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0001411Dwarf FortressGeologypublic2010-04-21 16:462015-01-19 16:07
Reportercecilkorik 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.34.01 
Summary0001411: Numerical parameter of ENVIRONMENT_SPEC is ignored, too many minerals and gems created
DescriptionPlaying around with reveal, I'm noticing that the environment seems much "richer" than 40d. Tons of ores, veins, inclusions... every single tile seems to have a large cluster of something or other in it, along with many gems and often several overlapping veins.

Looking a little closer into it I am pretty sure that ENVIRONMENT_SPEC's percentages are being ignored. Not sure if they're intended to be percentages or probabilities or ratios or something else, but that's the word that I'll use.

My evidence of this is that every single cluster of sapphires or rubies I can find has a guaranteed single star sapphire or star ruby in the cluster. In 40d these were exceedingly rare, as would be expected from their low percentage (1) compared to the percentage of finding a cluster of rubies or sapphires (100). Now they are both basically guaranteed.

Steps To ReproduceEmbark in an area with sedimentary rock (and bauxite). Reveal and look through the bauxite for sapphires or rubies. Within every cluster of sapphires or rubies you will find a star sapphire or star ruby, despite having a percentage of 1 in the raws which should make them rare. Presumably the same thing happens with other rare gems like diamonds, but I haven't tested.
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child of 0001111resolvedToady One Ore/gem frequency parameters don't work 

-  Notes
(0004552)
Footkerchief (manager)
2010-04-22 00:23

See also 0001111.
(0032006)
lethosor (manager)
2015-01-19 16:07

Resolving this along with 0001111. As usual, please reopen this report or PM a manager on the forums if you can reproduce this in recent versions.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-21 16:46 cecilkorik New Issue
2010-04-22 00:23 Footkerchief Relationship added child of 0001111
2010-04-22 00:23 Footkerchief Note Added: 0004552
2010-06-13 17:15 Khym Chanur Issue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-06-18 04:40 TKTom Issue Monitored: TKTom
2015-01-19 16:07 lethosor Note Added: 0032006
2015-01-19 16:07 lethosor Status new => resolved
2015-01-19 16:07 lethosor Fixed in Version => 0.34.01
2015-01-19 16:07 lethosor Resolution open => fixed
2015-01-19 16:07 lethosor Assigned To => Toady One


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