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[mwanafalsafa]

Or a choice of multiple worlds to embark in at the same time, for that matter?

Do I have to abandon my current fortress if I want to start a new one in the same world?

From the main menu it looks like I only have the option of creating a new world or accessing my previous saved fortresses, but not starting a new embark without creating a new world (and getting rid of the one my current fortress is in)?

I want to try a new fortress but I want to have my other one ready in case I mess things up and I don't want to lose my current world in any case...

Am I missing something or is this just the limits of the game?

Thanks

[Cotes]

No. DF worlds have their own time, so it would only be possible if you could leave your other fortress on autopilot while you made a new one. Or dear lord, play two fortresses at the same time - something for which vast majority of us don't have neither the hardware or the brainware to cope with.

Or a choice of multiple worlds to embark in at the same time, for that matter?

What do you mean by this?

[shibdib]

simple answer... no u cant have more then 1

[drayath]

One way to sort of do this.

In your current fortress press escape and select export.
There will be a world parameters text files written to the dwarf fortress folder.

Paste the contents of this file into the end of the data/init/world_gen.txt (modify the TITLE: tag to give it a nice name)

--

This will let you do to main menu, Design new world with parameters and select to recreate your existing world.

Do so, to create a new world (which will be a copy of the first one) you can now start playing in this copy without affecting your original world. (by default will be "region2-xxxx" in your data/save folder, original world will be "region1-xxxx")

[shibdib]

One way to sort of do this.

In your current fortress press escape and select export.
There will be a world parameters text files written to the dwarf fortress folder.

Paste the contents of this file into the end of the data/init/world_gen.txt (modify the TITLE: tag to give it a nice name)

--

This will let you do to main menu, Design new world with parameters and select to recreate your existing world.

Do so, to create a new world (which will be a copy of the first one) you can now start playing in this copy without affecting your original world. (by default will be "region2-xxxx" in your data/save folder, original world will be "region1-xxxx")

this deletes his old fort

[drayath]

Just tested it to make sure. I now have 2 separate maps each with a fortress on it, and if i select continue playing i can chose which to load.

df x.10 if it make a difference.

[shibdib]

Just tested it to make sure. I now have 2 separate maps each with a fortress on it, and if i select continue playing i can chose which to load.

i stand corrected then, thought regen deleted ur old fort for some reason

[gtmattz]

...but not starting a new embark without creating a new world (and getting rid of the one my current fortress is in)?

Making new worlds does not replace your existing ones, I currently have around 30 different worlds in my save folder for .10...

If you want to experiment with a new fort, generate a new world and embark, your previous fortress will remain unmolested.