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Perhaps dwarves could be exposed to a terrifying enemy that can't pursue them, like a giant sponge aquarium in the barracks or something.

The normal order of things went much too slowly, so i sped things up by changing dwarfs to CHILD:2. Question was if dwarfs will marry distant relatives (cousins in this case, but aunt/nephew and uncle/niece should be the same as long as both parties are unmarried and of compatible age - remember that thanks to the practically endless fertility, an uncle the same age as or younger than his niece is quite common). They will. Cousins can be friends or lovers of each other, shown by "made a friend/talked to a friend" and "is romantically involved with" thoughts. They'll keep listing each other as "cousin", however. Probably because "cousin" comes first and apparently supersedes other relations. Once they marry, status will change to "husband/wife" (which happens to be the highest-priority relation a dwarf can have). I stopped the run after the first couple married.
Result: ^_^science :3 says you only need two married couples to repopulate the entire dwarven race.

Wow, you can pinpoint the exact moment where Lielac snapped.
Not hard, but still... It's quite concerning, the minds of people on these forums. I'm just glad I fit right in.

Quote from: Larix on April 04, 2014, 06:43:18 am

Quote from: Skuggen on April 04, 2014, 03:28:14 am

I've started construction of a labyrinth, which I intend to toss captives into, filled with traps and eventually some deadly creatures. Since there isn't really a random element to the pathfinding I'll instead add a bunch of pressure plates so the correct path out changes around a lot based on how many captives have been through it and how far they got (the exit will be by the map edge, so if they make it that far they're free to go).

You can build creature-operated one-way passages: e.g. a hatch over open space and a door, both linked to the same pressure plate: the creature calculates path across the hatch, steps on the plate which opens the hatch (breaking path) and the door (opening another path); 100 steps after the creature leaves the plate, both buildings will close again, pathing back through the door is not possible.

To change the path for the next creature, you'd have to "hold" signals or state changes, because pressure plate systems alone just re-set. You could do this with memory cells (branching into full-out computing), but Lielac's comment on building destroyers gives another option:

Building destroyers can reconfigure your labyrinth paths. A locked or mechanism-operated door is not passable by goblins, but once a troll went through, the path will be open (and if you use a locked door, kobolds can do the same). An ogress demolishing a hatch cover will permanently destroy path across it for later visitors. If you go three-dimensional, you can even use her to "switch" paths: use a locked hatch over a downward ramp. As long as it holds, it can be passed on the same level, but not up/down; once it's broken, vertical passage becomes possible (and some horizontal paths may break, depending on ramp layout).

Ah, I thought pressure plates worked more like levers. I want it to be self-sufficient without needing dwarven intervention for resetting. Maybe I can use water to hold the state; So the creatures step on plates, making the water move around, triggering the pressure plate that controls the path.

I've started construction of a labyrinth, which I intend to toss captives into, filled with traps and eventually some deadly creatures. Since there isn't really a random element to the pathfinding I'll instead add a bunch of pressure plates so the correct path out changes around a lot based on how many captives have been through it and how far they got (the exit will be by the map edge, so if they make it that far they're free to go).