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[Moonshine Fox]

So as I've understood from searching, the first two waves of migrants are largely "hard coded" to always arrive regardless of circumstances. But if I set my population cap to 0, would that mean that after that initial two waves, I'd get no more migrants, ever? Only fort increases would come from children alone, right?

[TomiTapio]

If you want to speed up the game, also try the following:
2x2 embark, not on a river
zero cavern layers
temperature and weather off
more tips at http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/v0.31:Maximizing_framerate

[Moonshine Fox]

It wasn't so much for FPS (my computer handles a 200+ dwarf, 5x5 fort comfortably) but for challenge and less "rush". I find most of my forts EXPLODE from 10 dwarves to 100 in just too short of a time. I want to enjoy it in a slower pace.

[EmperorJon]

I've been manually controlling my migrant waves recently. Set to 0 and wait for a few waves, then every year I increase the cap by a small amount so I get a wave. Sometimes the wave's way too big and I go a long way over, but it's still fun.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Elf. You shouldn't be preventing migrants. You should be dealing with them.

[Anathema]

Or you could just embark on a full terrifying biome with a zombifying mist and/or deadly rain. Then you don't have to get any migrants! (not live ones, anyway).