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Iorith

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Can't find an area I want.
« on: November 10, 2011, 04:22:12 am »
Still learning the game and refining the basics, but after my last fort was destroyed(Siege + a Titan showed up while my military was only starting out), I haven't been able to find a starting area that works for me.

I usually look for:

Lots of trees, usually Heavily Forested
Warm climate
Flux stone
Shallow and Deep metals
Clay, preferably in the mountainside

I just can't find an area that works for me, and I've made 10 Large sized worlds.  Any tips?
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Yag Alone

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Re: Can't find an area I want.
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 04:31:34 am »
for the "lots of metals" part, you can at least change the "mineral scarcity" during generation (http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Advanced_world_generation#Mineral_Scarcity)

You can also tinker the rainfall and drainage parameter to get more densely forested zones.

For the rest, it is mostly trial-and-error. Clay is fortunately quite common (as long as you don't want fire clay specifically), the flux is more tricky...
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