How Dwarf Fortress Steam Edition Could Be Improved - Suggestions Thread

[empty thistle]

I put together a lot of player suggestions as well as my own into one, cohesive thread for Dwarf Fortress Steam Edition on multiple forums. It covers different sections such as Tutorials, Click Intensive Activities, Tasks, etc. If you are interested in contributing, feel free to join in on the discussion and I'll add your feedback.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/zni7od/how_dwarf_fortress_steam_edition_could_be_improved/ (Page 1, Updated Daily)
https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/zo16kp/how_dwarf_fortress_steam_edition_could_be/ (Page 2, Updated Daily)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/975370/discussions/0/5792223132442843318/
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180835.msg8435957#msg8435957

[finite sphinx]

Hi OP.

Thank you for creating this list. I really like that you wrote it in an assertive way.

🙌

[empty thistle]

Thank you for taking a look!

[dawn abyss]

This list is very useful

[empty thistle]

Glad you like it, going to keep working on it tomorrow morning, was away for a bit.

[sinful crag]

Absolute hero here. Hope devs see this

[timber elm]

All this would add so much information for the player and remove so much tedium. Great list.

[dawn abyss]

I hope the devs look at this suggestions too. The game would be even more great with this extras interface updates

[empty thistle]

Added a link to the second page (curse you word count!)

Updates are a little slow as I am trying to make sure the developers can easily identify where players will find issues.

[empty mason]

I wonder if there should be a #suggestions channel to separate them out from genuine bugs.

[dawn abyss]

I suggestion I have is bring back a more detailed status when hover the mouse to see the total of wealth. In classic version we can see some extra details like amount of works in the jobs

or this would be accessible to see in some other are because I don't found this information. Most of this stuff was already in the game then is registered in some place and I imagine is easier to bring back

and this have the advantage already show job too

When we rover the mouse in the steam version there is not the job details

[timber elm]

I agree with this too. Seems like they went with dumbing down info to not overwhelm new players... But it just has the effect of hiding vital info

[thick current]

bad QoL can be just as much a bug as unexpected behavior imo

[empty thistle]

Thank you for sharing James, could I also ask you to show me what the news and rumors tab looks like on the Map? On the wiki, it shows icons that describe different events (screenshot below), I havent had a chance to learn classic yet so I don't know how these are displayed in the non steam version of the game, and I can't seem to find any images either.

[dawn abyss]

Looks like this

[empty thistle]

tyvm! Helps a lot with writing the suggestions for world map!

[empty thistle]

20+ updates/suggestions added in the last two days, got through a good chunk, some new dwarf fortress mods are included pertaining to certain suggestions:

Obvious Engravings by Trainzack
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2899669508&searchtext=
Audible Alerts by Trainzack
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2898589374

[silent barn]

having an icon show up on suspended buildings, and also make a tool for easily unsuspend them or suspend the construction

be sllowed to select the building material before putting the wall/floor/anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_0mPTPywY

[empty mason]

Small UI change, but right-clicking on a window, instead of closing it, should return back to the previous window, if you were drilled down multiple windows.

[silent barn]

yes

[dawn abyss]

The game removed the idler dwarf counter?

[empty thistle]

already on the list 👍

[empty thistle]

I like this idea too, mine was to add a button like this (Use Last Material):
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pogadCeO0mBTAOL407q8mkv59gXelUmH6vCRLKmmPTpa6W104J3w2nhz5-Kpzg2RboY=w2400

[eternal drift]

dfhack has that feature

I also asked for it as a QoL improvement during beta

(very late in beta, there was not really time for that kind of thign at the point probably)

[empty thistle]

Nice, hopefully they aren't too far off from releasing a steam version of dfhack, although it may still be some time. After playing around with @silent barn suggestion, it would actually be more intuitive to do it this way, since you can only select materials that you have, and you get an exact count of how much of the material is available before placement. No more headaches when you select an object, try to place it, and an error shows up to let you know that you don't have the item.

There could also be a small counter somewhere on the screen to indicate how much of the material is left.