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[Lytha]

Try embarking on a site that is a high elevation and see if that makes a difference.

It doesn't make much difference, really. I am in love with ocean maps at the moment, so I embark on those really flat "beach+adjacent"-zones. There are still more than 120 z-levels below the beach; on every single map that I had a look at by now.

On the most recent map, for instance, the beach&ocean surface is at z=99 (as it's supposed to be); the highest land surface is at z=100; the lowest z-level to which I can move the cursor is in z=-27.

Add in the usual 15 sky z-levels above the highest land surface (cursor can be moved to z=116), and it's a grand total of 144 z-levels, with the usual building restrictions in the highest z-level of course.

I can live with that.

[Grax]

My maximum was 300 zlevels.

[RandomNumberGenerator]

In one of my forts I had it goes 325 Z-Levels down; in my most recent one, it's 45.

I kinda like the 45 one better, because it still has all the caverns(they're just closer together) and it's easier to transport stuff.

[Scruga]

So how can I influence how deep my map is in worldgen? I want to breach the bottom very quickly for possible fun, how do I accomplish that?

[Marconius]

Well, after much fidgeting around with worldgen stuff, I've created a new world! (*cue godly music*) I've changed the "z-levels above layer" parameters to much larger numbers and embarked somewhere to try it out. The map was over 200 layers deep!

Also that map turned out to be kinda awesome, so will probably save that until the military is fixed in a new release, then start a new game there!