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Major SNAFU

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Searching for initial site is crashing DF
« on: April 27, 2010, 09:58:41 pm »
I'm new here, and I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this.

I have serveral installations of the most recent DF on my machine.  Vanilla, DFG30, The play along version, and the DF_31_03_Graphic_Setup (Golden something).

Anyway, in all but the last one listed, if I try to use the search feature to find a suitable starting location, the game chuggs along to around 200 or so and then I get a run time error.

I was able to use this successfully with the Graphic_Setup installation.

This happens with a default world generation and with custom settings.

I would appreciate any ideas as I am having a few other issues with the Graphic_Setup installation.

Thanks,

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Re: Searching for initial site is crashing DF
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2010, 10:00:04 pm »
Known bug having to do with running out of memory.  Will be fixed on the next release.
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Re: Searching for initial site is crashing DF
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2010, 10:07:53 pm »
Thanks,

My understanding is that all of the installations I am running are based on 31.03, so why doesn't this affect all of the installations?

That is a real bummer as I don't really understand yet how to select a good initial site and was hoping to use this to help me out.

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Re: Searching for initial site is crashing DF
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2010, 08:00:19 am »
Quote from: Major SNAFU on April 27, 2010, 10:07:53 pm
My understanding is that all of the installations I am running are based on 31.03, so why doesn't this affect all of the installations?

That is a real bummer as I don't really understand yet how to select a good initial site and was hoping to use this to help me out.
The bug only applies when searching 'large' size worlds.  Searches on smaller size worlds still work.
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Re: Searching for initial site is crashing DF
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2010, 08:05:29 am »
Ah.  Many thanks!
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dudemauler

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Re: Searching for initial site is crashing DF
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2010, 09:48:45 am »
Better yet, don't use search!

manually look for either a volcano (a red ^) or any place with a white(sedimentary) layer, trees, and a river and you should be set.

(note: sedimentary layers and volcanoes are mutually exclusive, so mod in iron ore to appear in igneous layers.
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Re: Searching for initial site is crashing DF
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2010, 11:56:31 am »
Quote from: dudemauler on April 28, 2010, 09:48:45 am
note: sedimentary layers and volcanoes are mutually exclusive, so mod in iron ore to appear in igneous layers.

Or just find a place where a biome with sedimentary layers is near to the volcano? Modding is a bit of a cheat and it's a lazy option  ???

Even modding iron ore to be where it shouldn't, you're still missing flux stone so you wouldn't have steel...
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