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SpiralDimentia

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Surviving the Cut
« on: June 03, 2013, 02:12:31 pm »
So, I'm trying to generate a new pocket world. Pocket because crippling cheeseballs everything is s FAST. I also made it so there's only 1 cavern, so I don't have to build 90 pumps to get magma to the surface, or have some strange 90-high staircase to the bottom of the world. Everything is going fine, the world has no problems being created.. the issue I'm having is entire civilizations being wiped out. I cannot seem to generate a world where either the humans, goblins, elves, and necromancers, or some combination of thm, get stomped out before the world history finishes. I toned it back from 1050 years to 500 years, but somehow that only seemed to make things worse. Is there any way I can toughen then up, make them more likely to survive?
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Re: Surviving the Cut
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2013, 02:14:45 pm »
Quote from: SpiralDimentia on June 03, 2013, 02:12:31 pm
Pocket because crippling cheeseballs everything is s FAST.

what is this I don't even...
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Re: Surviving the Cut
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2013, 02:16:08 pm »
Quote from: SpiralDimentia on June 03, 2013, 02:12:31 pm
So, I'm trying to generate a new pocket world. Pocket because crippling cheeseballs everything is s FAST. I also made it so there's only 1 cavern, so I don't have to build 90 pumps to get magma to the surface, or have some strange 90-high staircase to the bottom of the world. Everything is going fine, the world has no problems being created.. the issue I'm having is entire civilizations being wiped out. I cannot seem to generate a world where either the humans, goblins, elves, and necromancers, or some combination of thm, get stomped out before the world history finishes. I toned it back from 1050 years to 500 years, but somehow that only seemed to make things worse. Is there any way I can toughen then up, make them more likely to survive?

In a pocket world, not all of the civilizations are generated, so that could be one of the problems.
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Re: Surviving the Cut
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 02:19:37 pm »
Hm. Well what if I increase the number of spawned civilizations? I don't really need 30 different elven cities, but if it gives me the rest of them, I'd be okay with it.
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Re: Surviving the Cut
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2013, 03:26:35 pm »
Quote from: SpiralDimentia on June 03, 2013, 02:19:37 pm
Hm. Well what if I increase the number of spawned civilizations? I don't really need 30 different elven cities, but if it gives me the rest of them, I'd be okay with it.

Or maybe decrease it. Play a bit with civ number, you'll find an optimum for long-term survival.
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