Hi,
I'm looking for a particular sort of embark for my next fortress and I was hoping this thread could help.
I'm looking to make a dwarfen monestary where my dwarfs can dedicate their lives to wrestling and !!science!!
I want a mountain which goes up many z levels in the middle of a plain, the more z levels the better! Ideally it will be fairly broad and square, I'm going to shape it later on. I don't want anything too cold either (and no volcanoes). To clarify I'm looking for a mountain with plains surrounding it 360 degrees, hopefully in the middle of a large embark.
I'd like it to span across many biomes as I want a rich variety of stone and metal, however I am not fussy what metals they are as long as there is an abundance of either gold, silver or platinum. I'd also like as much candy as possible.
Bonuses would be at least one river or one aquafier, decent collection of wild animals, plenty of invaders and people to trade with. Trees would be very useful too.
Ideally I'm planning an 8x8 embark so hopefully it won't be too difficult to get everything i want...
What do you guys think?
I've still not managed to gen what I'm looking for
, Although I've now decided I'll settle for a smaller than 8x8 embark. 5x5, 6x6 would be fine.
Wanting a large embark with a mountain in the middle of it with plains all around.
I got a fairly nice 5x5 embark just now though,
Mountain is 44 tiles in circumference at the bottom, 1 tile at the top, mostly made of rock and spans 34 Z levels. This is Perfect for me... BUT
- Map features another big mountain next to it, Ideally I want space all round
- No plants/wood
- Mountain is right at the bottom of the map
- No gold, platinum or gypsum
Some nice features though:
- Plains at the bottom of mountain, but only on 90degrees.
- Large freshwater lake and 34 z level drop into it from the top of large mountain
- Magma pipes
- Unobtrusive aquafier
- Lots of colourful stone for building
- Iron + flux
- Lots of silver
- Loads of sand and clay
- There is a magma pipe 24 z levels below the freshwater lake.
- Reasonable amount of candy reachable without the circus
Let me know if anyone would like a copy.. it's a pretty cool map.
Also.. Does anyone know if I can export a world view of the cliff indicator from the dwarf fortress embark location selection screen? I could use that to find places where extreme cliffs meet plains, would save me a lot of searching.