Dwarf Fortress is an entirely free, completely user-supported, indie world-building sim/roguelike.
It's all in ASCII, but there are user created tilesets to make it look better.
I have no idea what this thread is about, other than general discussion.
On a side note, i have an Acer AspireOne netbook that i downloaded this game onto. After about 5 days of playing, my hard drive completely crashed while the game was running. Wouldn't even go to system recovery. Luckily the warranty was still in effect, so it went back to the factory, where the hard drive was fixed. Got the netbook back, didn't redownload it, then a couple weeks later, it crashes again. Gets shipped back to tech support, and is on k
it's way back now. So my question is, what happened?
I only had 2 gigs of RAM on it, did it just run out? Was there a virus?
And most importantly, if i download this game onto a USB stick, and it crashes, will my hard drive be affected?
I really don't know much about computers, so if any of these questions sound dumb... Do whatever.
TL; DR: After this game messes up my hard drive, can i play it on a USB stick without fear of more hard drive problems?
Thanks.
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Dwarf Fortress is an entirely free, completely user-supported, indie world-building sim/roguelike.
It's all in ASCII, but there are user created tilesets to make it look better.
I have no idea what this thread is about, other than general discussion.
On a side note, i have an Acer AspireOne netbook that i downloaded this game onto. After about 5 days of playing, my hard drive completely crashed while the game was running. Wouldn't even go to system recovery. Luckily the warranty was still in effect, so it went back to the factory, where the hard drive was fixed. Got the netbook back, didn't redownload it, then a couple weeks later, it crashes again. Gets shipped back to tech support, and is on k
it's way back now. So my question is, what happened?
There's nowhere near enough detail in that paragraph to diagnose what happened. It could be any number of things.
I only had 2 gigs of RAM on it, did it just run out?
No
Was there a virus?
Possible, but not likely.
And most importantly, if i download this game onto a USB stick, and it crashes, will my hard drive be affected?
It's highly unlikely that it would be.
TL; DR: After this game messes up my hard drive, can i play it on a USB stick without fear of more hard drive problems?
Thanks.
You are assuming the game messed up your hard drive which is almost certainly not the case. Playing off a USB stick should be fine.
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There's nowhere near enough detail in that paragraph to diagnose what happened. It could be any number of things.
What happened was that while i was playing, the computer just shut down completely. I saw i flash of some blue or black screen with white text on it, but it was gone before i could read it.
When i tried to reboot, i got a "No bootable device - please connect a (something something)" error screen.
Sorry for my woeful knowledge of computers. =)
Also, the computer showed up after i started this thread, so i'll try and post the specs tomorrow.
EDIT:
Manufacturer and model:Acer model AO722
Processor:AMD C-60 APU with Radeon(tm) HD graphics 100 GHz
System type: 64-bit Operating system
RAM: 2 gigs (1.73 usable)
Hard drive: HDD 320GB 5400RPM SATA 2 8MB 2
Hope that helps, if there's anything else i should add please let me know.
What happened was that while i was playing, the computer just shut down completely. I saw i flash of some blue or black screen with white text on it, but it was gone before i could read it.
When i tried to reboot, i got a "No bootable device - please connect a (something something)" error screen.
Sorry for my woeful knowledge of computers. =)
Also, the computer showed up after i started this thread, so i'll try and post the specs tomorrow.
EDIT:
Manufacturer and model:Acer model AO722
Processor:AMD C-60 APU with Radeon(tm) HD graphics 100 GHz
System type: 64-bit Operating system
RAM: 2 gigs (1.73 usable)
Hard drive: HDD 320GB 5400RPM SATA 2 8MB 2
Hope that helps, if there's anything else i should add please let me know.
There's still an uncountable number of things that could have been wrong/could be wrong to cause something like that. It sounds like you just got a couple bad harddrives. There could also be an electrical short somewhere inside, for example.
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If you're town and I'm mafia, you've already lost. You just don't know it yet.
It's all in ASCII, but there are user created tilesets to make it look better.
I have no idea what this thread is about, other than general discussion.
On a side note, i have an Acer AspireOne netbook that i downloaded this game onto. After about 5 days of playing, my hard drive completely crashed while the game was running. Wouldn't even go to system recovery. Luckily the warranty was still in effect, so it went back to the factory, where the hard drive was fixed. Got the netbook back, didn't redownload it, then a couple weeks later, it crashes again. Gets shipped back to tech support, and is on k
it's way back now. So my question is, what happened?
I only had 2 gigs of RAM on it, did it just run out? Was there a virus?
And most importantly, if i download this game onto a USB stick, and it crashes, will my hard drive be affected?
I really don't know much about computers, so if any of these questions sound dumb... Do whatever.
TL; DR: After this game messes up my hard drive, can i play it on a USB stick without fear of more hard drive problems?
Thanks.
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There's nowhere near enough detail in that paragraph to diagnose what happened. It could be any number of things.
No
Possible, but not likely.
It's highly unlikely that it would be.
You are assuming the game messed up your hard drive which is almost certainly not the case. Playing off a USB stick should be fine.
What happened was that while i was playing, the computer just shut down completely. I saw i flash of some blue or black screen with white text on it, but it was gone before i could read it.
When i tried to reboot, i got a "No bootable device - please connect a (something something)" error screen.
Sorry for my woeful knowledge of computers. =)
Also, the computer showed up after i started this thread, so i'll try and post the specs tomorrow.
EDIT:
Manufacturer and model:Acer model AO722
Processor:AMD C-60 APU with Radeon(tm) HD graphics 100 GHz
System type: 64-bit Operating system
RAM: 2 gigs (1.73 usable)
Hard drive: HDD 320GB 5400RPM SATA 2 8MB 2
Hope that helps, if there's anything else i should add please let me know.
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There's still an uncountable number of things that could have been wrong/could be wrong to cause something like that. It sounds like you just got a couple bad harddrives. There could also be an electrical short somewhere inside, for example.
I guess it was just a coincidence.
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