What I saw is that it generates a huge world. Can you "go" anywhere on that map once you started playing?
Is Dwarf Fortress an open world game
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So from what I gather is that you want to create a specific map or decrease the temperature on an already created map. I don't know the latter but I can help with the former:
- Open up DF
- On the main screen select Design New World With Parameters
- Select one of the presets and press the e key
- Scroll down till you see the following (should be the second page):
- Change the Maximum Temperature and Minimum Volcanism values
- good values for Temperature are ~45
- good values for Volcanism are >50
- Finally, to ensure a good Taiga you'll want to play with the Rainfall parameter.
I don't think there is a complete table that covers what you want.
There is a flowchart on the wiki, although it's utility may be questionable if you don't know what you're doing. It shows what materials go into and out of workshops, though it doesn't specify specific item formulas.
Alternately, the article on Crafts has a great table of links that cover the trade goods. You can use the links to figure out what workshops, professions and raw materials go into different items.
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Yes and no.
In Fortress mode (the most common mode of the game) you can start where ever you want, barring water and other people already living there (cities, towers, etc.). You can also die very very quickly on some of those places.
If you then abandon that fort you can start a new one in the same world at a different position. However each fort has a limited space to play in (otherwise you'd get no FPS)
In adventurer mode you could, conceivably, walk from any point to another point, it will however take a long time (and probably get you killed in the process, by you I also mean you the player, by old age, Dwarf Fortress can create some very large worlds).