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[Zaibusa]

So, I somehow messed up my world generation. So far i tried several new forts and i hardly ever find any ores!
The only things i did was removing Aquifers (after the problem already appeared) and setting my dwarfs to speed 1.

In some layers i have a normal ammount of minerals, but it's only one kind!
Here's the Prospector report:

Base materials:
                     SOIL : 137005
                    STONE : 2366188
                FEATSTONE : 113338
                 OBSIDIAN : 1487
                     VEIN : 280356
                    MAGMA : 148302
              CONSTRUCTED : 210

Layer materials:
                  GRANITE : 1304503
                   GABBRO : 237648
                  DIORITE : 235416
                    CHERT : 143903
                 PHYLLITE : 133363
                   MARBLE : 127381
                    SLADE : 110774
                   GNEISS : 93313
                    SLATE : 90661
                     LOAM : 36073
               SAND_WHITE : 35314
              SAND_YELLOW : 34143
                CLAY_LOAM : 31475
>>> TOTAL = 2613967

Vein materials:
               MICROCLINE : 116149
               ORTHOCLASE : 40899
            NATIVE_SILVER : 30108
                GOSHENITE : 21618
               SPHALERITE : 16349
                COBALTITE : 12729
                   GALENA : 12663
              QUARTZ_ROSE : 4283
           RED TOURMALINE : 3260
                TANZANITE : 2815
             CLEAR ZIRCON : 2582
           RAW_ADAMANTINE : 2564
                FIRE OPAL : 2560
             BLACK ZIRCON : 2184
               RESIN OPAL : 1999
                GOLD OPAL : 1539
                  EMERALD : 1513
             SMOKY QUARTZ : 1492
             LAPIS LAZULI : 1439
                 SUNSTONE : 1433
               PYROLUSITE : 1177
               OPAL_CLARO : 676
                    PRASE : 308
                   PYRITE : 297
              JASPER OPAL : 284
>>> TOTAL = 282920

What the hell is wrong with it? 

[Lectorog]

In recent updates, minerals were changed. Generally, you can either have: Lots of different minerals, but not much of any; or Very few minerals, but the ones you have will be in bigger quantities.

There's a selection at the bottom of basic world gen.

[Zaibusa]

aww, interesting. How can i change that in the advanced gen?

[Urist Imiknorris]

There's a setting for mineral scarcity - values range from 100 to 100,000, with lower meaning more stuff. It's the first setting on the sixth page of parameters ingame and listed as MINERAL_SCARCITY in world_gen.txt.

[Zaibusa]

and what value would be equal to the old scarcity?

[Urist Imiknorris]

I don't know, so just set it to 100 and never run out of anything.

[Lectorog]

I don't know, so just set it to 100 and never run out of anything.

I always feel so... dirty when I make minerals more frequent. It's like cheating, or something. I try to shake the feeling by constructing everything out of the limitless metals I have, but it just doesn't help.

[Urist Imiknorris]

I usually embark on maps with no metal (because I like having ornate rooms carved out of one type of stone [and only one]), so I don't get that feeling unless I've set up five or so forts in a row with ridiculous everything.

[Dorf3000]

Where did all the ores go?

They went back to the ore 'ouse?

Badum-*tish*