Signing up:
Sign Up
fill in the necessary forms. you will be given a handle.
Login Here
there is a chooser box for Team, change to TeamAnandtech
Download Text Client
unzip to a folder. then run the foldit.bat file
you will be given several prompts.
the first one is for the handle you received when you registered.
answer Y to every question but proxy, unless you need a proxy. hit enter and the client will start, go ahead and hit Q as soon as it starts.
dfGUI
very useful tool for running DF, almost mandatory. Go to config tab. This allows you install as a service (recommended) if you are running XP or 2K. and other tweaks to the client. the most important is use extra ram. another good one to check is restart inactive client. the client will use around 107 megs of RAM for this protein, the amount of RAM used varies by the current protein.
If running 98, check the hidden radio button on the DF client box, that way the cmd window is not visible and taking up space on your taskbar and if using 98 make sure the quiet mode check box is checked, it should provide a small gain in performance as there is no output to the console.
Stats
Dyyryath's Stats
its down for a day or so
there is also
Statsman
and of course the official DF site you can check your stats as well.
Sign Up
fill in the necessary forms. you will be given a handle.
Login Here
there is a chooser box for Team, change to TeamAnandtech
Download Text Client
unzip to a folder. then run the foldit.bat file
you will be given several prompts.
the first one is for the handle you received when you registered.
answer Y to every question but proxy, unless you need a proxy. hit enter and the client will start, go ahead and hit Q as soon as it starts.
dfGUI
very useful tool for running DF, almost mandatory. Go to config tab. This allows you install as a service (recommended) if you are running XP or 2K. and other tweaks to the client. the most important is use extra ram. another good one to check is restart inactive client. the client will use around 107 megs of RAM for this protein, the amount of RAM used varies by the current protein.
If running 98, check the hidden radio button on the DF client box, that way the cmd window is not visible and taking up space on your taskbar and if using 98 make sure the quiet mode check box is checked, it should provide a small gain in performance as there is no output to the console.
Stats
Dyyryath's Stats
its down for a day or so
there is also
Statsman
and of course the official DF site you can check your stats as well.