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Originally posted by Fieari:
<STRONG>Not true.  It'd require the connection map to be updated for different sized creatures, which is a huge lag item as it is only running once.</STRONG>

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Eh?

I'll try again...

When you have multiple creatures in one square, you use their size values to work out if any, and which ones, end up losing time by 'making way' for the others in the same square.

All creatures sit in one tile, but they also have a size value in the raws. That size is not 'how many tiles' they occupy.

How about setting a soft limit on total sizes in one square?

If all the creatures in a square total up to less than the limit, then none of them are slowed down at all.

If the size total of all the creatures exceeds the limit, then apply the 'laying down' penalty to the smallest creature, and subtract its size from the total. If the total is still too big, repeat until the total is lowered to or below the limit, or only one creature is left.

For example: (numbers are completely ficticious)

Two dwarves (size 4) and a cat (size 1) are in the same square. The size limit for a square is 8. The cat has to 'duck out' of the way, which brings the total to 8, so the two dwarves continue just fine.

A horse (size 7), a dwarf (size 4) and a dog (size 2) are in the same square (again, limit . To bring the size total to below 8, both the dog and dwarf lose time to let the horse move freely.

An elephant (size 20) and a mandrill are in the same square (limit . The mandrill loses time making way for the elephant. The elephant does not, as it's the only one left.

[ September 07, 2007: Message edited by: Blackcat ]

It is in fact one of the new developments for advanced tactical tavern warfare. The goblet itself holds drink just fine. The four spikes form a square which is perfectly stable on flat surfaces during peacetime.

Upon the beginning of hostilities, one is presented with a number of options. The most obvious is to use the goblet as an offensive weapon (even though most other races would consider a normal goblet filled with dwarven alcohol an offensive weapon anyway).

Alternatively, the goblet can be jabbed downwards onto an appropriate surface (such as a wooden bar counter), whereby the spikes firmly fix the goblet in place, thus preventing the most heinous of crimes in dwarfdom: spilling alcohol.

[ October 17, 2007: Message edited by: Blackcat ]

When items are placed onto a stockpile, dwarves choose the newest item first. To effectively clear your farm area in no time flat, follow this plan:

1) Don't dig anything after digging out your farm area until you've finished following this plan. If you need a room dug right now, dig it before the farm.

2) Once the farm area has been dug out, don't dig any more.

3) Find a nearby area (a 1-wide corridor works just fine, cave river banks, anywhere, you get the idea) and allocate a mining stockpile with enough empty space to hold all the stone, ore and gems in the farm area.

4) Wait until everything is out of the farm room. Any and all dwarves with the appropriate hauling enabled will move the stuff.

5) Unallocate the stockpile, build a farm, continue digging as needed.

Dwarf Fortress utterly rocks. Literally!