Bay 12 Games Forum

Dwarf Fortress => DF Dwarf Mode Discussion => Topic started by: Mohreb el Yasim on February 15, 2020, 06:32:32 am

Title: Construction of walls from diagonal direction
Post by: Mohreb el Yasim on February 15, 2020, 06:32:32 am: Hi everybody,
I've seen today a dwarf contructing a wall from the inside diagonaly:
from this
Code: [Select]
_═ ║☺[/font][/size]
to this:
Code: [Select]
╔═ ║☺[/font][/size]

Finaly :D
Title: Re: Construction of walls from diagonal direction
Post by: PatrikLundell on February 15, 2020, 07:39:08 am: Well, dorf can build diagonally, but ONLY if they could have stood perpendicular to the building site, i.e. to the north or west of the building site in your case. If it isn't possible to stand in one of those two places and to get to them through a walkable path it's something new that hasn't been mentioned in the release notes.
Title: Re: Construction of walls from diagonal direction
Post by: Trabber Shir on February 26, 2020, 07:09:11 pm: Still on the old version, but if someone can confirm this has changed, I am willing to upgrade without TWBT being ready.
Title: Re: Construction of walls from diagonal direction
Post by: Shonai_Dweller on February 26, 2020, 08:06:42 pm: Quote from: Trabber Shir on February 26, 2020, 07:09:11 pm
Still on the old version, but if someone can confirm this has changed, I am willing to upgrade without TWBT being ready.
Likely hasn't changed. As mentioned above, it was always possible so long as an adjacent tile is available somewhere.
Title: Re: Construction of walls from diagonal direction
Post by: coalboat on February 26, 2020, 08:27:46 pm: I just tested yesterday and dwarf can't build wall to a tile where none of the four adjacent tiles in cardinal direction is accessible. So this feature hasn't changed.
Title: Re: Construction of walls from diagonal direction
Post by: anewaname on February 26, 2020, 11:50:46 pm: This example of diagonal wall building happens when two dwarfs start building at the same time and the orthogonal wall is finished first.