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dleave

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Resetting a World?
« on: December 13, 2016, 08:38:37 pm »

I was wondering if there was a way to reset a world?  I like my map, and I especially like the area I started my fortress at, but I don't like what I actually did with the fortress.  I was wondering if there was a way to start in the exact same spot, but without having all the work I did on the first fortress, be saved?  A clean slate so to speak.

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Loci

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Re: Resetting a World?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2016, 08:45:38 pm »

Using the same settings and world seed, you should be able to regenerate the exact same world. Unfortunately, there are a few reports that it doesn't always generate exactly the same, but it's a good start. In the future, you can copy the region folder prior to embark to save a "backup" copy if you want. (The backup can be used for Legends lookups, resets, etc.)
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dleave

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Re: Resetting a World?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2016, 10:03:30 pm »

Thanks much
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Re: Resetting a World?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2016, 10:51:30 pm »

In case you don't know how to get the exact parameters and seed, just load the world in Legends mode and press "p" to "export map/gen info" and it'll output a "regionX-world_gen_param.txt" file which you can merge into data/init/world_gen.txt and select from "Design New World with Advanced Parameters".
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dleave

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Re: Resetting a World?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2016, 11:07:13 pm »

Great, thanks for the info.
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