Ascii or tiles?

[gorbeh]

As the title says.
Personally I prefer Ascii,for two reasons.
1)It is l33t!I mean,come on,how many games are there which can be played in a dos box and are actually fun?!
2)The game is more clearer.I played tiles once or twice.For example, how can you differ between an orc and an orc warrior?Cosmetically,they look near each other.

[wizzzargh]

2)The game is more clearer.I played tiles once or twice.For example, how can you differ between an orc and an orc warrior?Cosmetically,they look near each other.

Whenever the full-body chain mail isn't enough to tell the difference between a naked pink Orc and an Orc Warrior, I read a Scroll of Fog and determine which is which by checking which Orc causes a greater displacement of air(the subtle currents are made visible by the fog), since Warriors have a greater overall volume and therefore displace more vapor.

[Davion Fuxa]

I play Tiles, since it is generally easier to look at a picture and at least have a semblance of what it is I might be looking at, then a letter which I have to memorize to know what it represents. I also have good eyesight though so I can see most little tile differences.

[BlackSheep]

While I'm sure I could get used to differentiating creatures by the colors of their glyphs, I like being able to see that the [ over there is chain mail and the ) is a falchion without having to press a key. It's also nice to be able to see which creatures are wielding which weapons, so I know who to prioritize or that I'm not fighting one-on-one in a corridor.

[Grimm]

YEAAAAAAH BOY

[gorbeh]

(the subtle currents are made visible by the fog), since Warriors have a greater overall volume and therefore displace more vapor.

lmao

...[ over there is chain mail and the ) is a falchion without having to press a key.

In that point tiles seems to be better,altough personally it never bothered me to press the examine key and take a quick look.
The same applies for monster gear,and cmon,most of the time its not THAT important if the orc warrior is wielding a great mace or not,because at the time when you met so many of them that repeatedly pressing examine could become tedious,you dont need to anymore because youre strong enough to take 'em out no matter what

[cerebovssquire]

console 4 lyfe

orc warrior weapons: this is shown when they come into view, lrn2read tiles players

[Grimm]

TILE backwards is almost ELITE
that's the proof

[cerebovssquire]

console is almost an anagram for "so cool"
console is better Q.E.D. sucker

[Grimm]

but it's exactly "so clone"
meaning it's the copy, tiles is tha tru original

[cerebovssquire]

oh yeah? well 'tiles' contains 'lest', which is a word pretty much only used in 'lest we forget', which in turn is only used to refer to world war I, meaning that tiles are as bad as a world war
suk it

[Jabberwocky]

Yeah but console is an anagram of ole' con which means you're being swindled with an old trick by playing it

[cerebovssquire]

well "tiles" is an anagram of "lites", which means tiles players are too stupid to spell "lights" correctly. jesus crist guys that's 3rd grade material

[Grimm]

yeah well "con" means "against" so console is opposed to the bottoms of people's feet, which is a pretty harsh position to take

[Jabberwocky]

plus console players hate innocent flatfish that have never done anything to them

[cerebovssquire]

turn around "tiles" and you've got "selit", which is pretty appropriate considering that all the tiles devs are trying to do is sell it (meaning crawl, a very sophisticated and aesthetically flawless game) to the uneducated masses

[Jabberwocky]

turn around console and you get elosnoc, which is gibberish, meaning that the devs favoring console are too lazy to come up with a name that actually makes sense both ways
also selit is an archaic way of spelling salad which means tiles devs are encouraging players to eat salad which is most commendable

[Grimm]

console backwards is roughly ELO's knock, meaning the Electric Light Orchestra knocked it, i.e. disapproved of it. so there

[Grimm]

DAMN IT JABS

[cerebovssquire]

iv got an a level exam in maths coming up in two days, so i have to go & study now, but i will leave u with the note that while the demons in console have prepared me for this challenge (they are 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s and 5s fyi in case you are a tiles player) u wasted ur life looking at ugly pink blotches

[Jabberwocky]

what's an executioner plus a neqoxec

[cerebovssquire]

assuming that all letters except x are constants, the derivative of 0.5(executioner)² + 0.5(neqoxec)²
fr: make pit fiends occupy 3 tiles and have the glyph "0.5"

[Grimm]

a hot date?

[Jabberwocky]

crawlculus

[Grimm]

crawlgebra

[cerebovssquire]

you're going ophan a tangent

[Grimm]

like that guy who built a computer in Dwarf Fortress, I bet you could do quadratic equations in pan, easy

[cerebovssquire]

ok give me 5 minutes to get there
oh that's right i'm pretty fast because i play console

[Grimm]

oooh, burn

OF HELLFIRE

[TehDruid]

T.I.L.E.S = Terrific Ingenious Lovable Elite Special
C.O.N.S.O.L.E = Crappy Offensive Nauseating Sickening Outdated Laughable Evil

Or at least that's what I'd say if I were a stupid quiz.

[rebthor]

If Tiles is so superior, why do they use the ASCII glyphs throughout the interface, huh?

[Grimm]

It's like when they have a ramp next to the real stairs

[cerebovssquire]

assuming that all letters except x are constants, the derivative of 0.5(executioner)² + 0.5(neqoxec)²
fr: make pit fiends occupy 3 tiles and have the glyph "0.5"

i just realised that this is completely wrong and my future is mcdonalds

[Grimm]

∴ tiles rule

[moocowmoocow]

Tiles feel good beneath your feet, and to console is a balm to the grieving. It's like comparing chokos and rambutans.

[tcjsavannah]

When I want to play ascii, I play Rogue.
When I want to play tiles, I play DCSS.

[Grimm]

Tiles feel good beneath your feet, and to console is a balm to the grieving. It's like comparing chokos and rambutans.

chokos are better

[Sandman25]

Inspired by this thread I tried playing local console yesterday. It started in such a small window that I felt too lazy about exploring options guide and just quit. If it cannot look good with default settings, I am happily back to tiles.

[Galefury]

DCSS is not responsible for how you set up your console. Stuff like letter size and font aren't even in the DCSS options.

[Sandman25]

DCSS is not responsible for how you set up your console. Stuff like letter size and font aren't even in the DCSS options.

It was Windows Regular Build from https://crawl.develz.org/trunk/
I guess I don't understand what console means. Is it like playing in DOS console?

[Grimm]

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON

[gorbeh]

version doesnt matter.
richt click on the console window,then go to properties and then to font.choose the size you want.for increased coolness,choose raster fonts with 10*18 size

also,the pace of playing in console is ALOT faster.(meaning you can die faster and so save time)

[Grimm]

you can die faster and so save time

I like this attitude.

[Grimm]

There aren't really any places in the game where I would feel that I'm putting in too much effort that will come out wasted -- in the end, all I'm doing is murdering letters of the alphabet, stealing their punctuation, and killing more letters of the alphabet, and the biggest tactical decisions I make are based on finding ways to kill letters of the alphabet more efficiently.

Tiles is an enjoyable game of adventuring and fighting monsters. Console is THE ASSASSINATION OF THE WRITTEN LANGUAGE. How could anyone want that.

[Mojavemusic]

I generally prefer to use tiles. I lack the cognitive ability to memorize what all the various glyphs mean, but can usually get the gist of it from the tiles. Of course, there are instances where the same tile is used for different entities, but I still prefer it.

[gorbeh]

70% play with tiles.....
Makes me feel special, lol.

[Frelus]

Dwarf Fortress: Console
DCSS: Tiles
That is how I play it

[Lafaros]

I play tiles due to being mostly illiterate. I just click the pretty pictures and stuff happens. Woo!

[Magipi]

70% play with tiles.....
Makes me feel special, lol.

I bet the ratio of tiles players among all players (and not just forum members) is closer to 100% than to 90%.

[prozacelf]

Dwarf Fortress: Console
DCSS: Tiles
That is how I play it

This is about how I feel on the topic....