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Author Topic: (2010) Default worldgen not generating decent rivers?  (Read 599 times)

Grumman

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(2010) Default worldgen not generating decent rivers?
« on: April 02, 2010, 05:46:15 am »

I've downloaded the new version (the one with the Mayday graphics pack included, if it makes a difference), and have found a disappointing lack of rivers. I've generated half a dozen worlds, none of which have had anything bigger than a stream, four squares wide. Are others getting the same problem, and if so, what changes do I make to the worldgen parameters to fix it?
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Re: (2010) Default worldgen not generating decent rivers?
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2010, 05:58:41 am »

I had an 18 river over a cliff creating a huge waterfall as my first embark site. Perhaps you just have bad luck.
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Re: (2010) Default worldgen not generating decent rivers?
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2010, 06:40:18 am »

Look through the custom world generation options, there's options for increasing the number of initial river starting points. I've found that I can usually tripple the default number and still generate a world without too many rejects. The same goes for volcanos, btw.

Also, bring back the old location finder :( Not being able to search for flux, river AND volcanos suck.
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Re: (2010) Default worldgen not generating decent rivers?
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2010, 12:21:43 am »

The good news is that I eventually got the river I wanted, using the Medium Region worldgen parameters. The bad news is that the default worldgen still hasn't worked. If I had to guess, I'd say the problem was that the relatively small landmasses didn't give the rivers enough room to grow before they hit the ocean.
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Re: (2010) Default worldgen not generating decent rivers?
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2010, 12:46:50 am »

I found anything larger than a stream to be quite rare even in 40d.
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Re: (2010) Default worldgen not generating decent rivers?
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2010, 01:41:11 am »

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I found anything larger than a stream to be quite rare even in 40d.
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also i have river on second embark site in default wordgen.
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