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Dwarf Fortress => DF Suggestions => Topic started by: martinuzz on November 05, 2007, 10:11:00 am

Title: crushing walls
Post by: martinuzz on November 05, 2007, 10:11:00 am

Now that we have mechanical power and spikes at our disposal, why not make the famous -crushing wall with spikes-? You know, the kind of wall that looks really harmless until you walk next to it..

_ = <space>, otherwise left out by the forum engine

 _W+++W
 *W+++W*        ___W = crushing spiked wall
 _W+0+W         ___+ = floor
 *W+++W*        ___0 = pressure pad
 _W+++W         ___* = gear assembly (if it works diagonally as well, if not
                    more are needed)
 BEFORE

_wW=Ww          ___w = normal wall
*wW=Ww*         ___W = crushing wall
_wW=Ww          ___= = spikes coming from the walls
*wW=Ww*         ___* = gear assembly
_wW=Ww

AFTER

More blood for Armok!

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Title: Re: crushing walls
Post by: Sukasa on November 05, 2007, 11:16:00 am

Uh, I can't make heads or tails of that design...  Can I try to replicate it?

code:

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X - Wall
| - Moving Wall
* - Gear Assembly
<> - Spikes
x - Spikes stuck together
^ - Pressure Pad
+ - Floor
g - unfortunate goblin
X*|>+^+<|*X
-------------
X*|>+g+<|*X
-------------
X*+|>g<|+*X
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X*++|x|++*X

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Title: Re: crushing walls
Post by: Gangsta Spanksta on November 05, 2007, 12:14:00 pm

:) I like it.  Maybe, we need a rolling boulder, like Indiana Jones.

Title: Re: crushing walls
Post by: MindSnap on November 05, 2007, 03:09:00 pm

We definitely need rolling boulders. As well as switches activated by the removal of an item.

Title: Re: crushing walls
Post by: Nesoo on November 05, 2007, 04:36:00 pm

quote:

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Originally posted by MindSnap:
<STRONG>As well as switches activated by the removal of an item.</STRONG>

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Granted I haven't toyed around with them yet, but... can't pressure plates do that already?

Title: Re: crushing walls
Post by: martinuzz on November 06, 2007, 08:34:00 am

Hmmm... Seems the forum engine deleted the <space>es.
Put a space before every left W that does not have a * before it and the design will make more sense..
Just edited the original post hopefully to make some more sense..

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