phrost
Dorf 
Rhesus Hunter
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Post by phrost on Feb 16, 2009 20:34:37 GMT -5
ITT: Things we want in the embark location.
Post the things that you want/need to make your dwarven fantasies come true. If I can't get a world generated that contains all the features everyone wants (or if there are conflicting ones), I'll make this a poll.
I'll start:
Lava
River/brook
Sand
Trees
Lots of mountain-space (unless we're doing obsidian tower)
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Post by Slant/Rhyme on Feb 16, 2009 20:49:19 GMT -5
Everything you listed there is fine by me.
Some other civs to piss off, too
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Post by meinzer on Feb 16, 2009 20:51:03 GMT -5
I would enjoy having a chasm for eldritch abominations to crawl out of. Gives us something to fight against.
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Post by Quor on Feb 16, 2009 21:07:35 GMT -5
For me the essentials are:
Magma vent: Unlimited magma means unlimited hilarity.
Underground river: Allows us to farm towercaps safely underground and if we "accidentally" flood the world with magma we'll still have a steady supply of water.
Bottomless pit/chasm: Ideally the former. They make excellent garbage dumps and can be useful for channeling off any excess water/magma or nobles.
Adamantium: Sure we may never actually find it but it'd be nice to know it's down there. In the darkness. Waiting.
Semi-Essentials:
Bauxite
Sand
Flux stone
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Post by rimtlan on Feb 16, 2009 21:45:25 GMT -5
Stuff I'd like...
Unlimited Magma Feature. For obvious reasons.
SAAAAAAND. Can't go wrong with soil substrate/glass ingredient
Adamantium. Never gotten a fort with it yet.
Unlimited Water Works. For the magma. Never messed with an underground one, yet.
Lots of other civs to piss off.
Home civ having bauxite on embark. Failing that, mod the raws so that smelters can transmute rock to bauxite, because I find it ridiculous that the only magmaproof rock usually isn't found near magma.
Flux is nice, too, as well as the main rock layers containing iron.
Either a decent number of trees, an underground towercap farm, or a nearby civ that we can get trees from, preferably the Mountainhome.
HAUNTED GLACIER DESERT RIVER VOLCANO...ohwait
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Post by bobothebum on Feb 16, 2009 23:22:28 GMT -5
Quor really has it down in what I think we should have, although I could do without even the adamantite.
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Post by crowbeard on Feb 16, 2009 23:57:30 GMT -5
I feel that sand is more important than adimantium. I love glass so very much.
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phrost
Dorf
Rhesus Hunter
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Post by phrost on Feb 17, 2009 7:29:06 GMT -5
RE: Underground river
I've been able to successfully grow tower-caps without use of an underground river. I flooded an underground *area* with water (overly-ambitious on one of my early farming projects) and after about 3-5 years, started getting towercaps. More each year, and they never seemed to wilt, so I think that as long as we left a large enough space to flood, we could make do with our normal waterworks.
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Post by Quor on Feb 17, 2009 8:32:51 GMT -5
RE: Underground river I've been able to successfully grow tower-caps without use of an underground river. I flooded an underground *area* with water (overly-ambitious on one of my early farming projects) and after about 3-5 years, started getting towercaps. More each year, and they never seemed to wilt, so I think that as long as we left a large enough space to flood, we could make do with our normal waterworks. That's certainly reassuring but I'd still rather have an underground water source whether it be a river or an aquifer just so we don't have to worry about it freezing come winter. |
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phrost
Dorf
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Post by phrost on Feb 17, 2009 11:17:18 GMT -5
Ahh, youv'e never seen my rediculous reservoir system... (necessary for good "flood the world" applications..)
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phrost
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Post by phrost on Feb 17, 2009 15:38:17 GMT -5
Alright, found a map that has everything but flux stone, and we should be able to import that. I'll post a screenshot once I get home tonight, but it's got every other feature.
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Post by Quor on Feb 17, 2009 18:01:30 GMT -5
Alright, found a map that has everything but flux stone, and we should be able to import that. I'll post a screenshot once I get home tonight, but it's got every other feature. Is it terrifying to boot? |
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