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[alter05]

Hello folks

I'm getting tired of starting over again with mediocre embarking sites. Is there ANY way to find out what minerals are where from the map/embark screen ?

I'd really love a map with iron ore and fossil fuel available. Used to have a nice fort but things became too much fun with goblin raiding my feeble defenses.

On a side note, is it possible none of my maps ever spawned volcanoes so far ?


Thanks a lot.

[gtmattz]

Maps do not 'spawn' volcanoes, you have to look for a volcano on the embark screen and embark on it.  But you don't really NEED a volcano, as deep down under the entire world is a layer of magma, just dig deep and you will find it.

The best way to check for minerals is to download DFHack and use the prospector utility immediately upon embark, if you are not satisfied with the results, kill the game and find a new site, repeat until you find what you are looking for.

[Kattel]

or you could gen a world with mineral scarcity set as low as you dare. youl have more metal then you know what to do with

[dorn284]

or you could gen a world with mineral scarcity set as low as you dare. youl have more metal then you know what to do with

I think he meant high here. Or else he's trolling.

[Nameless Archon]

or you could gen a world with mineral scarcity set as low as you dare. youl have more metal then you know what to do with

I think he meant high here. Or else he's trolling.

Setting scarcity low = setting availability high. I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.

[alter05]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try generating a world with lower scarcity. I really wanted a "magic" way to find out what there is *before* embarking, saving me the trouble to read the dwarves and assign jobs and find a good group/fortress name each time i check out DFhack for the good stuff (Yes, I'm a perfectionnist).