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[MuonDecay]

i can bullseye magma and all other features, such as hfs, chasms, etc. 100% of the time without any sort of modding.

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hint: it involves the trade depot

That method has never worked for me. I don't understand it.

[woose1]

i can bullseye magma and all other features, such as hfs, chasms, etc. 100% of the time without any sort of modding.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

hint: it involves the trade depot

What is this method you speak of? 

[pushy]

i can bullseye magma and all other features, such as hfs, chasms, etc. 100% of the time without any sort of modding.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

hint: it involves the trade depot

What is this method you speak of? 

It's not 100% accurate in my experience, but basically...

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Go to build a trade depot. When you have the 5x5 box and it's asking where to place it, start moving the box around in the black unknown areas. For most of the map it'll say "Hidden", but where there's a hidden feature it'll say "Blocked".

I've just tried this in the game I have running now - I think it's spotted where the HFS is on my map (I don't know its exact location, but I know roughly where it is; it's not something I plan on touching any time soon, anyway) but it wasn't able to find the cave river (I do know the exact location of the chasm at the end of the cave river)

[anomaly]

trade depot feature finder method:

Note that this DOES NOT TELL YOU WHAT FEATURE IS WHERE, it only tells you where a feature is, so if you don't already have reveal all set for your init, you will only be able to discern where stuff is, not what kind it is.

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1.  Build a trade depot.

2.  go to the lowest  Z level which has not been sullied by dwarven hands.

3.  Press D (that's capital D) to view depot access.

4.  any areas marked by red X's (depot inaccessible) are typical rock walls.  However, any areas which are blank (devoid of anything, red X's or otherwise) are terrain features(could be hfs, magma, etc).  These will show as large square areas of blankness.  If your feature is a fissure or underground river, it will be displayed as blank spaces over a larger area, in a line of sorts.

and

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With features that do not exist on all Z levels, such as pools and rivers, you must first scroll down to the lowest Z level and press D.
Scroll up through the levels until you hit one that has no red X's.  this is the lowest level that this terrain feature persists on.  If you dig to that location one Z level above the specified level, you will probably be drilling right into the terrain feature in question.

If you use your head you can get almost 100% success, and it's better than messing around with some revealer that will mess up your magma forges.

[anomaly]

i can bullseye magma and all other features, such as hfs, chasms, etc. 100% of the time without any sort of modding.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

hint: it involves the trade depot

What is this method you speak of? 

It's not 100% accurate in my experience, but basically...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Go to build a trade depot. When you have the 5x5 box and it's asking where to place it, start moving the box around in the black unknown areas. For most of the map it'll say "Hidden", but where there's a hidden feature it'll say "Blocked".

I've just tried this in the game I have running now - I think it's spotted where the HFS is on my map (I don't know its exact location, but I know roughly where it is; it's not something I plan on touching any time soon, anyway) but it wasn't able to find the cave river (I do know the exact location of the chasm at the end of the cave river)

wow yep, that's not it at all.

[MuonDecay]

For the last fort I started, I just used reveal, then uploaded an exported revealed map to DFMA, then exited without saving.

That gives a complete, revealed map of your embark area in its unsullied state, which is readily accessible and fairly easy to navigate.

[Dareon Clearwater]

Both listed depot techniques work.

Since I generally play on a 2x2 or 3x3 map, I just have to remember which corner the magma pipe was in.  But the depot trick does help.  Wonder if that'll be fixed in the next release.

[MuonDecay]

I <3 the map export + DFMA method, though. It allowed me to cook up a general floor plan in my head.

It also made me giddy to realize there was a wealth of precious metals at my embark site. Glory!

WARNING: HFS Spoilers in map
http://www.mkv25.net/dfma/poi-10788-embarksite

I can't believe I played my previous fort for 30 years. I also can't believe how lucky I got, the world has lots of living, healthy megabeasts left. (Though also entirely too many giants. I hate giants. I'm so tired of being asked to kill giants. Why not send me after a GCS or a bronze colossus? Something tougher than a grizzly bear?)

[Vieto]

Well, now I know what HFS looks like.

[pushy]

Well, now I know what HFS looks like.

Ah, unlucky...definitely best to discover it for yourself in-game

[Vieto]

oh...

Well, I best get digging.

[MuonDecay]

Well, now I know what HFS looks like.

Oh, crap. I should spoiler that. My Bad.