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Caledonian

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Map Editor
« on: August 05, 2008, 10:09:51 am »

We currently can design entire worlds, but we have little ability to design specific locations.

Have there been any attempts to make a Dwarf Fortress Region designer, that would permit us to build by hand fortress locations of a specific size?

I think it would be neat to be able to make long-abandoned fortresses that our dwarves could come across naturally, or construct intricate cave systems and then share them with others.
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Re: Map Editor
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2008, 01:47:06 pm »

While this seems neat, I would inevitably abuse it, I just know it.  I would build a whole fort this way, and then the fun of getting dwarves to do it would be gone for me.  Often self denial is necessary.

That said, I agree, to have the possibility of this feature would be nice.  If I restrict myself, I could just make sure my site has my favorite plants.  One oddity would be underground things, like magma and rivers, which might require some fiddilybits to work with, or just be restricted.
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