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[Nameless Archon]

Not a bad embark for someone who wants iron, but doesn't care about steel. I'm not him, but it's got a fairly broad array of features. It's got just over 25k iron, soil layers for trees, farms and animals, sand, a three-way stream junction near the base of the valley for easy pumping of water into the fort, and a sizable number of underground levels to play with. (If DFHack still had text output from prospect, I'd pass along the stats, but I'm not mucking with a screenshot right now.) (Screenshots and text output now included. /sigh) Scorching, Untamed Wilds, with all the trees you could want to chop and a large variety of minerals to play with (iron, gold silver copper, aluminum and platinum).

The world will run up to ~270 (in 34.04) years without touching the settings. I make no claims about the awesomeness of its legends content, and it could be ended early for a world with more beasts, I suspect.

Spoiler: Stuff You'll Find, and Not Find (click to show/hide)

Find:
Iron (veins of hematite), sand, magma near the surface. Platinum (STATUES!), silver (HAMMERS!), aluminum (FLASKS!), gold out the wazoo (okay, flasks), copper and cassiterite (bronze), tetra, galena, and even a teensy bit of bismuth ore round out the ores on the map. I didn't prospect candy, so no promises, but should be all right there too, as a 4x4 embark should have candy on it in a decent amount.

(I've used a modified version of this map in the past by editing hematite to appear in clusters in one or both of the igneous rocks, which sends iron off the charts on this map, but this is not needed. Making Diorite a flux stone would have been a bit excessive, but fun.)

Not Find:
Sadly, no flux, so no steel unless you import flux or import and melt, mod or fix it some other way. Fortunately, you can get magma glass (discs, spikes) and metal (copper/iron/bronze) operations (discs, spikes, militia) up relatively quickly in the soil adjacent to the volcano, build any surface defenses you want (I like the idea of a volcano-forged green glass fortress, myself.), then proceed your way to a standard defense in iron or bronze or both.

Spoiler: Finding Your Stronghold (click to show/hide)

When you run this embark, continue past the first rejection warning. It will take ~840 some attempts before it finishes and provides the described embark. If you stop at the first rejection warning, you will not be using the world I am describing.

The embark is at the south end of a chain of 3 regional map volcanos in the northern end of the world. If you are on the third (southmost) regional volcano, check local map for three-way stream junction just south of a volcano. If you can see this, site your granary, sire.

A 4x4 embark, placing the volcano in the first row and second column (from top left) of the embark square is as I described it. I do not believe I've modified my mineral RAWs except to remove aquifers, so it should be possible to replicate it for your own use.

The general site layout is a moderately wide mostly flat 'valley' that drops off to the southwest and rises to the north and east. The upper portion near the volcano has a 1z box canyon along the south wall that could make a good "natural" site. The river junction is in a canyon to the south of the embark wagon, and the left fork runs up the southwest side of the map roughly across the path of the valley. The volcano can be tapped before you ever strike stone (top layer is soil partial surround) to set up pumped magma or early forges.

Spoiler: Picture embark location and worldgen site parameters from a default Phoebus v34.00 install. (click to show/hide)

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7lZhfwcz0boZGhWS3BHQWFRTnlFbjhZcHNzMWl6QQ

Spoiler: Volcano Valley Worldgen (click to show/hide)

[WORLD_GEN]
   [TITLE:Volcano Valley]
   [SEED:KkwqKAE4WmygOg46KyQ2]
   [HISTORY_SEED:kU2omc6mQ8MGIIeu4M6i]
   [NAME_SEED:k2mk8eCCEyWUS2sImiGQ]
   [CREATURE_SEED:40SUmUqQmU8iI2gusAMu]
   [DIM:33:33]
   [EMBARK_POINTS:1274]
   [END_YEAR:1050]
   [BEAST_END_YEAR:50:80]
   [REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
   [CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:0]
   [ELEVATION:10:400:102:102]
   [RAINFALL:1:100:51:51]
   [TEMPERATURE:25:75:51:51]
   [DRAINAGE:0:100:51:51]
   [VOLCANISM:0:100:26:26]
   [SAVAGERY:0:100:51:51]
   [ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:3:100:1:100:1:100]
   [RAIN_FREQUENCY:3:1:5:5:10:10]
   [DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:3:0:0:100:100:1]
   [SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:2:10:1:5:1:50]
   [VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:3:50:1:1:1:100]
   [MINERAL_SCARCITY:100]
   [MEGABEAST_CAP:1]
   [SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:30]
   [TITAN_NUMBER:3]
   [TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
   [DEMON_NUMBER:20]
   [NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:10]
   [BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:10]
   [VAMPIRE_NUMBER:10]
   [WEREBEAST_NUMBER:10]
   [SECRET_NUMBER:20]
   [REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:20]
   [DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:20]
   [EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:10]
   [EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:10]
   [GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:2:32:0]
   [EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:1:16:0]
   [PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:1]
   [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
   [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
   [VOLCANO_MIN:30]
   [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:250]
   [RIVER_MINS:6:6]
   [PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]
   [OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
   [SUBREGION_MAX:2750]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:1]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:1]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:1]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:1]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:10]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:50]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:15]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:15]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:5]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:5]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:15]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:15]
   [LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:1]
   [CAVE_MIN_SIZE:1]
   [CAVE_MAX_SIZE:2]
   [MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:1]
   [NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:3]
   [ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:1]
   [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
   [TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:10]
   [TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:15000]
   [SITE_CAP:68]
   [PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:1]
   [ELEVATION_RANGES:136:136:136]
   [RAIN_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [DRAINAGE_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [SAVAGERY_RANGES:0:0:0]
   [VOLCANISM_RANGES:0:0:0]

Sadly, I want one with flux, too, and I don't want to mod (aside from aquifers and cutting back on clothing varieties). I'm going to keep looking and hope that when Toady says 'fix old bugs' he means 'dwarves will start using claimed clothing properly' so I can get a solid fort location and have the most major gripes I've had in a long time fixed.

In the meantime, still looking...

[orius]

This is where my current fort is.  It's a good site.

Spoiler: World Gen (click to show/hide)

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Created in DF v0.34.02.

[WORLD_GEN]
[TITLE:Olzulsmata]
[SEED:ZJWCG6gCf28lar1e4mNh]
[HISTORY_SEED:fbpU2ur0TCtbSsavvfPQ]
[NAME_SEED:SQHihR9mJyQknecehXtR]
[CREATURE_SEED:ZRrvttrYvIga28JIavwd]
[DIM:129:129]
[EMBARK_POINTS:1274]
[END_YEAR:100]
[BEAST_END_YEAR:200:80]
[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:1]
[ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]
[RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]
[TEMPERATURE:35:65:200:200]
[DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]
[VOLCANISM:0:100:200:200]
[SAVAGERY:0:100:200:200]
[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
[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:500]
[MEGABEAST_CAP:18]
[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:37]
[TITAN_NUMBER:9]
[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
[DEMON_NUMBER:28]
[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:14]
[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:14]
[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:14]
[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:14]
[SECRET_NUMBER:28]
[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:14]
[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:14]
[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:12]
[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
[VOLCANO_MIN:50]
[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:1040:3:3]
[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:2080:2:2]
[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:2080:1:1]
[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:100:100]
[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:0]
[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
[SUBREGION_MAX:3500]
[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:65]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:30]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:2]
[LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:1]
[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:5]
[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]
[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:1]
[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:30]
[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:7500]
[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]



Embark:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Forested volcano.  Good mix of soil and stone.  The aquifers are a good potential source of water, they're not that big, so they shouldn't be a serious problem.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Minerals:

77.5k native gold
23.4k tetrahedrite
18.6k galena
10k hematite
6.6k sphalerite
3k adamantite
1k emeralds
many diverse gems

I'm going to have to look for more Untamed Wilds or something.  These calm lands are getting boring.

This is a decent world for adventuring.  There's a big human civ in the north with two ☼towns☼ and 4 necrotowers in ther world. Several tombs scattered around.

[orius]

Same seed.

Embark:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Warm island volcano.  Very deep map, top point is 171, bottom of HFS is -33.  There are several small to mid-sized aquifers scattered around the map, but you will probably need them for water, since the lake in cavern 1 is at level -1.  And you embark at level 119.  Even more fun: only two candy spires, and both are below the bottom cavern.  If you don't want the volcano itself, the surrounding ocean is Joyous Wilds.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Minerals:

40k tetrahedrite
21k native silver
20k hematite
11k garnierite
6k native gold
361 horn silver
346 bismuthinite
138 native aluminum
101k marble
382 emeralds
sand
clay

[orius]

Lovely.

So I find a promising site.  A nice supply of magnetite, coal, other metals, and diamonds.  I embarked, and ran prospector.  At the bottom it says there's about 160k aquifer tiles.  Oh crap, that does not sound good at all.  I run reveal.

There's an aquifer on the site 8 z-levels deep.  And the top two levels cover the whole damn embark.  And most of the coal is right in this filthy aquifer.  What a bloody tease.  A ton of wealth on the site and its embedded deeply in a huge ass aquifer.




Somewhere, Armok is laughing....

[orius]

Spoiler: World Gen (click to show/hide)

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Created in DF v0.34.02.

[WORLD_GEN]
[TITLE:Olzulsmata]
[SEED:ZJWCG6gCf28lar1e4mNh]
[HISTORY_SEED:fbpU2ur0TCtbSsavvfPQ]
[NAME_SEED:SQHihR9mJyQknecehXtR]
[CREATURE_SEED:ZRrvttrYvIga28JIavwd]
[DIM:129:129]
[EMBARK_POINTS:1274]
[END_YEAR:100]
[BEAST_END_YEAR:200:80]
[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:1]
[ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]
[RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]
[TEMPERATURE:35:65:200:200]
[DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]
[VOLCANISM:0:100:200:200]
[SAVAGERY:0:100:200:200]
[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
[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:500]
[MEGABEAST_CAP:18]
[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:37]
[TITAN_NUMBER:9]
[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
[DEMON_NUMBER:28]
[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:14]
[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:14]
[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:14]
[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:14]
[SECRET_NUMBER:28]
[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:14]
[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:14]
[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:12]
[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
[VOLCANO_MIN:50]
[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:1040:3:3]
[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:2080:2:2]
[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:2080:1:1]
[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:100:100]
[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:0]
[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
[SUBREGION_MAX:3500]
[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:65]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:30]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:2]
[LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:1]
[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:5]
[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]
[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:1]
[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:30]
[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:7500]
[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]



I'm milking this gen for all it's worth.

Embark:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Savage forest and desert.  Shallow iron and coal and deeper metals.  Sponges!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Minerals:

16.4k garnierite
15.1k native silver
15k marble
13.6k native gold
9.1k hematite
7.7k limonite
5.6k cassiterite
4.2k bituminous coal
3.8k adamantine
3.4k galena
1k sphalerite
858 tetrahedrite
383 emeralds
sand

[TinyPirate]

The far eastern evil patch has SIX necromancer towers for neighbours!

Spoiler: World Gen (click to show/hide)

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[WORLD_GEN]
    [TITLE:OMG VOLCANO]
    [SEED:iqgY6G2Om2eeWYESCmAe]
    [HISTORY_SEED:8cYcaCc2c0mAk2cMKOII] 
    [NAME_SEED:408O00IiQeA8gS4Y2YU4]
    [CREATURE_SEED:ySAKoqSisuekU8MYUg22]
    [DIM:129:129] 
    [EMBARK_POINTS:1274]
    [END_YEAR:350]
    [BEAST_END_YEAR:300:80]
    [REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
    [CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:0]
    [ELEVATION:1:400:1600:1600]
    [RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]
    [TEMPERATURE:25:75:200:200]
    [DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]
    [VOLCANISM:0:100:200:200]
    [SAVAGERY:0:200:400:400] 
    [ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:4:2:0:1:0:1]
    [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:1:3:3:5:7:7]
    [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_TROLL_NUMBER:14]
    [BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:14]
    [VAMPIRE_NUMBER:14]
    [WEREBEAST_NUMBER:14]
    [SECRET_NUMBER:28]
    [REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
    [DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
    [EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:14]
    [EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:14]
    [GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:6:63:0]
    [EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:100:190:190]
    [PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:3]
    [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
    [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:4]
    [VOLCANO_MIN:50]
    [REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:66:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:66:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:264:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:528:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:528:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:16:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:33:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:528:0:0]
    [REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:528:0:0]
    [EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:250]
    [RIVER_MINS:25:25]
    [PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]
    [OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
    [SUBREGION_MAX:2750]
    [CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
    [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:0]
    [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
    [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]
    [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:100]
    [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]
    [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]
    [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
    [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
    [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:15]
    [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:5]
    [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:10]
    [CAVE_MAX_SIZE:30]
    [MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:15]
    [NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:25]
    [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:8000:1056:528]
    [RAIN_RANGES:528:1056:528]
    [DRAINAGE_RANGES:528:1056:528]
    [SAVAGERY_RANGES:528:1056:528]
    [VOLCANISM_RANGES:528:1056:528]

[xczxc]

I got a nice location:

No aquifer, 5 z levels waterfall, necromancer tower, flux, iron, copper, silver, bauxite and other ores; magma sea is 43 z levels down, though. There are spongemen, a giant sponge and Hippos

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Here is the seed:

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Created in DF v0.34.05.


[WORLD_GEN]
   [TITLE:World 1]
   [SEED:f6JYm1MStRKrZvLofITj]
   [HISTORY_SEED:pcB7J9aM6u0kxE5gSKnj]
   [NAME_SEED:jcSRt00WHQZP4mUaTUOx]
   [CREATURE_SEED:dmOK1wuFsAILQdSPFAUf]
   [DIM:129:129]
   [EMBARK_POINTS:1300]
   [END_YEAR:100]
   [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:1:1:1:1:1:1]
   [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:2500]
   [MEGABEAST_CAP:18]
   [SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:37]
   [TITAN_NUMBER:9]
   [TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
   [DEMON_NUMBER:28]
   [NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:14]
   [BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:14]
   [VAMPIRE_NUMBER:14]
   [WEREBEAST_NUMBER:14]
   [SECRET_NUMBER:28]
   [REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
   [DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
   [EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:14]
   [EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:14]
   [GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
   [EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
   [PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:12]
   [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
   [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
   [VOLCANO_MIN:3]
   [REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:260:1:1]
   [REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:260:1:1]
   [REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:1040:3:3]
   [REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:2080:2:2]
   [REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:2080:1:1]
   [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:100:100]
   [PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]
   [OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
   [SUBREGION_MAX:2750]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:2]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:0]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:100]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]
   [CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
   [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:15]
   [LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:5]
   [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:5]
   [CAVE_MAX_SIZE:50]
   [MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:25]
   [NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
   [ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:0]
   [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
   [TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:50]
   [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]

[melomel]

Anyone got tips for getting a joyous zone near an evil zone? I want undead unicorns.

Ramp up desired evil+good biomes per region.

I think that worked... thanks.

Jack up the good/evil squares per small/medium/large subregions as high as they'll go without making worldgen impossible.  Max the possible subregions.  Make the good/evil meshes 2x2, and skew them towards (40-60) ranges and higher.  Input high numbers for savagery X/Y variance too if you want actual Joyous Wilds and not just Mirthful/Serene biomes.  (IIRC I think unicorns only need good, not savagery, but I could be wrong.)

I do that for pretty much every world I gen, and I get nice mixes of good and evil biomes next to each other.  Huzzah for unicorns coated in goblin blood.

[uncool]

So I've been working on a certain style of fort for a while, and would like to continue for a little bit so that I can figure out the new features (last fort played was 31.18). If someone could find this for me, I'd be very grateful:

4x4 embark on a glacier with a volcano in one corner(glacial worldgen helps a lot; it's how I found a place in 31.18). The volcano (that is, the lava, not just the mountain around it) must extend a few levels (5 or so should be the real minimum) above the glacier; otherwise, the glacier should be flat (that is, each of the 16 squares in the 4x4 embark except the one with the volcano and possibly one next to it should be flat). 3 caverns, no aquifer. Needs to be able to trade with humans, dwarves and elves.

If it's possible to get 100 levels of air, that would be best, as I'm planning an aboveground megaproject. Even better if it has its own steel stuff, but that's not necessary (and unlikely, as flux doesn't seem to show up much on glaciers).
=Uncool-

[vjek]

02/19/2012 ... a lot of the embark crashes and adamantine spires and weirdness should be fixed for next time ...

As of 34.05, and quite different compared to 31.25, here's what I've observed. (using dfhack 'reveal hell')

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Adamantine spires no longer appear to grow up from the SMR sea, with just one cavern, ever.

Testing Advanced Worldgen Parameters with one cavern:

z above ground : 2  (this is the number of layers of 'sky' above the highest surface layer)
z above layer 1: 24 (this is the number of layers between the surface and the top of the first cavern)
z above layer 2: 2  (this is the number of layers from the bottom of the first cavern to the top of the SMR sea)
z above layer 3: 2  (this appears to have no effect with just one cavern)
z above layer 4: 2  (this appears to have no effect with just one cavern)
z above layer 5: 32 (this is the semi-molten sea depth, with the adamantine spires/tubes in it)
z at bottom    : 2  (this appears to have no effect with just one cavern)

So it gets laid out thusly, with 2/24/2/2/2/32/2:

sky
surface
24 "normal" layers
cavern
32 layers of SMR sea
bottom/hell

I've tested 2/24/99/2/2/99/2 on several dozen world gens, and while there is consistently adamantine, the spires/veins/tubes -NEVER- grow higher than the SMR sea.

If someone else has observed differently, please, post your worldgen parameters that has adamantine higher than the SMR sea, for 34.05.

Additionally, using 'prospect hell' on the "Choose Fortress Location" screen, prior to embarking, does NOT show RAW_ADAMANTINE, for me.  I must embark and 'reveal hell' to see it.  Even after embarking to verify the presence of RAW_ADAMANTINE, and going back to the exact same location, 'prospect hell' or 'prospect all' does not show any adamantine, despite it being there, 100% verified.

I only mention this because other users have claimed these commands will show RAW_ADAMANTINE under the Ores category, prior to embark with 'prospect hell'.  Doesn't work that way for me.

Personally, I like this change in worldgen from previous versions, as it's more consistent, and there is more control over where you're going to get/find adamantine.  However, it was kind of fun to occasionally get the odd spire breaking it's way into the caverns, or even growing through them, in 31.25.   

I will continue testing with 3 caverns to see if things are different.  I started testing with one cavern as that was my preferred worldgen style in 31.25.

[TDSS02]

Very nice keep them coming, i was waiting for a DF2012 version cookbook thread. Now to get to work genning some worlds. 

[celebrinborn]

This is where my current fort is.  It's a good site.

Spoiler: World Gen (click to show/hide)

Code: [Select]

[WORLD_GEN]
[TITLE:Olzulsmata]
[SEED:ZJWCG6gCf28lar1e4mNh]
[HISTORY_SEED:fbpU2ur0TCtbSsavvfPQ]
[NAME_SEED:SQHihR9mJyQknecehXtR]
[CREATURE_SEED:ZRrvttrYvIga28JIavwd]
[DIM:129:129]
[EMBARK_POINTS:1274]
[END_YEAR:100]
[BEAST_END_YEAR:200:80]
[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:1]
[ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]
[RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]
[TEMPERATURE:35:65:200:200]
[DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]
[VOLCANISM:0:100:200:200]
[SAVAGERY:0:100:200:200]
[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
[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:500]
[MEGABEAST_CAP:18]
[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:37]
[TITAN_NUMBER:9]
[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
[DEMON_NUMBER:28]
[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:14]
[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:14]
[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:14]
[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:14]
[SECRET_NUMBER:28]
[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:14]
[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:14]
[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:12]
[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
[VOLCANO_MIN:50]
[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:1040:3:3]
[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:2080:2:2]
[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:2080:1:1]
[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:100:100]
[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:0]
[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
[SUBREGION_MAX:3500]
[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:65]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:30]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:2]
[LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:1]
[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:5]
[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]
[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:1]
[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:30]
[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:7500]
[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]



Embark:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Forested volcano.  Good mix of soil and stone.  The aquifers are a good potential source of water, they're not that big, so they shouldn't be a serious problem.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Minerals:

77.5k native gold
23.4k tetrahedrite
18.6k galena
10k hematite
6.6k sphalerite
3k adamantite
1k emeralds
many diverse gems

I'm going to have to look for more Untamed Wilds or something.  These calm lands are getting boring.

This is a decent world for adventuring.  There's a big human civ in the north with two ☼towns☼ and 4 necrotowers in ther world. Several tombs scattered around.

I entered in all of the settings you used and used the same seed but I got a different result. Did the world generator get changed? I'm using v0.34.05
Thanks

[MehMuffin]

This is where my current fort is.  It's a good site.

Spoiler: World Gen (click to show/hide)

Code: [Select]

[WORLD_GEN]
[TITLE:Olzulsmata]
[SEED:ZJWCG6gCf28lar1e4mNh]
[HISTORY_SEED:fbpU2ur0TCtbSsavvfPQ]
[NAME_SEED:SQHihR9mJyQknecehXtR]
[CREATURE_SEED:ZRrvttrYvIga28JIavwd]
[DIM:129:129]
[EMBARK_POINTS:1274]
[END_YEAR:100]
[BEAST_END_YEAR:200:80]
[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:1]
[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:1]
[ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]
[RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]
[TEMPERATURE:35:65:200:200]
[DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]
[VOLCANISM:0:100:200:200]
[SAVAGERY:0:100:200:200]
[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
[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:500]
[MEGABEAST_CAP:18]
[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:37]
[TITAN_NUMBER:9]
[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]
[DEMON_NUMBER:28]
[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:14]
[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:14]
[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:14]
[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:14]
[SECRET_NUMBER:28]
[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:28]
[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:14]
[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:14]
[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:12]
[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]
[VOLCANO_MIN:50]
[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:260:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:1040:3:3]
[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:2080:2:2]
[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:2080:1:1]
[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:100:100]
[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:0]
[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
[SUBREGION_MAX:3500]
[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:65]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:30]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]
[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]
[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:2]
[LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:1]
[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:5]
[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]
[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:50]
[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:1]
[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]
[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:30]
[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:7500]
[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]



Embark:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Forested volcano.  Good mix of soil and stone.  The aquifers are a good potential source of water, they're not that big, so they shouldn't be a serious problem.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Minerals:

77.5k native gold
23.4k tetrahedrite
18.6k galena
10k hematite
6.6k sphalerite
3k adamantite
1k emeralds
many diverse gems

I'm going to have to look for more Untamed Wilds or something.  These calm lands are getting boring.

This is a decent world for adventuring.  There's a big human civ in the north with two ☼towns☼ and 4 necrotowers in ther world. Several tombs scattered around.

I entered in all of the settings you used and used the same seed but I got a different result. Did the world generator get changed? I'm using v0.34.05
Thanks

Same here.
EDIT: Nevermind, I just genned an embark with 110088 native gold...

[orius]

Well, the world wasn't genned in 34.05, so maybe it's coming up a little different.  I dunno.

edit: Yup, just checked it.  Totally different map in 34.05.  I genned that map in 34.02.

[celebrinborn]

I can't remember, are 05 maps compatible with 02?