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Dwarf Fortress => DF Dwarf Mode Discussion => Topic started by: Pwnage_Incarnate on March 27, 2008, 02:43:00 am

Title: D-FENCE!
Post by: Pwnage_Incarnate on March 27, 2008, 02:43:00 am

What sort of clever/sadistic/unfair traps have you guys built?  I'm not talking about a hall full of weapon traps, I'm talking about the really clever stuff, that takes some real engineering and planning.

Title: Re: D-FENCE!
Post by: Kidiri on March 27, 2008, 07:50:00 am

A moat, a wall, a tower above some stairs down, a one-wide corridor filled with traps and floodgates at either end. In the tower are the barracks situated, to avoid sparring-noise and provide quick ground access. The plus side when building this, is that most of it is easily designed using [shift]+arrow keys.

code:

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.=ground
 =channel/empty space
#=wall
F=fortification
X=floodgate
B=bridge
^=trap
>=down stairs
<=up stairs
z=0
.............................^^^^^^^.............................
.                             BBBBB                             .
.                             BBBBB                             .
.                             BBBBB                             .
.                             BBBBB                             .
.                             BBBBB                             .
.     .......................^^^^^^^.......................     .
.     .....................................................     .
.     .....................................................     .
.     .....................................................     .
.     ........................^^^^^........................     .
.     .....#################FFFXXXFFF#################.....     .
.     .....#..................^^^^^..................#.....     .
.     .....#.........................................#.....     .
.     .....#.........................................#.....     .
.     .....#.........................................#.....     .
.     .....#.........................................#.....     .
.     .....#.........................................#.....     .
.     .....#.........................................#.....     .
.     .....#.........................................#.....     .
.     .....#..................^^^^^..................#.....     .
.     .....#.........#######FFFXXXFFF#######.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#<.......^^^^^.......<#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#.....................#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#.....................#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#.....................#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#.....................#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#.....................#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#.....................#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#.....................#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#........^^^^^........#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#........^>>>^........#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#........^>>>^........#.........#.....     .
.     .....#.........#........^>>>^........#.........#.....     .
NOTE: this is only half: the centre down stairs is the centre point. It's the same on the other side,
but without the fortifications, floodgate and bridge. 
z=-1
#####
#<<<#
#<<<#
#<<<#
#X#X#
#^^^#
##^##
##^##
##^##
##^##
##^##
##^##
##^##
##^##
##^##
#^^^#
#^#^#
#>>>#
#>>>#
#>>>#
#####
NOTE: this is obviously located under the down stairs on z=0. The moat is actually two z-levels
deep, but it was too much of a hassle to type all of the '#'.

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[ March 27, 2008: Message edited by: Kidiri ]

Title: Re: D-FENCE!
Post by: Cavalcadeofcats on March 27, 2008, 11:22:00 am

..wait, is "." ground, or "#", or both? Your key confuses me.

Title: Re: D-FENCE!
Post by: Alfador on March 27, 2008, 01:50:00 pm

Looks like . is ground and # is wall, just mislabeled in the key.

What I'm wondering is, do you have the trade depot inside the inner bailey, or are you completely self-sufficient?

Title: Re: D-FENCE!
Post by: Kidiri on March 27, 2008, 01:57:00 pm

quote:

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Originally posted by Alfador:
<STRONG>Looks like . is ground and # is wall, just mislabeled in the key.

What I'm wondering is, do you have the trade depot inside the inner bailey, or are you completely self-sufficient?</STRONG>

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Whoops, my bad. It's already fixed. And the depot is inside of the inner walls, on the far side of the stairs. But I can be self-sufficient when I'm being sieged or just want to ignore traders.

Title: Re: D-FENCE!
Post by: Untelligent on March 27, 2008, 06:03:00 pm

I started to build an automated goblin smasher using a hallway full of bridges and a mechanical repeater, but I got bored with the fort before it was finished.

Title: Re: D-FENCE!
Post by: BurnedToast on March 27, 2008, 06:19:00 pm

I was building a giant statue of a dwarf with a raised hammer right above the entrance, linked to a pressure plate in such a way that when stepped on the hammer would collapse and crush the offending critter.

I got bored before it finished, because it was taking forever to build and I never have enough dwarves to get sieges anyway.