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not silk, perhaps.  but any bar, block, or log.

some of the cooler forts (copperblazes with its giant axe, and whatsitscalled with its giant phoenix) viewable on the DF map archive already do this on a larger scale.

of course, you can only do this to empty floor space.  you cant detail a floor, put a bridge on it, and then put a cabinet on it.  but you can put a lovely colored metal or glass bridge on any spot where you dont have furniture.

DF is entirely different.  It has a totally unique creature list, which was created with no attention paid to the alphabet.  So whatever you do with it, you'll either end up with nonsensical representations or some overlapping characters.

This is probably because Toady originally intended the game to have graphics, and its still in the long term plans.  But I dont want to put words in anyone's mouth.  Either way, the nethack comparison just isnt going to pan out in this particular case.

my elephant traps would easily feed a fortress indefinitly.  and the butchering and tanning happen automagically.

dwarves would have to drink water instead of booze, and craft production would slow to a crawl or halt altogether.  but the fortress would continue to survive on butchering, and all the stockpiles would be filled with bone and leather in about a year or two tops.

heck, even invasions would be pretty reliably repelled by the first few lines of tripple bronze serrated discs.  a few dwarves might be lost in each one because they wandered outside, but imigrants would replace them.

also, dwarves could smoke to increase productivity, but after about 10 years of doing so their lungs would be in the yellow or red.

is clear area is 7x7?
is z+1 full of stone?
is z+2 thru z+n full of stone?

if: yes yes yes, then randomly cave in bits of z+1 down to the current level.
if: yes yes no, then drop down each z level up to z+n, where z+n is the first empty level.

i havent thought through every permutation, but i'm pretty sure such a check would cover all the bases.  can anybody confirm?

edit: NullAshton from IRC suggests randomizing how levels are dropped, in the case of a "yes yes no" such that rock will be jumbled and possibly leave empty squares above.

[ September 11, 2007: Message edited by: puke ]