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If you really want a volcano next to a sedimentary layer, you can adjust [[advanced world generation]] parameters to maximize your chances: increase the minimum number of volcanoes, increase the X and Y variance of volcanism, and set the terrain mesh weights for volcanism to use only the lowest and highest ranges. | If you really want a volcano next to a sedimentary layer, you can adjust [[advanced world generation]] parameters to maximize your chances: increase the minimum number of volcanoes, increase the X and Y variance of volcanism, and set the terrain mesh weights for volcanism to use only the lowest and highest ranges. | ||
− | You can instantly discover | + | You can instantly discover a magma sea and Candy if you simply cause a magma-safe cave-in somewhere above the lava. This can be accomplished by creating a floor, then creating a floor out from there with magma safe material, like obsidian. Remove the supporting floor so the obsidian will drop into the magma, and it will never melt, allowing you to use it as a "scout" to find veins of adamantine and a magma sea. |
==Advantages/disadvantages== | ==Advantages/disadvantages== | ||
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===Disadvantages of volcano embarks=== | ===Disadvantages of volcano embarks=== | ||
*Slightly less minerals than in a normal embark, due to volcano size | *Slightly less minerals than in a normal embark, due to volcano size | ||
− | *You won't get a sedimentary layer unless you are very lucky | + | *You won't get a sedimentary layer unless you are very lucky even with advanced worldgen volcanism tweaking |
*Sometimes your dwarves dodge INSIDE the volcano | *Sometimes your dwarves dodge INSIDE the volcano | ||
*Difficult access to rivers or streams | *Difficult access to rivers or streams |