Dwarf Fortress just CRASHED a library computer.

Chagen

With my old hard drive plugged in, and minecraft lagging too badly to be much fun, I thought I might as well play Dwarf Fortress (40d) on my library's computers.

It crashed the computer.

I know this game is processor-intensive, but.....god fucking damn. It gave me a completely black screen for a few minutes and then the entire computer just rebooted.

Same thing happened at school(yes, I seriously tried playing Dwarf Fortress on a school computer. There was no teacher around and I just shut off the computer and turned it back on) when I tried a few days ago. This is the last time I try playing games on these computers (though the urge to try out Touhou is large).

Nyarly

I Read That As "the urge to try out Touhou is lame"...

ClockworkUniverse

Gotta love pathfinding.

Chagen

Actually, it crashed on startup. I never even got to see the bay 12 logo, it had already crashed.

ClockworkUniverse

Okay, no idea, then. That's not the game being processor-intensive, that's the game being buggy.

GLORIOUSLeader

This confirms what I have long thought: many school computers are incapable of running an ASCII program. 

CommandoDude

School computers are crappy.

Chagen

Resist....urge...to try....again.

It can't hurt, I only have 6 minutes left of time...

Chagen

It crashed again.

ClockworkUniverse

Hm. I haven't played or updated it in months. Is it the most recent build? If so, is said build known for crashing?

Schitzo

Desktop Dungeons gets my Macbook Pro ridiculously overheated.

RocketDude

What can those computers even run?

Central Avenue

How old are these computers?

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My PS3 can't handle running two episodes of Gundam 00 streaming.

Chagen

INUH: It's 40d. I don't like how the new versions have much less bloodshed and crazy dismemberment. And they don't have the hilariously "make-people-explode-with-water" throwing physics.

TheMightyAnonym

Dwarf fortress crashed my computer as well. It ran terribly slowly and froze the thing.

glennmagusharvey

I didn't attempt to play Dwarf Fortress on my school computers, as I have never played Dwarf Fortress before, but it seems that the computers at my second university don't allow me to open executable files.

This includes batch files and command files.  I checked.

FYI: The reason I know this is because I needed to decompress a 7z file I think and it didn't have a 7z decompressor.