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A specific seed value can be entered with {{K|s}}. This will change '''all''' of the seed values to the value you enter. If you need to enter different seed values for each type of seed, use {{K|e}}. In order to find out what seed values were used for the last world you generated, you can look at this screen. If you want to be able to tell someone else how to generate exactly the same world that you just generated, they will need all of the seed values listed under Last Param Set. | A specific seed value can be entered with {{K|s}}. This will change '''all''' of the seed values to the value you enter. If you need to enter different seed values for each type of seed, use {{K|e}}. In order to find out what seed values were used for the last world you generated, you can look at this screen. If you want to be able to tell someone else how to generate exactly the same world that you just generated, they will need all of the seed values listed under Last Param Set. | ||
− | When generating a world using a seed, the way that the world is generated is also based at least in part on certain world tokens. As such, you cannot for example, change the minimum and maximum rainfall and get | + | When generating a world using a seed, the way that the world is generated is also based at least in part on certain world tokens. As such, you cannot, for example, change the minimum and maximum rainfall and get the same world but drier or wetter, instead, a different world is generated. That said, it would also seem that certain small changes to these world tokens can occasionally generate a very similar world, however, other tokens are more sensitive. For more information see the forum thread [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112132.msg3404199#msg3404199 here]. |
The following are tokens which appear to be involved in the implementation of the seed, and are not safe to change: | The following are tokens which appear to be involved in the implementation of the seed, and are not safe to change: |