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I think the problem with sieges vs enemy constructions would be easily solved if you could control your troops as if they were regular dwarves too.  So you would be able to get to your opponent's land and start by building stairs over his walls and whatnot.  Anything not built by your dwarves would take extra long to take down, so your opponent's carefully constructed wall will at least serve the purpose of giving him time to prepare for your assault.

It would also be neat to have two people on one map (local map, not world map), and they start off in opposite corners.  You could reduce the complexity of the world space to remove hell and remove half or more of the Z-Levels.  Reduce the water and lava physics complexity.  Basically up the frame rate enough that you could have the simultaneous building of two forts on the same local map.  Orcs/Goblins vs Dwarves!  I think it sounds like a great RTS!

Are creatures born on your map always tame?

I'd like to know that too.

Also, what's the point of breeding Toad mounts.  Your dwarves still can't ride them, right?

I would like it if you at least kept Therapist.

You could make a html file with links and the readme in it.

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**If anyone has any plumbing related topics besides mine, feel free to FLOOD this topic with questions or comments.**

I am making a new fortress in which I want to have a highly sophisticated plumbing system for both water and magma.

I have an aquifer which I will tap for the system, but I assume using another waters source such as a pumpstack and an underground river would work just as well.

What I am planning to do is to have plumbing for EACH FLOOR.  This means that every other floor will be a plumbing floor so that if I need to change my layout to accommodate a magma forge on different floors I won't have to subjugate massive amounts of utilized space in the process.  Another benefit is that I can then put wells on each floor and in every room if I so desire.  While wells aren't good for a lot of things, they will allow me to put a well in each bedroom made from masterwork components.  This *should* make my dorfs very happy.  Like crapping in their pants every step they take happy.  In addition, I could probably rig up some royal-class magma plumbing for some of the larger rooms.

What I need some advice on is the actual methods of liquid transport and containment.  For instance, how would I tap an aquifer from beneath?  Build an up/down stair on the floor beneath it in order to have digging access to the floor above?  How can I successfully power a magma pump stack from the magma sea?  Also, I assume pressurizing the water will be a cinch using one diagonal openings into the piping, correct?  Also, does anyone have any argument against building wells in each bedroom?  I'll definitely have them in each meeting hall/dining room/hospital.  It might be over kill.  Also, it would be nice making them dorf proof, so am I able to build them over floor grates?

As I said above, if anyone has any plumbing related topics besides mine, feel free to use this topic for any questions or comments.

Ok, so I've been spending the last few hours world genning, trying to find a world that has an adequate amount of tropical moist broadleaf forests.  Is there any way to favor them, perhaps using rain, temperature and drainage?  What type of land do broad-leaf favor over coniferous forests?

How do you increase the tropical band?  I would love it if I could eliminate cold biomes and temperate biomes from my maps, and instead have a whole map of tropical.  Any way to do this?  On the dwarven temperature scale, how hot is 50? 100? 200?

You should call it DF 0.31.01 instead of 2010, since we should (hopefully) be getting many more updates and releases throughout 2010.