Is it possible to have two fortress games going on in one world in Dwarf Fortress?
When starting up Dwarf Fortress, the options I get are:
- Continue Playing
- Create New World
- Design new world
- Object Testing Arena
Is there some way to start a second fortress game without starting a new world, or abandoing my existing fortress?
Solution 1:
No. You can start a new game in your current world once you quit the current one, or you can start a new world. Dwarf Fortress does not allow for two games to go on in the same world because of the unspecified ways they might interact.
Solution 2:
Yes, sort of.
- Copy and rename the save
- Resume playing the copy
- Abandon the fort in the copy
- Start a new fort in the copy
You can now resume playing either fort. You've got two "parallel universes" at this point; but they don't effect each other.