question Huge, hot desert only 4000 blocks south of spawn?

[reg8]

Why is there a massive desert with tropical flora and fauna here? You can see my latitude in the chat. I also checked the yearly avg. temp. and it was 25C.

Relevant worldgen mods:

• conquest landform overhaul
• conquest blocklayer overhaul
• plains and valleys
• fields and plateaus
• I want smooth temperature

 

[LadyWYT]

Welcome to the forums! The latitude looks just south enough to start getting into warmer climates, hence why you're seeing cacti and other warmer climate flora. A yearly average temperature of 25 C is more than warm enough to support those plants.

I will also note that if you shrank the polar-equator distance, that will make it much easier to get to the warmer climates from the default temperate start.

1 hour ago, reg8 said:

Relevant worldgen mods:

• conquest landform overhaul
• conquest blocklayer overhaul
• plains and valleys
• fields and plateaus
• I want smooth temperature

If you didn't change the polar-equator distance, the unusual behavior may also be an unintended side effect of one of these mods.

[Zane Mordien]

2 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

an unintended side effect of one of these mods.

That has to be a mod issue or map resizing, because I've never seen a cactus just 5k south.