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[tieme]

I really like where my fortress is right now, is there any way I can start a new embark in the same location if I don't remember where my fortress was.  I want to try doing it again with no traps this time around but I really liked the location because it had plentiful ore, fuel, and flux.  Thanks!

I also don't want to abandon and reclaim the fortress, I would like to start from scratch.

[Proteus]

Nope

[opsneakie]

You can do an abandon and reclaim to find the spot of the fortress you liked, and then export the worldgen info (there's some way to do it). Then you can re-gen a world with the same data, and you should get the same fort location and then you can start from scratch. Kind of a roundabout solution, but it does work. At least, so other people say.

[isabuea]

is there anyway to reclaim a fort but make the are you work in larger then last time?

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

As Obsneakie mentioned, if you abandon your fortress, there is a way to export your worldgen info, parameters and the exact seed your computer used to generate the world.

If you plug these numbers in exactly, your computer will generate a world exactly identical to your last one, only everything you've done since worldgen ended is undone, and you can now embark there again.

[Psieye]

By the way, what version? If you liked the site because of plentiful ore/fuel/flux in DF2010, you will find that just about everywhere.

Anyway yeah, the above post shows the nominal way to get a 2nd try on the exact same location (with a wider area if desired). Next time though, make a backup of the save files just after you embark so you have a "try again" point to return to when you want such a second try.