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Seryntas

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No iron. Like...anywhere.
« on: October 18, 2011, 09:16:21 pm »
With the new embark screen that lists only "shallow metals" and "deep metals" rather than the actual layers, I've become...completely unable to find a map that has iron on it, even if I set mineral occurrence to 100.  Any tips or workarounds?
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Re: No iron. Like...anywhere.
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2011, 09:19:18 pm »
Personally, I just look for places with flux but without aquifer. If it happens to have iron, cool, if it's a volcano, even more cool...er.
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Re: No iron. Like...anywhere.
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2011, 09:19:43 pm »
Using the "find" command while searching for a site you can set shallow metals to "multiple" which SHOULD give you an embark with iron. Don't forget to search flux stone as well, though you may have to do it in a smaller area than default and settle for a two or three biome embark which has some of what you need and some of what you don't.
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Re: No iron. Like...anywhere.
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2011, 09:20:20 pm »
 None whatsoever? Redownload the game and gen a new world then. Might be damaged raws. Remember, both limonite and hematite are ores of iron.

 Also, this probably belongs in the Gameplay Questions forum:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?board=7.0

 Edit: got double ninja'd.
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Re: No iron. Like...anywhere.
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2011, 09:26:08 pm »
Thanks for the suggestions.  Multiple shallow metals was what I was doing, though, and I was getting "WE HAVE TIN AND GOLD!" over and over.

Note that this is NOT a newbie mistake - I've been playing Dwarf Fortress since before there were Z-levels.
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Re: No iron. Like...anywhere.
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2011, 09:58:11 pm »
Quote from: Seryntas on October 18, 2011, 09:26:08 pm
Thanks for the suggestions.  Multiple shallow metals was what I was doing, though, and I was getting "WE HAVE TIN AND GOLD!" over and over.

Note that this is NOT a newbie mistake - I've been playing Dwarf Fortress since before there were Z-levels.

Sorry, I should've paid more attention before posting.
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Re: No iron. Like...anywhere.
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2011, 07:38:57 am »
I ran into this as well. My first embark ever had iron, then I didn't see it again until about 10 forts later when I turned minerals up to "everywhere."
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