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DF Gameplay Questions / No iron ore sites anywhere?
« on: March 12, 2012, 11:04:43 am »
Okay, is it just me, or is something seriously messed up with the way stone forms in v34.05? First we have the flux stone site finder bug, and then when I actually get to a site, it just gets weirder from there.
Firstly, I can't find iron ore.
Anywhere.
I mean literally, anywhere. I have created about 5 worlds so far, and every single one of them I have embarked in 3-5 distinct locations looking for iron ore. Give or take, we're talking about at least 15 seperate fortress, probably more. In none of them, have I ever found any iron ores after a quick series of prospecting digs.
Furthermore, something is seriously up with how the game decides to distribute things in each layer. There is often an extremely limited amount of different stone types per layer. One time, I surveyed a layer of marble (which was 11 layers underground for some reason), and there was NOTHING in that layer in like a 200x200 dig survey but Marble and rough Golden Beryls. And by that I mean literally nothing but those two things. That was it. And it was like that for not ONE layer as I soon discovered, but for the next FOUR, LAYERS. Four layers of nothing but marble and golden beryls.
Whats up with that, huh? And that was just one example of the weirdness. I have many other similar cases in EVERY v34.05 site I have gone to in which there are only 2-3 types of stone per layer. And oh yes Galena. I would say, 75% of the time, Galena is the most prevalent ore on these sites. It's absolutely EVERYWHERE and there's not one single type of iron oe to be found. I am beginning to truly despise galena.
Point is, I want to at least start with iron ore. And I can't find iron ore. Anywhere. I haven't seen this posted as a bug anywhere, so I'm going to assume it's not considered a bug. Then what am I doing wrong? In previous versions, Iron used to be common enough that there would be iron ore on the map of virtually every other fortress. Now I can't find it at all and I am getting increasingly frustrated in that I can't start a fortress in my most minimal desired conditions.
Firstly, I can't find iron ore.
Anywhere.
I mean literally, anywhere. I have created about 5 worlds so far, and every single one of them I have embarked in 3-5 distinct locations looking for iron ore. Give or take, we're talking about at least 15 seperate fortress, probably more. In none of them, have I ever found any iron ores after a quick series of prospecting digs.
Furthermore, something is seriously up with how the game decides to distribute things in each layer. There is often an extremely limited amount of different stone types per layer. One time, I surveyed a layer of marble (which was 11 layers underground for some reason), and there was NOTHING in that layer in like a 200x200 dig survey but Marble and rough Golden Beryls. And by that I mean literally nothing but those two things. That was it. And it was like that for not ONE layer as I soon discovered, but for the next FOUR, LAYERS. Four layers of nothing but marble and golden beryls.
Whats up with that, huh? And that was just one example of the weirdness. I have many other similar cases in EVERY v34.05 site I have gone to in which there are only 2-3 types of stone per layer. And oh yes Galena. I would say, 75% of the time, Galena is the most prevalent ore on these sites. It's absolutely EVERYWHERE and there's not one single type of iron oe to be found. I am beginning to truly despise galena.
Point is, I want to at least start with iron ore. And I can't find iron ore. Anywhere. I haven't seen this posted as a bug anywhere, so I'm going to assume it's not considered a bug. Then what am I doing wrong? In previous versions, Iron used to be common enough that there would be iron ore on the map of virtually every other fortress. Now I can't find it at all and I am getting increasingly frustrated in that I can't start a fortress in my most minimal desired conditions.