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[christopherj]

Hi Bay12 Users,
I'm new to Dwarf Fortress (sorta) and I wanted to get rid of aquifers from my world. What file(s) do I need to edit/modify?

Thanks!

[MaximumZero]

Go into your Dwarf Fortress folder, then Raw, then Objects. There you will find three files labeled:

inorganic_stone_layer
inorganic_stone_soil
inorganic_stone_mineral

Open these with notepad, one at a time, and delete every " [AQUIFER] " tag you find, without the quotes. It's easiest to find them using Ctrl+F and inputting AQ, then searching for that. Have fun!

[drvoke]

This method doesn't work for me with DF 0.31.10.  I get layers of "rock" and weird shape-shifting surface tiles.  Oh, and the site map when creating a new fortress shows me whole layers of silver and other stuff that obviously shouldn't work that way.

I get tired of finding neat sites in interesting locations only to find they have aquifers I have no interest in trying to pierce.  This method of removing the AQUIFER entry from the raws worked for me as recently as 31.06.

[Shaostoul]

It works for me.

You need to be sure to only delete the [AQUIFER] tag. That's all that is getting deleted. No files are getting deleted, nothing else, but that.

[drvoke]

It works for me.

You need to be sure to only delete the [AQUIFER] tag. That's all that is getting deleted. No files are getting deleted, nothing else, but that.

It works now.  New install in a new directory.  I must have somehow got some old raws mixed up in the new game.

[Shaostoul]

I heard duplicate raws could cause problems like that.

[Lekegolo Khanid]

Thank you for this thread.