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[Vehudur]

The title is not a lie - I am having world generation for this world (see the spoiler for the parameters) getting stuck on "preparing elevation" every time.  It never passes it, not even after 20 hours real time.

Did I make an error or is this some sort of bug?

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[WORLD_GEN]
   [TITLE:SMALL REGION]
   [DIM:65:65]
   [EMBARK_POINTS:1724]
   [END_YEAR:1050]
   [BEAST_END_YEAR:100:80]
   [REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
   [CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:1]
   [ELEVATION:1:400:3200:3200]
   [RAINFALL:0:100:101:101]
   [TEMPERATURE:25:75:101:101]
   [DRAINAGE:0:100:101:101]
   [VOLCANISM:0:100:3200:3200]
   [SAVAGERY:0:100:101:101]
   [ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [RAIN_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:1:5:1:1:1:5]
   [MINERAL_SCARCITY:100]
   [MEGABEAST_CAP:4]
   [SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:9]
   [TITAN_NUMBER:5]
   [TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
   [DEMON_NUMBER:22]
   [NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:11]
   [BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:11]
   [VAMPIRE_NUMBER:0]
   [WEREBEAST_NUMBER:11]
   [SECRET_NUMBER:22]
   [REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:22]
   [DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:22]
   [EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:11]
   [EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:11]
   [GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:6:63:127]
   [EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:6:63:127]
   [PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:5]
   [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
   [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
   [VOLCANO_MIN:50]
   [REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:66:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:66:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:264:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:528:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:528:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:528:0:0]
   [EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:1000]
   [RIVER_MINS:50:25]
   [PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]
   [OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
   [SUBREGION_MAX:5000]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:90]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:10]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:20]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:10]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:90]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:100]
   [LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:100]
   [CAVE_MIN_SIZE:5]
   [CAVE_MAX_SIZE:500]
   [MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:6]
   [NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:12]
   [ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:1]
   [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
   [TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:14]
   [TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:15000]
   [SITE_CAP:264]
   [PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:1]
   [ELEVATION_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [RAIN_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [DRAINAGE_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [SAVAGERY_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [VOLCANISM_RANGES:0:0:0]

[Naryar]

Put minimum numbers regarding elevation and/or mountains to zero. They tend to just get in your way if not put to zero.

[Vehudur]

Which values am I changing?  I set everything I found that involved mountains or elevation to 0 except erosion.  Still gets stuck.

I should note that I don't mean spamming me with rejects, I mean literally stuck - it won't even pop up the first attempt.

[Naryar]

The "minimum number of XXXXX" ones, when XXXXX is something elevation or mountain related. Minimum number of peaks, minimum number of high, med and low elevation squares. I can't think of any other.

Set them to zero so your worldgen has less restraints.

[Vehudur]

I did that, and still no luck.

I'll note that in this same time period i was able to use a different copy of the game to generate a large world with a 400 year history and more normal parameters for layers.

[Naryar]

Try removing every single "minimum number of x squares" then, not only the elevation ones ?

[Vehudur]

Done and it still freezes.

I'll try similar parameters with the smallest world size to see if that works.

Edit: Nope.

[vjek]

This is a guess, but...

  [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:100]

may be causing the problem.  Try changing those all to 10 instead of 100 and see if anything changes.

Also, remove the ocean edge requirements, and see if something changes.

[Naryar]

This is a guess, but...

  [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:100]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:100]

may be causing the problem.

that's a LOT of levels... but yeah that should be it.

[Vehudur]

I got it to work if I took a region with a different name and gave it the same dimensions and parameters... 

odd.