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OldManNeck

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Worldgen Jackpot
« on: March 08, 2010, 08:34:25 pm »

So, after losing my fortress today, I decided to check out Legends mode. And for some reason, all the elf civilizations were gone. I then checked Adventurer Mode, and theirs no elven civs to start from. So, as far as I know, there are no elves alive on my continent. Pretty cool, eh?
« Last Edit: March 08, 2010, 08:41:17 pm by OldManNeck »
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Re: Worldgen Jackpot
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2010, 08:54:55 pm »

I think it's the same for my current fort. It's been a few years and I haven't seen elves as traders nor attackers. I'll have to check legends mode.
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Re: Worldgen Jackpot
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2010, 08:57:38 pm »

To be sure you need to go through the entities list and make sure all the elves have a death date.  If there are any alive then you must make sure to hunt them down like the cannibals they are.
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Re: Worldgen Jackpot
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 09:07:49 am »

Hmm, this happens occasionaly on the custom worldgen parameters I use. I like my world barren and inhospitable, so not much forests get generated. So when the only forest turns out to be evil, theres no elves. Or the useless bunch find some 6 tiles of forest, and get razed by a megabeast a couple years later.

Its a bit of a bummer, I like to have some elves to bully (and murder). And clearcutting my map just isnt as much fun without elves to cry over all those tree-stumps.
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Re: Worldgen Jackpot
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2010, 04:14:16 pm »

If you can't make an adventurer, then there never was an elf civ.  You probably didn't have enough forests that were habitable.  I know elves won't settle in evil and they may not settle in savage either.
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