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[MystRunner]

So I've been primarily running around playing adventure mode in the new release and only just now started to try to gen a world to play fort mode in. I have found this to be rather difficult compared to previous versions of dorf fort.

What I find hard is finding a good embark place with what I like to see. River, no aquifer, metals, flux, yada yada. Well it seems like every good place I get has tetrahidrite....I seem to be finding a massive lack of hematite or iron producing ore in all my embarks.

So is this just me or is it harder to gen worlds in the new game compared to old ones.

[Flying Dice]

A few obligatory statements:
Turning up volcanism will reduce the amount of sedimentary layers in the world. No sedimentary layer means no coal, no iron, and only marble for flux. Use the site finder to search for multiple deep and shallow metals as well as aquifers (if you use them), then use DFhack to prospect locations that you like that came back positive. If they've got a sedimentary layer stone / sedimentary flux, the site will probably have iron and coal.

[MystRunner]

A few obligatory statements:
Turning up volcanism will reduce the amount of sedimentary layers in the world. No sedimentary layer means no coal, no iron, and only marble for flux. Use the site finder to search for multiple deep and shallow metals as well as aquifers (if you use them), then use DFhack to prospect locations that you like that came back positive. If they've got a sedimentary layer stone / sedimentary flux, the site will probably have iron and coal.

Thanks I wasn't messing round with volcanism I was genning worlds in basic world gen with mineral occurrence turned up to frequent or everywhere. I was still finding just tetrahidrite.

[Nameless Archon]

What I find hard is finding a good embark place with what I like to see. River, no aquifer

While it's not guaranteed to be the case, aquifers will occur routinely in the presence of water. If you wish to eliminate one cause of rejection, and you're not going to play on aquifers anyway, just mod them out. It's easy, and if you're not going to mess with them anyway, you're really increasing the number of places you can embark.