it was to do
by mcdougle 12y ago
The third party graphics are helpful (but still make your eyes bleed) but the main issue is the controls -- I just couldn't get past how difficult it was to do anything.
It's been a while since I've played, but if I remember, you couldn't use the mouse -- I bet adding that functionality would make it so much easier to get into the game.
- FreezerburnV 12y agoIt's interesting, I used to think the same way. (well, I still do to some extent) But after getting acclimated to using VIM bindings for coding, learning keyboard shortcuts for common things, etc., when trying out the new version the controls were surprisingly comfortable. Now granted, they still aren't really good controls by any stretch of the imagination. But I found it to be an interesting experience that as I've gotten better at coding/using the keyboard for coding, purely using the keyboard to control such a complex game as DF has become a bit less of a barrier. I wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience?
- mcdougle 12y agoHm. That makes sense. I use Gedit/Sublime for coding myself, only using VIM for a short period during college (never really cared to learn it more than I had to)
- shard972 12y agoDwarf fortress made me pickup emacs. After getting into dwarf fortress for a while, I found the idea of only using a keyboard liberating so I ended up seeking out a text editor that could give me that.
- erichurkman 12y agoYes, there are plugins for fixing [some of] the UI. There's a few plugins that add brand new UI, too. Of note, falconne has released a suite of helpful UI tools for dfhack [0] like mousequery, various search/sort tools, etc. [0] http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=119575.0 http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=119575.0