Question about map generator

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Question about map generator

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First of all, great game! My friend got hooked on this game and now im hooked. Worth every penny.

On to the question-I would like to generate a high-water, thick forest world. Seems to be a pain in the butt to do, does anyone have some recommended settings for the map generator? I've had VERY mixed results from about 100 respawns with various settings. Cant seem to get the forest right.

Secondly, and this is really my only complaint-is it possible for the start area to have at least a minimum amount of coal, copper, iron and stone in a reasonable vicinity? Just enough to get a factory going. It seems quite the waste of time to have to respawn constantly because im lacking coal in a reasonable vicinity or reasonable amount to actually get up to the railroad. You really need a base amount of resources to transition you to midgame(kinda like starcraft) before you can setup your satellite bases. I dont even care if its covered in trees. And oh ya, the kicker seems to be-if it has everything you need, theres no water near by!!!

If that would be possible to be fixed it would save alot of time and frustration from an otherwise endlessly replayable game :)

Thanks guys doin good!
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Re: Question about map generator

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The map generator is best used if you don't touch it. :)

Did you read that: https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... _generator ?
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Re: Question about map generator

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At the moment, the number of trees depends on the biome in that area.
There is no way of controlling which biomes get generated or to favor the generation of a certain biome.
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Re: Question about map generator

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If you want trees, you'll need water, this makes the map 'wet'

I normall suggest terrain segmentation 'low', water 'medium'

This should give a nice foresty map, with large lakes
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