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0005104Dwarf FortressWorld Generation -- Generalpublic2012-02-14 23:432012-02-28 09:24
kento 
Toady One 
lowminoralways
resolvedfixed 
Windows XP
0.34.01 
0.34.03 
0005104: In worldgen, Age of Legends briefly reverts to Age of Myth
According to the wiki, the age of myth should only give way to the age of legends and heroes as a certain percentage of megabeasts die. However, often in worldgen, it will turn to an age of legends for only a single year before turning into a "second age of myth."

Even if the trigger is not supposed to be based on the number of surviving megabeasts any longer, there is something kind of aesthetically unpleasing about an "age" that only lasts a single year, especially sandwiched between two much longer ages.
Happens most of the time with the default settings in "Create New World!"
It has been mentioned on the forums, so I am not the only one.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=100681.msg2984733#msg2984733 [^]
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=84398.msg2986520#msg2986520 [^]
feature, Intentional/Expected?
Issue History
2012-02-14 23:43kentoNew Issue
2012-02-15 00:07thvazNote Added: 0019606
2012-02-15 00:08thvazTag Attached: feature
2012-02-15 00:09thvazTag Attached: Not a bug
2012-02-15 07:07FootkerchiefSummaryIn worldgen, Age of Legends brief, reverts to Age of Myth => In worldgen, Age of Legends briefly reverts to Age of Myth
2012-02-15 07:08FootkerchiefTag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2012-02-15 07:08FootkerchiefTag Detached: Not a bug
2012-02-15 07:08FootkerchiefIssue Monitored: thvaz
2012-02-15 07:08FootkerchiefNote Added: 0019630
2012-02-15 07:49thvazIssue End Monitor: thvaz
2012-02-28 09:24FootkerchiefNote Added: 0020848
2012-02-28 09:24FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2012-02-28 09:24FootkerchiefFixed in Version => 0.34.03
2012-02-28 09:24FootkerchiefResolutionopen => fixed
2012-02-28 09:24FootkerchiefAssigned To => Toady One

Notes
(0019606)
thvaz   
2012-02-15 00:07   
It is not a bug, some beasts can reproduce (rocs and dragons) that way raising the numbers of megabeasts again, and therefore beggining a new age of myth.
(0019630)
Footkerchief   
2012-02-15 07:08   
Reminder sent to: thvaz

The "Not a bug" tag isn't necessary. A note should be adequate for expressing your opinion.
(0020848)
Footkerchief   
2012-02-28 09:24   
Toady tweaked this for 0.34.03. Please reopen this report if it's still acting weird in that version (which is now out!)