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Author Topic: Embark size? Whut?  (Read 963 times)

Dragonchampion

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Embark size? Whut?
« on: November 30, 2010, 08:24:50 pm »
I am a complete newb, I know, but what is embark size?  :-\
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shadowform

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Re: Embark size? Whut?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 08:27:02 pm »
When you're first embarking, you select how large of a portion of the world you want to settle on.  The dimensions of that portion are your embark size.
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Re: Embark size? Whut?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2010, 08:31:20 pm »
You can change it after you choose Dwarf Fortress on the menu with u, m, k, and h.
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Re: Embark size? Whut?
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 08:35:58 pm »
be default, your embark area is 4x4. you can make it as small as 2x2, or as big as 16x16, or anywhere in between.
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Re: Embark size? Whut?
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2010, 09:00:04 pm »
smaller is usually better, because a large embark kills your fps, so your game runs slowly.
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Re: Embark size? Whut?
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2010, 09:33:29 pm »
Quote from: Xerillum on November 30, 2010, 09:00:04 pm
smaller is usually better, because a large embark kills your fps, so your game runs slowly.
But if you have a good computer making a larger embark can let you take from more biomes and have a larger area to collect resources.
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Re: Embark size? Whut?
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2010, 10:27:39 pm »
Quote from: shadowform on November 30, 2010, 08:27:02 pm
When you're first embarking, you select how large of a portion of the world you want to settle on.  The dimensions of that portion are your embark size.
Quote from: SirAaronIII on November 30, 2010, 08:31:20 pm
You can change it after you choose Dwarf Fortress on the menu with u, m, k, and h.
Quote from: twilightdusk on November 30, 2010, 08:35:58 pm
be default, your embark area is 4x4. you can make it as small as 2x2, or as big as 16x16, or anywhere in between.
Quote from: Xerillum on November 30, 2010, 09:00:04 pm
smaller is usually better, because a large embark kills your fps, so your game runs slowly.
Quote from: glopso on November 30, 2010, 09:33:29 pm
Quote from: Xerillum on November 30, 2010, 09:00:04 pm
smaller is usually better, because a large embark kills your fps, so your game runs slowly.
But if you have a good computer making a larger embark can let you take from more biomes and have a larger area to collect resources.

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