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[werechicken]

At the moment with the new embark interface it only shows you if there is soil, clay, metals and an aquifer at your site.

I may have missed it, but, at the moment the only way to find flux is to search for it. Couldn't it be possible for it to show up along with clay and soil, maybe even as an init option in case some people like the challenge.

The main reason is that flux is usually needed in huge quantities to be any real use and would be ridiculously impractical to trade for all you'd need. In real life there are several types of flux stone that are very visible from the surface e.g. The white cliffs of dover

PS did a quick search and didn't find anything similar, if so or if toady has said this is upcoming then apologies

[Girlinhat]

It shows flux... I'm not sure what you're talking about really.  I might double check, but I'm almost positive it shows flux on the embark list of layers.

[werechicken]

I may be using it wrong but in the new version all it says is

Shallow metal
Deep metal
Soil
Clay
(If they are there)

Either that or I'm on a world without flux

[Girlinhat]

Search for an area with flux, see what the area says, be sure to go through different biomes with the F# keys.

[Il Palazzo]

Either that or I'm on a world without flux

Tough luck.
It does show flux properly, when it's there.

[Neowulf]

Embark profile doesn't show deep marble layers but the site finder will find them properly.
Plus deep marble is MUCH more prevalent than previous versions, while the shallower flux layers are near non-existent on most gens.

Just use the finder, it works great now.

[werechicken]

Ah, my bad, well we live and learn