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Dwarf Fortress => DF General Discussion => Topic started by: MickEfinn on December 22, 2007, 07:28:00 am

Title: Just a quick Seed Question agbout 33g
Post by: MickEfinn on December 22, 2007, 07:28:00 am

# made world generation results independent of custom name

Does this mean I will not get the same world I used to have if I used a custom name? If so, does this mean we have LESS seeds than before? Or was the custom name just shifting the seed to a different but still accessable number?

Like seed 123456789 with a custom name 'Timmy' turning into 123465987 or somesuch, still findable, but now without some silly extra bits in the way.

I ask this as I really like this seed or three I've found, but I worry that I will never be able to generate them again, or at least never be able to find them.

Sorry to trouble you so early in the morning.

Mick E Finn

Title: Re: Just a quick Seed Question agbout 33g
Post by: Arkose on December 22, 2007, 08:36:00 am

Actually, Toady has said that world generation seeds from this release will create different worlds from the old versions whether or not you used a world title or not. However, save compatibility remains, so if you really like one of the older version worlds you can still generate it using an older copy of Dwarf Fortress, and then use that world in the new version.

Title: Re: Just a quick Seed Question agbout 33g
Post by: MickEfinn on December 22, 2007, 06:29:00 pm

Thats somewhat good and bad then, I can keep the old worlds so long as no awe inspiring new mega feature might go missing in the world generation. Ah well, this seed was terribly nice, but there's plenty more seeds in the stack, I'll survive.

Title: Re: Just a quick Seed Question agbout 33g
Post by: Zurai on December 22, 2007, 09:41:00 pm

There are still the same number of possible worlds.