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ExiFox

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Is there anyway to find...
« on: March 04, 2009, 01:18:50 am »
Is there anyway to find a starting location with lots of little "Islands" of rock forming really big cliffs aside from lucking out like all heck?  I had found an area back in one of the older versions and loved it (Defenses were crazy fun to do with bridges everywhere) but I lost the data for it at some point and have not been able to find a replacement location for it.  Any help in finding a site like this would be greatly appreciated.  If not I will MAKE one...Although it will probably take the greater part of a week just setting the dig instructions for the topmost layer....Thanks again.

On a slightly related note is there any easier way to find a sort of forested plateau site?
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ThtblovesDF

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Re: Is there anyway to find...
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2009, 11:28:27 pm »
Search for high savagery and medium elevation I guess.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 08:55:40 am »
Somewhere, someone explained how to create unusual geological features with the advanced world parameter settings when you make a new world. One of the most useful things I remember is the X an Y variances. High values for X and Y lead to large, contiguous regions like huge mountain ranges. Low values for X and Y would create many smaller land forms spread across the map. Setting X and Y to zero would randomly scatter a land form across the map.

Can anyone back me up on this, or correct my understanding?
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Re: Is there anyway to find...
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 12:00:24 pm »
Yes, low XY variances make for a noisy map- though the smallest they can be is 1.
Unfortunately, it'll be a lot of long searching if you're going to find what you're looking for.
Can I suggest the Map Painter?
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Re: Is there anyway to find...
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 04:55:39 pm »
Quote from: PTTG?? on March 05, 2009, 12:00:24 pm
Yes, low XY variances make for a noisy map- though the smallest they can be is 1.
Actually, as far as I know, you can bypass the limitations by editing the parameters manually in worldgen.txt
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Re: Is there anyway to find...
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2009, 05:45:41 pm »
Well sure, if you want to break the program.
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« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2009, 04:01:52 am »
Quote from: PTTG?? on March 05, 2009, 05:45:41 pm
Well sure, if you want to break the program.
Actually, by passing worldgen limitations won't affect stability, unless you go ape-shit on the values you enter. Having more than 800 rivers is a neat thing for an example.

This post might be of interest to the creator of the OP: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=30610.msg421056#msg421056
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