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zilpin

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Can a vein mineral be generated only on surface?
« on: October 02, 2018, 08:36:12 am »
I'd like to make a large cluster meteor vein that can exist in any stone or soil, but only exist in the first two layers on a map.
I know that putting it in soil can accomplish this, but then mountain biomes will never have the meteor ore.

Is there currently any way to limit a vein to the surface?


If not, I'll have to use a DFHack script on embark that plants it, which is not ideal.

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Re: Can a vein mineral be generated only on surface?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2018, 02:12:35 pm »
I' m not sure if this could work but what if you made it appear as a custom plant? Granted it's not what you are asking, but it could then appear in any biome you want, is restricted to the surface and it's growth could be justified as a periodic meteor rain if you like an extra role play element.

I don't know if an actual weather/interaction to make your meteor spawn is possible.
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Re: Can a vein mineral be generated only on surface?
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2018, 01:02:18 am »
As aboveground plants require soil walls on z-level below nearby, it'd still have the mountain issue. Vermin colony might work after a fashion (that's quite distant from large cluster in first two layers).
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Re: Can a vein mineral be generated only on surface?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2018, 02:21:21 am »
I was thinking of grasses that don't need soil to grow, but after looking their tokens up again it turns out  that you can't gather their growth. Bummer.
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Quote from: Jazz Cat on March 28, 2018, 02:32:17 pm
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Re: Can a vein mineral be generated only on surface?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2018, 04:52:26 pm »
Quote from: Fleeting Frames on October 03, 2018, 01:02:18 am
... Vermin colony might work after a fashion (that's quite distant from large cluster in first two layers).
Hmm, interesting direction of thought.  Non-animal colonies... not what I'm trying to do, but has potential for other ideas, e.g. refinable surface oil wells.

Quote from: Ulfarr on October 03, 2018, 02:21:21 am
I was thinking of grasses that don't need soil to grow, but after looking their tokens up again it turns out  that you can't gather their growth. Bummer.
Your creativity is still well placed.  Not for this problem, but you've gotten me curious about whether grasses could be made to drop growths somehow, which could lead to some fun harvestable mineral stalagmites.  So thanks for the idea!



I may just have to make it a world-gen or embark script that adds the rare vein to all geographic regions.
I'd prefer not to need DFHack to accomplish it, though.
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