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Slackratchet

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Major Rivers.
« on: April 06, 2012, 12:45:18 pm »
Quite a few versions back I built my fortress hanging over what looked like the Mississippi river which was going through a deep canyon. I haven't seen any water features like that in a while, has anyone else?
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2012, 01:33:08 pm »
Some guy genned a map that had a huge river, so I DL'd that and used it.  Was horrible, hippos errywhere.  Managed to keep a workable fortress though.
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2012, 01:33:59 pm »
Massive rivers?

Yep.

Canyons?

Yep.

And I mean rivers like these:
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 03:25:09 pm »
OK, cool then. I will just look harder.
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 03:38:28 pm »
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 10:33:50 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on April 06, 2012, 03:38:28 pm
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/River#Rivers_in_the_regional_map
This. Dark blue double-lines are majors. There are specific gen options you can tweak to get more of them, though I've forgotten what they are, now that I no longer care about non-aquifer water sources, thanks to the stagnation bug.
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 11:11:14 pm »
Try turning erosion cycles way up and setting the elevation variance as high as you can.
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2012, 09:47:25 am »
Quote from: QuakeIV on April 06, 2012, 01:33:08 pm
Some guy genned a map that had a huge river, so I DL'd that and used it.  Was horrible, hippos errywhere.

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« Last Edit: April 07, 2012, 01:41:58 pm by Marshall Burns »
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2012, 09:50:58 am »
Given that you can walk on it, I think the River Ankh would count as a brook.
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Re: Major Rivers.
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2012, 05:14:49 pm »
Quote from: Silophant on April 07, 2012, 09:50:58 am
Given that you can walk on it, I think the River Ankh would count as a brook.
Never forget that technically the River Ankh is so solid it counts as land.
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