What is Forge?
Posted: 05 Jan 2009, 19:08
Download the Newest Version
You can download the newest version of Forge at this Link:
Forge Beta: 11-05-2015 ver 1.5.47
New beta versions of Forge are given a new topic and they follow the naming convention found in the link above. The newest version topic is given a status of "Sticky" and this will make this topic appear near the top of the list of forge forum topics. You should be able to find them without to much trouble.
Card Pictures: You can either get from the zip file below or click the "Utilities" button at the home screen and from there click on the "Download LQ Card Pictures" button. You should also consider downloading the set pictures by clicking on the "Download LQ Set Pictures" button. The "Download Quest Images" button will download graphics that are used by the quest mode.
Support Files
High Quality Pictures:
Part 1 (180Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?z3cwckz8i5ccq35
Part 2 (180Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?kxeb01o8rv723m2
Part 3 (180Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?ufmsg9frsdbgewi
Part 4 (80.36Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?f3m9yts5h4mmwy3
Low Quality Card Pictures (100 MB) - includes all of the cards in Forge 06-28 including mana pool, morph (the backside of a card) and the fantasy card Tortuge, the card pictures are the same size as on dailymtg.com and Gatherer. The picture files are no longer placed in the /res/pics/ directory. Instead use the following information to find where your pictures should be placed:
All the set images folders must go to
( instead of C:\ of course it will be your main drive letter)
C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Forge\Cache\pics\cards\
or
C:\Users\<yourusername>\Application Data\Roaming\Forge\Cache\pics\cards\
or
C:\Documents and Settings\<yourusername>\Application Data\Forge\Cache\pics\cards\
(depending on which version of window you're using)
For Mac it should be something like
<your home directory>/Library/Application Support/Forge/Cache/pics/cards/
Pre-Constructed Decks - includes 342 decks. The deck names that start with "AI " are designed for the computer. Put these decks in the /res/decks/ directory. These decks were designed back when Forge had less than 1,500 cards and are now out of date. You can find better decks to try out at the Forge Decks forum found at this link Forge Decks. The deck topics that were started by "gos" contain a large number of quality decks. Enjoy.
Java - in case you need Java installed on your computer
What is Forge?
Forge lets you play the card game Magic: The Gathering against a computer opponent with full rules enforcement. Forge runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, etc...
This is very different than playing solitare Magic with Apprentice or Magic Workstation because the AI will attack and play spells. Currently there are over 10,000 cards ranging from old power cards like Ancestral Recall and Lightning Bolt and newer cards like planeswalkers. The user interface is basic, but it does let you download all of the cards pictures and view them while playing the game.
(If you don't know how to play Magic: The Gathering download this windows demo or from here. Also checkout the YouTube videos at http://playmagic.com. The main website for Magic: The Gathering is dailymtg.com)
You can also play sealed deck, draft, or the new quest mode. In draft mode the AI drafts for the 7 other opponents and builds the decks from the cards that it chooses. In the quest mode you start out with a few cards and the more games that you play the more that you win. As you get more cards you can update and change your deck.
Me (mtgrares) originally started Forge and wrote the first 1,200 cards. DennisBergkamp was the lead programmer for a period of time but became too busy with real life to continue over the long term. Currently Forge has many developers including Rob Cashwalker, ArsenalNut, Dave, Doublestrike, Friar Sol, Hellfish, Jeff Wadsworth, Marc, Max, MCrawford, Skiera, Slapshot5, Sloth, Chris H. and many others.
My Magic and Computer Programming blog: http://mtgrares.blogspot.com
You can download the newest version of Forge at this Link:
Forge Beta: 11-05-2015 ver 1.5.47
New beta versions of Forge are given a new topic and they follow the naming convention found in the link above. The newest version topic is given a status of "Sticky" and this will make this topic appear near the top of the list of forge forum topics. You should be able to find them without to much trouble.
Card Pictures: You can either get from the zip file below or click the "Utilities" button at the home screen and from there click on the "Download LQ Card Pictures" button. You should also consider downloading the set pictures by clicking on the "Download LQ Set Pictures" button. The "Download Quest Images" button will download graphics that are used by the quest mode.
Support Files
High Quality Pictures:
Part 1 (180Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?z3cwckz8i5ccq35
Part 2 (180Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?kxeb01o8rv723m2
Part 3 (180Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?ufmsg9frsdbgewi
Part 4 (80.36Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?f3m9yts5h4mmwy3
Low Quality Card Pictures (100 MB) - includes all of the cards in Forge 06-28 including mana pool, morph (the backside of a card) and the fantasy card Tortuge, the card pictures are the same size as on dailymtg.com and Gatherer. The picture files are no longer placed in the /res/pics/ directory. Instead use the following information to find where your pictures should be placed:
All the set images folders must go to
( instead of C:\ of course it will be your main drive letter)
C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Forge\Cache\pics\cards\
or
C:\Users\<yourusername>\Application Data\Roaming\Forge\Cache\pics\cards\
or
C:\Documents and Settings\<yourusername>\Application Data\Forge\Cache\pics\cards\
(depending on which version of window you're using)
For Mac it should be something like
<your home directory>/Library/Application Support/Forge/Cache/pics/cards/
Pre-Constructed Decks - includes 342 decks. The deck names that start with "AI " are designed for the computer. Put these decks in the /res/decks/ directory. These decks were designed back when Forge had less than 1,500 cards and are now out of date. You can find better decks to try out at the Forge Decks forum found at this link Forge Decks. The deck topics that were started by "gos" contain a large number of quality decks. Enjoy.
Java - in case you need Java installed on your computer
As it is unconvenient to hunt down and patch together several torrents or filehoster archives with gamedata, Mark prepared ready to use archives for forge and keeps them up to date:Notes: You need either the HQ set or the LQ set (using HQ is officially unsupported but looks much nicer).
- High Quality Set Pictures: Gathered from several torrents and other archives available here and packed into a single archive. It contains complete editions and thus more files than forge already supports, so you do not have to download the archive every time again, when you upgrade forge.
- Low Quality Set Pictures: All files that forge itself will download with the "Download LQ Card Pictures" button, but available at a faster speed and in a single download. Use it as base archive and if you miss pictures after updating forge, you can use forge itself to update the missing pictures.
- Preconstructed decks: about 180 preconstructed decks from several editions; duel decks; premium decks; basic, unlocked and DLC decks from Duels of the Planeswalkers 2011 and 2012; about 60 World Championship decks; some other/own decks.
The Downloads and more information can be found on Mark's website: http://mark.tvk.rwth-aachen.de/software/forge/
What is Forge?
Forge lets you play the card game Magic: The Gathering against a computer opponent with full rules enforcement. Forge runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, etc...
This is very different than playing solitare Magic with Apprentice or Magic Workstation because the AI will attack and play spells. Currently there are over 10,000 cards ranging from old power cards like Ancestral Recall and Lightning Bolt and newer cards like planeswalkers. The user interface is basic, but it does let you download all of the cards pictures and view them while playing the game.
(If you don't know how to play Magic: The Gathering download this windows demo or from here. Also checkout the YouTube videos at http://playmagic.com. The main website for Magic: The Gathering is dailymtg.com)
You can also play sealed deck, draft, or the new quest mode. In draft mode the AI drafts for the 7 other opponents and builds the decks from the cards that it chooses. In the quest mode you start out with a few cards and the more games that you play the more that you win. As you get more cards you can update and change your deck.
Me (mtgrares) originally started Forge and wrote the first 1,200 cards. DennisBergkamp was the lead programmer for a period of time but became too busy with real life to continue over the long term. Currently Forge has many developers including Rob Cashwalker, ArsenalNut, Dave, Doublestrike, Friar Sol, Hellfish, Jeff Wadsworth, Marc, Max, MCrawford, Skiera, Slapshot5, Sloth, Chris H. and many others.
My Magic and Computer Programming blog: http://mtgrares.blogspot.com