Another Beginner Friendly tip is to reduce the Game FPS Cap in the Settings to allow a slower paced first playthrough so you can observe and see what your Dwarfs are actually doing. This reduces the Calculation Speed of the simulation so that everything happens at a slower pace.
@@shawndimery SalfordSals's older video on DF Classic "Choosing Settings and Generating a World" suggested limiting Game FPS to around 30 for a more relaxed playthrough. Everything still happens in the same order, it just takes a bit longer. It is not the same as the graphics framerate - it can be considered the "Simulation Speed". Increase it up again when you are more confident. I also temporarily limit the Fort population to 25 adults and 5 kids until I am settled to avoid huge migrant waves. I can then exit, alter the cap up a bit and continue till I am ready. Consider upping Grazer Coefficient from 100 to 200 for an easier surface grazer experience.
So, it's finally out. Finally. After all these years! This is a historical moment for Dwarf Fortress. Now to decide on playing it first or watching all the content creators do their first playthroughs of this version...
never played dwarf fortress before. havent even watched vids. just heard its great. gonna be picking this up on steam in the next few days. i heard your tutorials are the best for dwarf fortress. so this is gonna be my goto channel to learn the game. thank you for your time and effort!!!
I would watch this just to soak in your enthusiasm and love for this game and the worlds it creates. I tried to get into DF years ago, and bounced off at the time. I'm looking forward to trying again!
This is a long time coming after following your DF vids I will dip my toe in and join playing the game…. cheers Das, keep up the good DF vids, keep em coming!!! 👍
I'm really happy you are doing this tutorial playlist. Although I'm experienced enough that I don't need it myself, your previous playlist with the earlier version was immensely valuable to me when I was getting started and learning the game. Glad to see you're doing a new tutorial to help people get into the new version :)
Thank you so much for this tutorial, Das. I’ve watched many of your tutorials and play throughs, and I’m glad you are making one for this new, more modern-interface version.
OH MAN HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!! DAS I'VE MISSED YOUR DF VIDEOS, yeeeeesssssssss!! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into making this game easy!
I just came here to check if you would do the same with the Steam version of DF and yes you do! Cannot wait to play it and learn some more through your tutorials.
IIRC the last I dabbled with Dwarf Fortress. I made my stairwell and then moved below the surface. Made a nice Stockpile for everything. Deconstructed the wagon and then went about making workshops a few levels below. Once I had stone slabs, I moved to make a square area in stone on the surface and build up one from the ground. Made some fortifications and a drawbridge after making a 'moat' of sorts.
"What do you care?" ... *I* care! I do! Deep history is wonderful! If I just wanted to whack stuff, I'd play a whack-stuff game! "Sorry for going astray, I'll follow the tutorial now..." [deviates wildly from the tutorial again] It's kinda fun, but does make it a little hard to follow sometimes. Also, this is the tutorial, so I suspect they don't have things that attack you much.
I personally prefer the tileset visuals as it's enough visual info to see what is happening but leaves more to your imagination. But I guess many will prefer graphical version. Your previous tileset video series was wonderful.
just got the game, and definitely didn't ignore Legends mode ... the "Fondled Sisters" were having a hell of a time with Hydras eating their shit 😅 and I'm glad that I got to read about it!
Thanks a lot! i like your pace, the humour, the attention to detail, the tips,… You’re a great teacher. One thing I still struggle with: how does one decide how deep to dig in order to create the fortress?
The thing you said with the stairs totally happened to me and I wast just like wtf is happening here, and went to look for a tutorial video of the game afterwards XD
This is great, I have sunk 500+hrs in DF2014 and about 200hrs now in Steam and I never even knew about the middle mouse button trick. Best method of movement improvement by far and will save me hours over going forward as setting the camera up just right was always a pain..
It's a great thing that he added a tutorial. Unfortunately it's so basic as far as 'how to design' that you're gonna be remaking fortresses over and over when you start. That might be the point, given by the 'dying is fun!' at the end, haha
@@TortugaPower I have legitimately played the ASCII version - but your brain spends most of your time processing what it's seeing instead of just....seeing it. Graphics packs (and now this) are an incredible improvement.
Amazing tutorial, easy to follow and pleasant to listen to you explaining things :) I left you a sub, I think I'll be finally able to more or less understand the basics of this game!
Thanks DasTactic for your Steam Dwarf Fortress tutorials. Even though I've watched a bunch of content creators playing DF over the years I still am a clueless player. :) Strike the earth
Steam DF is finally here! It is not the cheapest game on steam, but I can't even imagine how many manhours it took to create the UI, graphics and so on. It's actually impressive work!
You've done a wonderful job of introducing this game to Rimworld veterans like me who are really excited and curious to try out DF. Looking forward to watching the rest of your series.
Thank you for the video. i bought the game and did the tutorial and was still a bit lost, I know there is the help feature but glad you squared a few things away. really enjoying it now
Cracking tutorial as always Mr Daz. Thanks for being so explanatory. I really appreciated the step-by-step depth of this one. By the way, have you thought about a merch t-shirt that simply says "Back In Through Here..."?
I've watched two minutes of the video and felt obligated to leave a subscription. Hopefully you can show me a thing or two. I've played the game over 5 years ago and forgot about everything.
Will definitely be checking this one out. Reminds me somewhat of Dungeon Keeper meets Minecraft. I remember your let's plays from years back, but that UI didn't look nearly as simplified.
You could have played along with the digging down and simply showed everyone how to do a proper U-Bend. Completely safe fortress even for beginners then :P
I tried getting into DF years ago, but i just could not. My old MK1 brain could not handle things not being mouse driven. Love watching it, But sad i could never get into it. Maybe now i can.
So I’m new to DF, so thanks for these tutorial. I’ve run into a few challenges that I was hoping you could solve/give a guide on as a new player. 1. I could not find soil to plant my crops. I assume it should be easy to find soil… All I'm getting is rock. What does the different soil levels mean? 2. When digging down, I keep running into water/damp patches. How do you handle that? Thanks
03:09 This :) While I minmax the living shit out of cRPG Characterbuilds for example, Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld are games I need to be as random as possible :D Still remember how years ago half of my colony turned into Werepigs and during this time a Goblin raid happened which was completely obliterated by the Werepigs =)
The waggons of the trade caravan can't use stairs, but they are able to go up and down ramps. This is only really important for the acces to the trade depot.
A lot of players like to organize their fortress on different levels so that eg one floor is for crafting, one for sleeping/eating, one for growing etc. Also dwarves have shorter distances to walk using multiple levels, as opposed to the entire fortress on just 1 or 2 levels. Digging more levels at the start probably helps remind him to use those different levels.
I thought I was stupid or something. For some reason the menu for stock piles is hidden behind my tutorial window on my screen. Idk if its because I'm running a 4k monitor or what but I cannot create a stock pile in my game.
In settings check the maximum ui width is set to same or close to your horizontal resolution, I noticed a lot of peeps on 4k had to tweak this as it doesnt always default resolution based things correctly.
Another Beginner Friendly tip is to reduce the Game FPS Cap in the Settings to allow a slower paced first playthrough so you can observe and see what your Dwarfs are actually doing. This reduces the Calculation Speed of the simulation so that everything happens at a slower pace.
Ahh I was wondering if you could change the speed. What fps cap would you recommend? 😊
@@shawndimery SalfordSals's older video on DF Classic "Choosing Settings and Generating a World" suggested limiting Game FPS to around 30 for a more relaxed playthrough. Everything still happens in the same order, it just takes a bit longer. It is not the same as the graphics framerate - it can be considered the "Simulation Speed". Increase it up again when you are more confident.
I also temporarily limit the Fort population to 25 adults and 5 kids until I am settled to avoid huge migrant waves. I can then exit, alter the cap up a bit and continue till I am ready. Consider upping Grazer Coefficient from 100 to 200 for an easier surface grazer experience.
Thanks I was wondering how to do this
Thanks, but I turn mine up to 40x the default for speed
@@DanielCoffey67 I wanted to limit my population cap while I get used to the game but I'm not sure where that option is in the Steam version!
So, it's finally out. Finally. After all these years! This is a historical moment for Dwarf Fortress.
Now to decide on playing it first or watching all the content creators do their first playthroughs of this version...
Best $40 I have ever spent on a game.
LET US STRIKE THE EARTH!
never played dwarf fortress before. havent even watched vids. just heard its great. gonna be picking this up on steam in the next few days. i heard your tutorials are the best for dwarf fortress. so this is gonna be my goto channel to learn the game. thank you for your time and effort!!!
@@ahmadsyazwan9693 Endzone is scripted...
I would watch this just to soak in your enthusiasm and love for this game and the worlds it creates.
I tried to get into DF years ago, and bounced off at the time. I'm looking forward to trying again!
I've been playing DF since the Boatmurdered days, glad to see it getting more attention lately
This is a long time coming after following your DF vids I will dip my toe in and join playing the game…. cheers Das, keep up the good DF vids, keep em coming!!! 👍
My gosh. I have played DF only briefly and a long time ago, even though it totally is my kinda game. Thank you so much for this tutorial series! 💜💜💜
OMG That is so cool. I was watching your old tutorials to prepare for the steam release and now you make a new series that is so awesome!
I'm really happy you are doing this tutorial playlist. Although I'm experienced enough that I don't need it myself, your previous playlist with the earlier version was immensely valuable to me when I was getting started and learning the game. Glad to see you're doing a new tutorial to help people get into the new version :)
I still remember the start of your old lets play between the river you started going straight down too!
Thank you so much for this tutorial, Das. I’ve watched many of your tutorials and play throughs, and I’m glad you are making one for this new, more modern-interface version.
OH MAN HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
DAS I'VE MISSED YOUR DF VIDEOS, yeeeeesssssssss!! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into making this game easy!
I just came here to check if you would do the same with the Steam version of DF and yes you do! Cannot wait to play it and learn some more through your tutorials.
IIRC the last I dabbled with Dwarf Fortress. I made my stairwell and then moved below the surface. Made a nice Stockpile for everything. Deconstructed the wagon and then went about making workshops a few levels below. Once I had stone slabs, I moved to make a square area in stone on the surface and build up one from the ground. Made some fortifications and a drawbridge after making a 'moat' of sorts.
"What do you care?"
... *I* care! I do! Deep history is wonderful! If I just wanted to whack stuff, I'd play a whack-stuff game!
"Sorry for going astray, I'll follow the tutorial now..."
[deviates wildly from the tutorial again]
It's kinda fun, but does make it a little hard to follow sometimes. Also, this is the tutorial, so I suspect they don't have things that attack you much.
You should link to your old video of stairs and layers, it helped me years ago.
Love the enthusiasm. It's going to take a while to get used to the new control interface, but here we are in the new DF.
I'm a long time fan of your DF tutorials. Great to see a new series from you! I'll be watching every one.
Been waiting for the steam release to finally try this legendary and significant game. Great tutorial. Thanks!
I personally prefer the tileset visuals as it's enough visual info to see what is happening but leaves more to your imagination. But I guess many will prefer graphical version. Your previous tileset video series was wonderful.
just got the game, and definitely didn't ignore Legends mode ... the "Fondled Sisters" were having a hell of a time with Hydras eating their shit 😅 and I'm glad that I got to read about it!
Thanks a lot! i like your pace, the humour, the attention to detail, the tips,… You’re a great teacher.
One thing I still struggle with: how does one decide how deep to dig in order to create the fortress?
Haha, love how Das keeps almost going off the deep end into stuff, but then reins himself back in!
Seeing your old, I knew you're gonna be stoked to talk about this game lol
Wildly valuable to a new dwarf fortress player, thanks so much looking forward to the rest of the tutorial episodes!
one of the OG tutorial makers
Just bought the game and now I'm watching your enjoyable tutorial to get started.
Just found this tutorial! Thank you cant wait to watch them all
The thing you said with the stairs totally happened to me and I wast just like wtf is happening here, and went to look for a tutorial video of the game afterwards XD
I met your for the first time with your old old old DF tutorial.
Been waiting for DFP to drop, purchased a copy today and came straight to your channel. I just knew you'd have an upload for me!
This is great, I have sunk 500+hrs in DF2014 and about 200hrs now in Steam and I never even knew about the middle mouse button trick. Best method of movement improvement by far and will save me hours over going forward as setting the camera up just right was always a pain..
It's a great thing that he added a tutorial. Unfortunately it's so basic as far as 'how to design' that you're gonna be remaking fortresses over and over when you start. That might be the point, given by the 'dying is fun!' at the end, haha
Never thought we'd see this day. This new version looks almost....user friendly?
It's downright... playable! *shudders*
@@TortugaPower I have legitimately played the ASCII version - but your brain spends most of your time processing what it's seeing instead of just....seeing it.
Graphics packs (and now this) are an incredible improvement.
@@PerunAU I love it when my game looks like a spreadsheet Sadi no one ever😂
Great video! You look like a really nice person and the enthusiasm is very appreciated! That's all I needed to kickstart my fortress! Thanks!
His DF videos using the tilesets (before) are my favourite I've seen.
It was so wholesome how the episode ended and then seeing the restaurant was closed was like someone threw me a bucket of cold water
Amazing tutorial, easy to follow and pleasant to listen to you explaining things :) I left you a sub, I think I'll be finally able to more or less understand the basics of this game!
You may find Snoopy hanging around the Woodstock pile 😉
THE LEGEND IS BACK
Been waiting awhile for this, can't wait to have the time to watch.
Thanks for the education! This is going to be a dwarfy fun weekend!
Wonderful video. First video I found on what I actually wanted.
Two thumbs up! Great video. Thanks!
Thanks for making these guides.
Thanks DasTactic for your Steam Dwarf Fortress tutorials. Even though I've watched a bunch of content creators playing DF over the years I still am a clueless player. :)
Strike the earth
Steam DF is finally here! It is not the cheapest game on steam, but I can't even imagine how many manhours it took to create the UI, graphics and so on. It's actually impressive work!
Just thank you for making these tutorials.
For newbies I have long wanted to get into this game but have been daunted by the complexity of it.
Love the enthusiasm. Thanks for the video.
You've done a wonderful job of introducing this game to Rimworld veterans like me who are really excited and curious to try out DF. Looking forward to watching the rest of your series.
Thank you for the video. i bought the game and did the tutorial and was still a bit lost, I know there is the help feature but glad you squared a few things away. really enjoying it now
It is here. Strike the Earth!
Is this playlist meant to be hidden? I can see the 4 videos are set as hidden, but the playlist is public. Just a heads up :)
You've seen behind the curtain!
My first game, everybody starved. It wasn't fun. I felt like a newb. So here I am, watching tutorials.
I already love the video
Kinda expensive, I thought it was going to be $20!
But yeah still got it. Thx for series.
Cracking tutorial as always Mr Daz. Thanks for being so explanatory. I really appreciated the step-by-step depth of this one. By the way, have you thought about a merch t-shirt that simply says "Back In Through Here..."?
My DF teacher is baaaack GG!!!!
Been watching your guides for years, and I must say, it's an absolute pleasure to see you back on Dwarfy.
Great video! Thank you very much!
Love your voice and tutorial!! Thank you I can't wait to get this game!
so happy for this thank you m8
I just have to say.. thaaaaank yooouuuu!
Very good. Hello from Brazil!!
Thanks for the video
Where is our friendly Dwarf Therapist ?
- Ennui Malaise
I've watched two minutes of the video and felt obligated to leave a subscription. Hopefully you can show me a thing or two.
I've played the game over 5 years ago and forgot about everything.
Hi, I have just watched your 7 year old tutorial on the original. Thx it helped a lot.
Massive help cheers!
Wooo I've never been more pumped!!!
Will definitely be checking this one out. Reminds me somewhat of Dungeon Keeper meets Minecraft.
I remember your let's plays from years back, but that UI didn't look nearly as simplified.
It was a little more expensive than I expected.
Sad, twice as expensive as I expected.
@@lolasdm6959 Same, I don't mind I played DF for years, so I gave them their due. But I don't much like this game lol
@@thefinn12345 Well it's infinitely replayable so I won't hold it against them.
Definitely takes sometime to get into it thou.
holy shit it dropped, didnt even notice
I'm getting into pc games soon and these channels are making me certain it was worth my money moving away from console
Just what I was looking for! Thank you!
great video, i like your voice and style of telling things
You could have played along with the digging down and simply showed everyone how to do a proper U-Bend. Completely safe fortress even for beginners then :P
Thanks for the video! -New Sub!
I tried getting into DF years ago, but i just could not. My old MK1 brain could not handle things not being mouse driven. Love watching it, But sad i could never get into it. Maybe now i can.
Thank you so much, this tutorial is perfect.
So . . . is there a tutorial of the tutorial wiki where I can study up to prep for the tutorial of the tutorial?? ( o.o)
4:00 How do you get that more detailed 'inventor' readout at the top of the scene? Is it a mod, or did I miss something?
Great starter tutorial!
So I’m new to DF, so thanks for these tutorial.
I’ve run into a few challenges that I was hoping you could solve/give a guide on as a new player.
1. I could not find soil to plant my crops. I assume it should be easy to find soil… All I'm getting is rock. What does the different soil levels mean?
2. When digging down, I keep running into water/damp patches. How do you handle that?
Thanks
At 10 min, how are you changing the direction of the stars from left to right? Thank you in advance.
Looks like a 2d version of Going Medieval. Similar mechanics too.
03:09 This :)
While I minmax the living shit out of cRPG Characterbuilds for example, Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld are games I need to be as random as possible :D
Still remember how years ago half of my colony turned into Werepigs and during this time a Goblin raid happened which was completely obliterated by the Werepigs =)
What was the issue with stair collapse when digging in sand that you were referring to at 10:40 onwards please?
Is it possible to make a caravan and travel around? With the entire crew?
How do you adjust what they eat? Can't find this menu
Your original videos of DF were brilliant but they are not coming up? Is there a way to find them again? I don't like the graphical version at all.
Is there an advantage to using stairs over ramps besides them being more compact?
The waggons of the trade caravan can't use stairs, but they are able to go up and down ramps. This is only really important for the acces to the trade depot.
Why go down that deep to start building instead of just a single elevation?
A lot of players like to organize their fortress on different levels so that eg one floor is for crafting, one for sleeping/eating, one for growing etc. Also dwarves have shorter distances to walk using multiple levels, as opposed to the entire fortress on just 1 or 2 levels. Digging more levels at the start probably helps remind him to use those different levels.
I thought I was stupid or something. For some reason the menu for stock piles is hidden behind my tutorial window on my screen. Idk if its because I'm running a 4k monitor or what but I cannot create a stock pile in my game.
In settings check the maximum ui width is set to same or close to your horizontal resolution, I noticed a lot of peeps on 4k had to tweak this as it doesnt always default resolution based things correctly.
this game is somewhat complex :D
meh .. prefer Rimworld
Yeeees !
Thank you again for letting me discover DF many years ago !
Great tutorial, love your style man!
thank you jester man