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[mutant mell]

I would like the ability to determine if there are continents on the generated world, and perhaps how many are created.  Would be especially interesting with the new army/civilization stuff going in.

[Capntastic]

Considering the game world is currently a hunk of land about the size of the UK, there aren't really continents.   Though I've bugged Toady about fiddling with things and making the gameworld a globe, a few times.

I think continents will be a must if we're ever to have piratical adventures on the high seas.

[Draco18s]

I thought that a game world was 1/8th of a planet...

[Capntastic]

I'm not sure on the exact figures, but I've heard 'about the size of the UK' tossed around.

[Toady One]

The 1/8 of a planet comes from the desire for a diverse set of biomes, and the UK statements come from the tile size of the world (197376x197376).  If you throw out a, say, 2 meter side to a tile (no need to start the tile size discussion again...), then you arrive at 155,829 km^2.  The island of Great Britain is 209,331-215,595 km^2 according to different parts of wikipedia.  The quest for a more representative island can begin at this time.  South Island, New Zealand is looking pretty good.  We can go all LotR movies there.  That assumes the 4m^2 tile size of course, which is arbitrary.  My calculations, are, as usual, suspect, so don't hold me to them.

[ January 28, 2008: Message edited by: Toady One ]

[Capntastic]

Next we'll need to know which world currencies and weight systems DF match most.

[Kagus]

Not just LotR, King Kong as well.

And almost any other Peter Jackson movie, for that matter...

However, seaborne merchants do seem like a necessity.  Maybe if you were to set up a port-fort, you'd be able to trade with new and exciting races from far away lands.  Like the cultivated slugmen who live on the isle of slugopia, and whose merchants insist aren't selling you their slime, and that's it's authentic giant cave spider venom.

[Capntastic]

LoTR had a lot of different biomes.  From the Shire to Mordor, it is all achievable within DF.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I think the game calls any large enough island a continent.

[Javis]

Aren't the only islands one region tile in area and caused by oceanic volcanos?

[mutant mell]

Maybe for now, a long, narrow ocean right down the middle would be cool.  Nothing too big is necessary.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Nope. Any piece of land not connected to any other piece of land is an island. If it sufficiently large, tha game calls it a continent. I had thus far seen one separated continent that went along the map edge (it was actually tucked in a corner), and one full-fledged "continent" the size of a medium mountain range, with several biomes, surrounded by water.

I must have tired out everyone with my "worldgen improvement ideas", but maybe since Toady set up the worldgen to follow a specific pattern, he could add some more patterns, like island conglomerates? Although, no. This will not work until ships and seafaring is in...