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Ironhand

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Nice waterfall location
« on: June 10, 2009, 01:31:30 pm »
I've found a rather enjoyable location, so I thought I'd share it. It is a major river and minor river in one very compact location.

The major river, called The Droplets of Odor, is 47 tiles wide! There is a 10-z-level waterfall on the major river!



The river is level to the plateau (accessible) before the waterfall, and drops down between sheer cliff faces!
The land all around is generally rough and rugged too, with significant hills and valleys, and a few ponds.

There is a subterranean magma vent north of the major river, in that smooth spot west of the minor river.

There are a good many trees and there is plenty of yellow sand.



The only aquifer I've encountered is to the south of the river. It's only one z-level deep, and it's a few layers down.

And to make it even better, the whole thing freezes during the winter! Stays frozen for the better part of it, too!

You can get it all in a 2x2 if you want. I used a 3x3.
If you extend a few tiles west, I think there's an obsidian layer and black sand in that broadleaf biome.

There's an elvish camp nearby, which is enticing given the availability of large amounts of water/magma.
But it's pretty far away to really be worth it. There's a lot of empty, boring forest in between.

Here are the world gen parameters:

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(Don't let END_YEAR:10000 throw you off. It stops at 99)

And here's the embark location I used:
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The only mods I use are simple creature-adds I made myself. Llamas, falcons, and the cat bug fix.
I don't think those would make a difference in world generation. I hope I am correct.

I'm really not sure if this is anything special. It's the first major river I've ever embarked on.
But I believe that waterfalls (and rough terrain in general) are hard to come by on really nice rivers.

Let me know what you think!
« Last Edit: June 10, 2009, 01:34:27 pm by Ironhand »
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2009, 01:49:45 pm »
A frozen major river would be quite interesting, combined with frezzing, magma, freezing, a waterfall, freezing, an extra minor river and the fact that it freezes in thw winter would be some very interesting structures. I have quistion though, how deep is the river?
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2009, 02:29:43 pm »
That looks epic.  I can't believe something like that could naturally form.

Incidentally, it should be Fun when the river thaws again.  "Urist Mcwoodcutter cancels ice skating: Drowning".

Anyway, I might have a go at it.  An "Aswan Dam" megaproject could be fun.
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2009, 03:02:37 pm »
So far in my version the seed hasn't even spawned the right world. Usually it world it self gens right but the accual placement of the stuff in the left most window is changed, this time the stuff in the right most window isn't right.
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2009, 03:27:47 pm »
I wonder if the orc mod is throwing this off it doesent wanna gen. It cant seem to run the rivers.

EDIT: Nvm.
« Last Edit: June 10, 2009, 03:30:28 pm by QuakeIV »
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 03:33:40 pm »
That is so friggin' awesome :O

Isn't there something called the Niagara waterfalls in the US? :P
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2009, 03:36:34 pm »
Quote from: Scruga on June 10, 2009, 03:33:40 pm
That is so friggin' awesome :O

Isn't there something called the Niagara waterfalls in the US? :P

Technically US/Canada
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2009, 03:41:38 pm »
Ironhand can you load up your game file by chance?
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2009, 03:42:45 pm »
Quote from: QuakeIV on June 10, 2009, 03:36:34 pm
Quote from: Scruga on June 10, 2009, 03:33:40 pm
That is so friggin' awesome :O

Isn't there something called the Niagara waterfalls in the US? :P

Technically US/Canada

Thanks i didn't know =)
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2009, 03:45:46 pm »
Anyone got some finder parameters to snag this one easyer?
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2009, 03:53:36 pm »
Oh, wow! I'm glad it's such a hit!

The river is just one z-level deep throughout, which seems a little strange.
It's a lot easier to deal with this way, though. And it doesn't flood, even if you pour more water in.

See that weird dip in the water level on the right side of that first picture?
That anomaly filled up really quick and wasn't ever a problem again, but it spurts out water at the spring thaw.
I have no idea why, but it scared the willies out of me the first time because I thought I had a flood on my hands.

It doesn't generate? Crap. Hold on, I'll get it uploaded somewhere...
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« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2009, 03:58:33 pm »
No i just got it to gen, it took like 200 failures tho.
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2009, 04:06:38 pm »
I got it to generate after a ton of rejects, but it's not the same world. What version were you using?

The world in general is pretty sweet though, so thanks anyway!
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2009, 04:11:32 pm »
So it stopped genning at 99 years so that implys that the rest is working, i just cant find that river..
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Re: Nice waterfall location
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2009, 04:20:29 pm »
Any framerate issues? I play on a laptop, but would love to play on one of these epic waterfalls.
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