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[vjek]

I don't think you're going to find what you're looking for without artificially and/or manually modifying the world after it is generated.

If you want a perfect cube feature, above ground, I don't think the worldgen code is capable of generating that on its own.

In other words, if you want a certain number of z-levels that are vertical, then a receding slope above that, you can probably get close to that.  Certainly, 3 or 4 perfectly vertical Z-levels are within the realm of possibility, especially on the side of above-ground volcano tubes. 
If you want a cube (vertical face cliff with a perfectly flat top) of any height, I'm dubious it's possible without hacking the world after the generation.  How many vertical Z-levels do you want?

Normally I wouldn't ask why you want it, because it's none of my business and "because" is always an acceptable answer on these forums.     But if you really want a vertical face of a certain height/depth, channeling down underground will definitely get you that.  You could, even artificially create such a thing in-game by building access ramps up to a working face of a steep slope and digging it out from top to bottom.

[squishynoob]

First of all thanks for your interest.

The purpose was to build a fortress above extruding platforms (imagine large balconies), all of them connected by bridges, for the heck of it.

I'd be looking for about 7-8 Z-level cliffs, with bonus points if there are two of them facing each other (which was why I wanted the cliffs to be as many as possible.
A channeling is also possible, but it's time consuming (although it gives materials for building), and a natural wall just felt better. That's about it.

[vjek]

Hm, I have been able to generate many extreme cliff canyons, typically with a river or brook at the bottom.  I'll endeavor to duplicate that and post the worldgen results.  Is the width of a brook too narrow and would it be a problem if it were at the bottom of the facing cliff faces?

[squishynoob]

Well the brook (4 tiles) is indeed a bit narrow, but the presence of it is not an issue.

Then again, I could widen the gap by channeling. A bit of it is ok.

If you manage to find a very deep cliff (make it 8-10 Z-levels) and post the specs, well thanks again

[JBlak]

Can somebody gen me an embark/world?

Evil
Volcano
Sedimentary Layer
Decent trees
Lots of Titans and megabeasts

Any advice on generating a fairly evil world, with still enough unevil room for civilization?

[Iton Ibrukrithzam]

Could I ask some advice on world generation?

I'm looking for a site with Untamed Wilds, in a tropical shrubland or forest(for Giant Tigers) or alternately a desert(for giant scorpions).  I'd like to have sedimentary layers, with good iron production, which is the real killer.  I can't seem to figure out how to locate these, or how to increase their frequency.  Clay is also nice, if anyone knows how to encourage its formation.

[i2amroy]

I just felt that this thread would be much more efficient if whoever started it would go through and label some links to various world types on the first page instead of us having to dig through all 28 in order to see if a world has been made to our spec's yet.

[vjek]

Can somebody gen me an embark/world?

Evil
Volcano
Sedimentary Layer
Decent trees
Lots of Titans and megabeasts

Any advice on generating a fairly evil world, with still enough unevil room for civilization?

Most of that is pretty easy.  If you don't care what TYPE of trees, even easier.

This is a df-mode playable completely evil world, 33x33 with 100 volcanoes, lots of trees, 3 dragons, 2 rocs, 2 hydras, 10 titans, 1,089 cave dragons, and 31,737 goblins:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[WORLD_GEN]
   [TITLE:EVILTREES]
   [SEED:1668320750]
   [HISTORY_SEED:4111770746]
   [NAME_SEED:37172740]
   [CREATURE_SEED:268083704]
   [DIM:33:33]
   [EMBARK_POINTS:2500]
   [END_YEAR:700]
   [BEAST_END_YEAR:500:99]
   [REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:0]
   [CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:1]
   [ELEVATION:102:103:0:0]
   [RAINFALL:90:99:0:0]
   [TEMPERATURE:60:75:0:0]
   [DRAINAGE:1:9:0:0]
   [VOLCANISM:100:100:3200:3200]
   [SAVAGERY:0:0:0:0]
   [ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:3:10000:0:0:0:0]
   [RAIN_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [MINERAL_SCARCITY:100]
   [MEGABEAST_CAP:10]
   [SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:5]
   [TITAN_NUMBER:10]
   [TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:120:0:0]
   [DEMON_NUMBER:1]
   [NIGHT_CREATURE_NUMBER:0]
   [GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:0:0:0]
   [EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:1:1:1]
   [PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:0]
   [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
   [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
   [VOLCANO_MIN:100]
   [REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:0:0:0]
   [EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:0]
   [RIVER_MINS:0:0]
   [PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:0]
   [OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:0]
   [SUBREGION_MAX:5000]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:0]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:0]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:100]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:100]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:15]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:25]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:2]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:24]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:3]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:3]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:48]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:4]
   [LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:3]
   [CAVE_MIN_SIZE:15]
   [CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]
   [MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:0]
   [NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:10]
   [ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:1]
   [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
   [TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:5]
   [TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:16000]
   [SITE_CAP:200]
   [PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:1]
   [ELEVATION_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [RAIN_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [DRAINAGE_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [SAVAGERY_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [VOLCANISM_RANGES:0:0:0]

Can't help with the sedimentary layer part, but hey, nobody's perfect.

[JBlak]

Can't help with the sedimentary layer part, but hey, nobody's perfect.

Can you change the x or y variance of something so the differenc between layers will be greater?

[vjek]

Can you change the x or y variance of something so the differenc between layers will be greater?

Feel free to try it, I'm not personally aware of any parameters that can reliably produce particular metals or stone.  Each worldgen seems pretty random regarding the underground portion.  But, anything is possible!

[Eric Blank]

First of all thanks for your interest.

The purpose was to build a fortress above extruding platforms (imagine large balconies), all of them connected by bridges, for the heck of it.

I'd be looking for about 7-8 Z-level cliffs, with bonus points if there are two of them facing each other (which was why I wanted the cliffs to be as many as possible.
A channeling is also possible, but it's time consuming (although it gives materials for building), and a natural wall just felt better. That's about it.

If you're still searching, and don't mind living over a lake or ocean, then the areas where mountains meet lakes and oceans are often just as extreme as where rivers cut canyons through the land, so I'd suggest a world with a lot of rainfall and many river start locations, higher than average but not necessarily max elevation variance and elevation meshes weighted more heavily toward the 1-20 and 80-100 ranges, erosion disabled, and plenty of mountains. Lakes will usually form in the middle of mountain ranges anyway, and the edges of these where the lakes, mountains, and a small sliver of embark-possible land in a corner meet will often make for very steep and tall cliffs, and fun embarks. Same goes for oceans, so always watch out for mountain ranges directly adjacent to an ocean.
But really, finding a lot of huge, landlocked cliffs isn't going to happen. At most I've found 5-7 story cliffs at the edge of a mountain range, with plenty of little trails of ramps leading to the valley floor, and not much was rock anyway. Volcano calderas are a good bet though, since they can be sunken to ground level within the cone, with a perfectly vertical shaft to the top.
I once found a ~50 z-level drop from high mountains into the ocean on an island world. I may have posted it somewhere in this thread, but otherwise couldn't replicate it right now.

[DwarfRaiden]

Morning guys,

is there a way to confirm a metal is present in any embark area? I read here about some pre-embark screen, you mean the "find desired location" filter and its results? But that gives me only Shallow metal(/s) and Deep Metal(/s). Doesn't say the ground is filled with tetrahedrite and galena... For that I always have to embark, 'reveal' and 'prospect'.

and its painfull to abandon the fortress after that and start a new filter search and again and again.. and especially if the process involves placing notes onto the map itself where I've been looking already...

Is there any other way to find me iron and flux in one go?

[Flavio]

I got a place with iron, flux, coal, sand, clay (although not fire clay), semi-flat and with a natural waterfall (only 2 z-levels), also savage and bening. Although in the world you can manage some good and evil regions. Don't have a volcano, but the magma sea is just 36 z-levels down.

Spoiler: DFProspector (click to show/hide)

Base materials:
                     SOIL : 66399
                    STONE : 952501
                     VEIN : 252797
                      ICE : 1878
                    MAGMA : 101335

Layer materials:
                   MARBLE : 175398
                  GRANITE : 144637
                QUARTZITE : 127912
                  DIORITE : 99352
                 PHYLLITE : 80923
                    SHALE : 74750
                   SCHIST : 72026
                   GABBRO : 61589
                   GNEISS : 60924
                CLAYSTONE : 28878
                    SLATE : 26112
                CLAY_LOAM : 20383
               LOAMY_SAND : 17323
                 SAND_TAN : 15324
          SILTY_CLAY_LOAM : 13369
>>> TOTAL = 1018900

Ores:
             TETRAHEDRITE : 23180
               SPHALERITE : 17052
                MAGNETITE : 14992
              NATIVE_GOLD : 10494
                   GALENA : 2298
          NATIVE_PLATINUM : 309
              CASSITERITE : 153
>>> TOTAL = 68478

Gems:
>>> TOTAL = 0

Other vein stone:
               MICROCLINE : 55301
                     MICA : 51066
                  BAUXITE : 25338
                COBALTITE : 10358
                   GYPSUM : 7582
          COAL_BITUMINOUS : 5748
                 CINNABAR : 4931
                   PYRITE : 1932
         GREEN TOURMALINE : 1640
              MILK QUARTZ : 1293
                ALMANDINE : 1069
             SMOKY QUARTZ : 920
             CRYSTAL_ROCK : 894
               RED ZIRCON : 881
                 AMETHYST : 858
                    PRASE : 811
             BROWN ZIRCON : 767
             GREEN ZIRCON : 738
                  CITRINE : 653
              QUARTZ_ROSE : 629
               JELLY OPAL : 603
                 WAX OPAL : 583
                   SCHORL : 555
             BLACK ZIRCON : 524
            YELLOW ZIRCON : 501
               SPINEL_RED : 458
         CLEAR TOURMALINE : 441
       YELLOW SPESSARTINE : 355
                MORGANITE : 346
            SPINEL_PURPLE : 344
              PINK GARNET : 338
               PYROLUSITE : 337
             BLACK PYROPE : 335
                   RUTILE : 334
                   MORION : 322
            OPAL_REDFLASH : 313
               AVENTURINE : 310
               AQUAMARINE : 284
          PINK TOURMALINE : 269
                MOONSTONE : 251
             GOLDEN BERYL : 225
       HONEY YELLOW BERYL : 215
                CAT'S EYE : 211
                RUBICELLE : 210
             CLEAR GARNET : 193
              ALEXANDRITE : 188
             LAPIS LAZULI : 186
         YELLOW GROSSULAR : 166
       VIOLET SPESSARTINE : 151
                GOSHENITE : 147
              BLUE GARNET : 141
               HORNBLENDE : 130
                FIRE OPAL : 124
              JASPER OPAL : 110
                RHODOLITE : 90
                BLUE JADE : 84
                 HELIODOR : 80
                TSAVORITE : 79
              CHRYSOPRASE : 74
               OPAL_LEVIN : 64
                 TIGEREYE : 50
             BROWN JASPER : 40
           RED TOURMALINE : 34
             OPAL_CRYSTAL : 33
               RED PYROPE : 21
               SHELL OPAL : 17
                  CALCITE : 17
               TOPAZOLITE : 14
              CHRYSOBERYL : 13
>>> TOTAL = 184319

Shrubs:
          BERRIES_PRICKLE : 421
                VINE_WHIP : 418
           GRASS_LONGLAND : 221
       BERRIES_STRAW_WILD : 202
                ROOT_HIDE : 199
    MUSHROOM_HELMET_PLUMP : 186
         GRASS_WHEAT_CAVE : 182
           GRASS_TAIL_PIG : 172
                POD_SWEET : 171
              BUSH_QUARRY : 162
               WEED_BLADE : 95
                 WEED_RAT : 84
      MUSHROOM_CUP_DIMPLE : 78
           BERRIES_FISHER : 37
                REED_ROPE : 28
>>> TOTAL = 2656

Wood in trees:
                TOWER_CAP : 311
                FUNGIWOOD : 301
                      ASH : 270
                    BIRCH : 263
                    ALDER : 231
                 CHESTNUT : 230
                      OAK : 222
                 HIGHWOOD : 218
                    MAPLE : 216
                   WILLOW : 155
                BLACK_CAP : 84
              BLOOD_THORN : 67
               GOBLIN_CAP : 62
              TUNNEL_TUBE : 62
               SPORE_TREE : 61
>>> TOTAL = 2753

Spoiler: WorldGen Parameters (click to show/hide)

[WORLD_GEN]
   [TITLE:Cool World]
   [SEED:32528949]
   [HISTORY_SEED:1766612775]
   [NAME_SEED:730358630]
   [CREATURE_SEED:3844939316]
   [DIM:129:129]
   [EMBARK_POINTS:1274]
   [END_YEAR:99]
   [BEAST_END_YEAR:200:80]
   [REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
   [CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:0]
   [ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]
   [RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]
   [TEMPERATURE:25:75:200:200]
   [DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]
   [VOLCANISM:0:100:200:200]
   [SAVAGERY:0:100:200:200]
   [ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:2:1:2:2:1:1]
   [RAIN_FREQUENCY:2:1:1:2:2:2]
   [DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:2:1:1:2:2:2]
   [TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:2:1:3:4:1:1]
   [SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:2:1:1:2:2:2]
   [VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [MINERAL_SCARCITY:500]
   [MEGABEAST_CAP:18]
   [SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:37]
   [TITAN_NUMBER:9]
   [TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
   [DEMON_NUMBER:28]
   [NIGHT_CREATURE_NUMBER:28]
   [GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:500:1000:5000]
   [EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
   [PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:12]
   [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
   [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
   [VOLCANO_MIN:3]
   [REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:2080:3:3]
   [REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:2080:2:2]
   [REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:0:0:0]
   [REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:2080:3:3]
   [REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:2080:3:3]
   [EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:250]
   [RIVER_MINS:800:400]
   [PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]
   [OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
   [SUBREGION_MAX:2750]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:2]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:25]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:50]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:50]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:15]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:20]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:2]
   [LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:1]
   [CAVE_MIN_SIZE:1]
   [CAVE_MAX_SIZE:5]
   [MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:25]
   [NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
   [ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:0]
   [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
   [TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:40]
   [TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:15000]
   [SITE_CAP:1040]
   [PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:1]
   [ELEVATION_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
   [RAIN_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
   [DRAINAGE_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
   [SAVAGERY_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
   [VOLCANISM_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]

Site:


PS: It only have 2 caverns.

[Thuellai]

Anyone got a relatively flat embark with surface magma [or a particularly close magma sea], sand of some variety, a good collection of wood, and a river?  Awesome metal deposits appreciated but not necessarily required, I'm just sick of huge cliffs that get my dwarves running up and down a million z-levels and killing frame-rate with pathfinding failures [they're such dumb creatures sometimes]

[Azated]

I've always wanted a good or evil volcano next to an equally good/evil ocean. Imagine the creatures you'd get. Zombie sea serpents fighting skeletal imps, anyone?