Bay 12 Games Forum

First-time poster, recent addict. And I do mean addict.

I'll come out and say it, I find parts of the game too easy. I've burned through way too many random-generated worlds trying to find a real challenge, only to quit once the population gets too bloated because defending fortress is no fun when there's nothing to defend against.

I want danger. I want my fortress to be a privelege, not a right.

I want to play Eskimo dwarves on a glacier map, fishing and hunting to survive, fighting off beasts and invaders and maybe even sieges with little more than the bone, leather and loot I took off the last thing I killed, praying for two or three immigrants to get to the fortress alive to replace the newest additions to the graveyard to bring my total population back up towards somewhere under twenty.

I'm not sure how to alter this game. The seed-parameters for custom world generation have some promise, but it's completely unexplained, and the thread on it is a bit thin. I figured out population cap with the .init file, but the massive assaults I want come at the price of a fortress that I can't manage without going insane.

Any help at all - even just how to bank the seeds so I can turn the thermostat way down and the invasions way up - would be thoroughly appreciated.

Thanks in advance, in case anyone decides to offer anything instead of laughing.

Sincerely,

-A Suicidal-Rambo-Eskimo Wannabe