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Hey guys,

When generating a world and I tend to use maximum elevation variance, and choose an embark site with 8's 9's and *'s for relative elevation or a point where two rivers (streams) converge so that the site is good for plateaus, waterfalls and terraces. I usually embark on a 3x3 to save FPS. I also like multiple biomes with at least 1 wooded or better biome.

I'd like to embark on a site with a central hill, or failing that, some other strategic/interesting terrain feature and was wondering what tips, preferences or advice you lovely people have for generating and locating such an embark site. All input is welcome.

I recently tried to embark on an archipelago (water tiles around most of the edges) but it looked a bit rubbish and relative elevation was flat so I killed it.

Hey,
 
  My laptop is a bit too old and weak and so it starts to lag as soon as I get my first big wave of immigrants. I've tried some of the stuff to streamline it, like assigning traffic areas/highways and caging animals. I was wondering if somebody would be able to give me some specific advice to streamline DF so that my laptop could cope a bit better.

My Ram is 2GB and my processor is about 4 years old but it's nothing special from a £300 laptop.

Thankyou in advance

         Ben