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[SoulSkorpion]

I decided to pick up DF after a long absence, but I can't seem to successfully generate a new world. It keeps getting stuck on "Finalizing civ mats... (3/5)", and just sits there for ages and ages and ages until the program eventually crashes.

Anyone else had this happen? Or know how to work around it? I thought it might be a world size issue, but I'm trying on a small region.

[Shonai_Dweller]

I decided to pick up DF after a long absence, but I can't seem to successfully generate a new world. It keeps getting stuck on "Finalizing civ mats... (3/5)", and just sits there for ages and ages and ages until the program eventually crashes.

Anyone else had this happen? Or know how to work around it? I thought it might be a world size issue, but I'm trying on a small region.

Where did you get your DF from?
That'll help people work out what the issue is.

Regular vanilla DF doesn't do this (unless there's some unrelated issue with your PC), so if you're not using that, try it out and see what happens. Then eliminate mods one at a time until you get something playable.

[SoulSkorpion]

I decided to pick up DF after a long absence, but I can't seem to successfully generate a new world. It keeps getting stuck on "Finalizing civ mats... (3/5)", and just sits there for ages and ages and ages until the program eventually crashes.

Anyone else had this happen? Or know how to work around it? I thought it might be a world size issue, but I'm trying on a small region.

Where did you get your DF from?
That'll help people work out what the issue is.

Regular vanilla DF doesn't do this (unless there's some unrelated issue with your PC), so if you're not using that, try it out and see what happens. Then eliminate mods one at a time until you get something playable.

It's plain ole vanilla DF, downloaded from this very site, no mods.

[Shonai_Dweller]

I decided to pick up DF after a long absence, but I can't seem to successfully generate a new world. It keeps getting stuck on "Finalizing civ mats... (3/5)", and just sits there for ages and ages and ages until the program eventually crashes.

Anyone else had this happen? Or know how to work around it? I thought it might be a world size issue, but I'm trying on a small region.

Where did you get your DF from?
That'll help people work out what the issue is.

Regular vanilla DF doesn't do this (unless there's some unrelated issue with your PC), so if you're not using that, try it out and see what happens. Then eliminate mods one at a time until you get something playable.

It's plain ole vanilla DF, downloaded from this very site, no mods.

Latest version? Very strange. How many times have you tried?
Latest version has been out for almost 7 months, if it didn't work someone would have mentioned by now...

Are you using a 32 bit Operating System and trying to run the (default) 64 bit download?

[anewaname]

Is there a reason DF might not be able to save data to disk? When it finishes generating world history, it populates the "/data/saves/current" folder with the world. I don't know when that "Finalizing civ mats" step happens, and am assuming it is after all the years have rolled past.

[SoulSkorpion]

Strange. I've just tried installing again, in a different location, and it's working fine. Oh well, no worries then.