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Dwarf Fortress adds experimental multithreading support (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In this release, we're updating the engine from SDL to SDL2, and there are many optimizations to go along with it. Aside from the optimizations, SDL2 is also the stepping stone to ports. We have Linux compiling and playable; it just needs some testing.

Moreover, there is now a(n experimental) multithreading option in the game settings that makes the game even faster!

We also have some new individual tree graphics, and an update to grass ramps as well.

This has been mostly the hard work of Putnam! Meanwhile I've started up on adventure mode - the long work of updating menus and adding audio has begun! Hopefully we'll have some progress to show their soon, as we continue updating fortress mode as well.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Putnam has been such a huge blessing to this game since they took ~~him~~ them on.

With a Linux port I might have to install it again too. Ugh my sleep.

Edit: I was an idiot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Fully agreed! It's 'took her on', though.

It's just insane how competent some people are. Here's an interesting interview from 5 month ago. Here's a written interview about her joining the team, which I also found interesting and very impressive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It absolutely does matter - male default needs to stop!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't use male as the default, I had just seen various forum posts over the years referring to Putnam as him and assumed that was correct.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh sure - I'm not calling you out or anything. But somewhere along the line the people whose forum posts you were reading had made the male default assumption, and it stuck with you! Not your fault that someone else made that assumption.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

All good - I should have been more mindful and probably used gender neutral language instead.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In case someone is wondering about your response: My comment originally included the phrase "Not that it matters, [...]", but I immediately edited my comment after I posted it, because I agree with your sentiment. You were faster than me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for leaving context here, so I don't look like a raving lunatic :P

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I learned something new today.