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So does that mean you've just made Dwarven Atlantis?

It was square and boring, do something cool and Dwarfy.

I was a Noob, so I tried to make something relatively failproof, I still managed to accidentally crush a noble through several Z Levels of rock due to JUST the right amount of not-support on a specific tile and falling glass. The nobles quarters were built right under it you see.

I'm noticing the weapon traps I've put at the entrance to my fort are far nastier than I thought.

a 5/5 combo of Bronze Large, serrated discs and Bronze Menacing spikes.

I've had a catapult operating nonstop for awhile, funnily, one of my doctors is now my best siege operator.

that sounds hilarious

Quote from: lanceleoghauni on June 12, 2010, 02:21:33 pm

Ah.... A Successful test fire.

Unfortunately my cages are not magma safe, so That means I need to make a ton more...

but on the plus side everything else worked perfectly, all I need to do now is work out the long reset time due to magma evaporation being a pain.

Use grates instead of a floor. There'll be less magma that needs to evaporate and so the trap will be ready a lot quicker.

What I'm using is a series of Hatches, so I can fill it up a good way, then dump it fast once everything is Cooked. It still leaves a 1/7 layer though.

My Prisoner-Be-Gone 1000 is nearly ready. Just some more last minute smoothing and testing of the mechanisms and we're off to a multipurpose Magma/Drown trap!

It has enough room left in it to also later be used to farm obsidian, should I so desire.

Hmmm.... Apparently water can reverse it's flow back TOWARDS the source...

this bodes ill for my attempt at filling this 50X30 cistern... as the water simply won't go IN.

It's a long passage, and it has a 90 degree turn, I'm guessing that's the problem, Going to dig in above it and channel that corner tile out.

attempting to Troll Proof. I keep relying too heavily on my massive set of bridges.

my castle courtyard has little defense, other than those bridges, I shall design a battery of Ballistae (properly fitted, of course) to shoot at the invaders.