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[Garfunkel]

There does not seem to be a way to filter out streams and brooks in the site finder in 50.12 version. I'm trying to embark on a major river with iron and flux, and the results are quite numerous since the game includes all streams and maybe brooks too.

Also, is there a way to help world gen generate more major rivers?

[da_nang]

If DF imitates life: more rainfall, less drainage, maybe less elevation X/Y variance. Basically, more water and a larger watershed ought to lead to more major rivers. You'll probably also need more land tiles for that, so either larger map size or go for continent maps.

[Salsa Gal]

I believe there are also some tricks with erosion to make more rivers, more erosion makes the banks wear down more and makes the rivers expand if I remember correctly

[marcbyrne]

BlindIRL has a series of tutorials on YouTube about world generation.  One of them specifically covers getting more and larger rivers.  He even does a few example worlds to see the results. 

I have found that the embark map won't always be accurate with its label of stream.  But maybe i'm underestimating the range of size the game considers a stream.

Anyway, point is, the tutorial was very helpful to me in getting my desired results from world gen.

[Salsa Gal]

BlindIRL has a series of tutorials on YouTube about world generation.  One of them specifically covers getting more and larger rivers.  He even does a few example worlds to see the results.

Yeah that's exactly where I got the erosion trick from haha

[Garfunkel]

Thanks guys! I ended up creating a fort on the coast where I'm building a bridge across the bay but next, I'll create a new world with lot of rivers.