Stonesense is a third party visualizer that lets you view your Dwarf Fortress world in a classic isometric perspective.

All versions of Stonesense since DF2010 must be compiled with the appropriate DFHack version. Stonesense is thus usually distributed with DFHack, and will not work with any other version.

To run Stonesense in a separate window, use the DFHack command stonesense, alias ssense.

You can try the in-game overlay with stonesense overlay; be aware it's incomplete and not yet suitable for use as your only interface.

Configuration options can be pre-set and are documented in the init.txt file. Many can be toggled by the controls listed in keybinds.txt.

Mouse

Mouse controls are hard-coded and cannot be changed.

Left click:    Move debug cursor (if available)
Right click:   Recenter screen
Scrollwheel:   Move up and down 
Ctrl-Scroll:   Increase/decrease Z depth shown

Keyboard

Check keybinds.txt for the configured key bindings and descriptions, including zooming , changing the dimensions of the rendered area, toggling various views, fog, and rotation.

Follow mode

Follow mode makes the Stonesense view follow the location of the DF window. The offset can be adjusted by holding Ctrl while using the keyboard window movement keys. When you turn on cursor follow mode, the Stonesense debug cursor will follow the DF cursor when the latter exists.

• Stonesense on Bay12Games forums
• Stonesense mailing list

See the issue tracker on GitHub for recent bugs and issues.

• If Stonesense gives an error saying that it can't load creatures/large_256/*.png, your video card cannot handle the high detail sprites used. Either open creatures/init.txt and remove the line containing that folder, or use these smaller sprites.