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[Ianflow]

there is actually a number specifying the minimum and possibly maximum number of for example evil biomes in advanced world gen. I can't tell you which number and how to change it for the desired results, but it should be possible

Confused a bit, but that makes sense.

[Garath]

Well, I remember one time messing with it and I ended up with just one evil biome - which spanned half the world

[WoobMonkey]

I want to put this before my actual question:
I am not a very FUN person

Anyhow, I wanted to figure out how to make Evil Biomes less likely to appear. I read up a bit on meshing and biomes, and it seems to be that for some reason making things a million to one chance increases the chance somehow (or one to a million).
I use custom maps, and I want to know, how do I make Evil Biomes less likely to appear?

In advanced worldgen, look for the 'desired number of good squares' and the inverse.  Make sure that you're allowing enough sub-regions and sites, so that the single evil biome you allow doesn't cover an entire mountain range or something.

AFAIK, the easiest way to avoid evil is to set the desired #good squares ridiculously high, and the evil low.  Seems obvious, right? 

You may want to also turn down, or disable, the 'evil clouds' and 'evil rains,' as well as disabling werecreatures, vampires, and secret types, if you're looking for the mellowest, safest world possible.

Here is a great resource, for more in-depth analysis on world generation.

[smjjames]

I want to put this before my actual question:
I am not a very FUN person

Anyhow, I wanted to figure out how to make Evil Biomes less likely to appear. I read up a bit on meshing and biomes, and it seems to be that for some reason making things a million to one chance increases the chance somehow (or one to a million).
I use custom maps, and I want to know, how do I make Evil Biomes less likely to appear?

Go to advanced world gen and set the desired evil square count in small, medium, and large subregions to none. It prevents any evil biomes from being generated at all.

[Yaotzin]

How do shields vs bucklers rank? Got an artifact steel buckler, is it better than a masterwork steel shield?

[WoobMonkey]

I want to put this before my actual question:
I am not a very FUN person

Anyhow, I wanted to figure out how to make Evil Biomes less likely to appear. I read up a bit on meshing and biomes, and it seems to be that for some reason making things a million to one chance increases the chance somehow (or one to a million).
I use custom maps, and I want to know, how do I make Evil Biomes less likely to appear?

Go to advanced world gen and set the desired evil square count in small, medium, and large subregions to none. It prevents any evil biomes from being generated at all.

This will also prevent any goblins from having a place to settle.  If you'd like a world with only dwarves, humans, and elves, than this is the way to go.

[smjjames]

I want to put this before my actual question:
I am not a very FUN person

Anyhow, I wanted to figure out how to make Evil Biomes less likely to appear. I read up a bit on meshing and biomes, and it seems to be that for some reason making things a million to one chance increases the chance somehow (or one to a million).
I use custom maps, and I want to know, how do I make Evil Biomes less likely to appear?

Go to advanced world gen and set the desired evil square count in small, medium, and large subregions to none. It prevents any evil biomes from being generated at all.

This will also prevent any goblins from having a place to settle.  If you'd like a world with only dwarves, humans, and elves, than this is the way to go.

I have had absolutely no issues with goblins settling in a world with no evil biomes. They just tend to settle where the other races don't. Goblins are simply the only race that can or will settle in evil biomes, there is nothing in the entity raws that say that they MUST have evil biome to be spawned.

[Trif]

I recently purchased three stacks of steel bolts. I need my marksdwarfs to equip them. How do I do it?

The bolts are in an easily accessible stockpile with no bins allowed. The ammo of the marksdwarf squad is set to steel bolts (70) for combat and training. There are no active burrows.

The quivers are empty. How do I change that?

[xcorps]

Is there a comprehensive damage comparison table somewhere?

I've noticed in the wiki that most materials have a damage rating as compared to iron, but I'd like to see a table that lists everything including glass, if there is one.

[Sutremaine]

I recently purchased three stacks of steel bolts. I need my marksdwarfs to equip them. How do I do it?

The bolts are in an easily accessible stockpile with no bins allowed. The ammo of the marksdwarf squad is set to steel bolts (70) for combat and training. There are no active burrows.

Have you disallowed bolts for hunters?

[Trif]

I recently purchased three stacks of steel bolts. I need my marksdwarfs to equip them. How do I do it?

The bolts are in an easily accessible stockpile with no bins allowed. The ammo of the marksdwarf squad is set to steel bolts (70) for combat and training. There are no active burrows.

Have you disallowed bolts for hunters?

No, but they are only allowed to use bone bolts.

[Garath]

there seem to be issues with marksdwarfs picking up bolts out of bins, that might be happening. How long have they been refusing to pick up the bolts? they usually don't get them immediately.

[Trif]

They aren't in bins. And they've picked up bone bolts in the past, I just need them to pick up the steel bolts now.

[Telgin]

Tried giving them a station order somewhere?  That often jump starts the equipment pickup process.

[Trif]

I tried it, but it didn't help.