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[EpicMadness]

i know that theres delays in using pressure-plates, but does anyone know the specific numbers of other objects when directly operated by dwarves?

e.g.
doors = [OPEN]1tick? / [CLOSE]1tick?
hatch = [OPEN]1tick? / [CLOSE]1tick?

[anewaname]

It appears to be "zero tick cost" for a dwarf to open or close a door. I put a door in an empty hallway and sent a miner through it. It took 9 ticks for the dwarf to move each tile, including the tiles involving the door, where the dwarf would move and open or close the door without costing any additional tick-time.

[EpicMadness]

so basically dwarves path through doors and hatches like they don't exist?
different settings doesn't change this does it? besides forbidden of course.

[anewaname]

You can check this yourself. Set up a test embark with a hallway and a door give a single dig designation on the other side, then count the "." ticks for each move of the dwarf through the hall and through the door and continuing through the hall.

[EpicMadness]

wait, i just remembered that doors doesn't guarantee it won't leak water when accessed.
so technically it does have a close-delay, but its proportional to how long a dwarf takes to move through the door.

edit: to clarify, the close-delay is creature-dependent.
e.g. if a creature takes 2ticks to move one tile then the door's close-delay is 2ticks long.

[anewaname]

If the door is in an east-west corridor, when the dwarf moves to the tile west of the door, the door is opened, then 9 ticks later the dwarf moves into the door's tile, then 9 ticks later the dwarf moves into the tile east of the door, then 9 ticks later, the dwarf moves 2 tiles to the east and the door closes. So, that particular dwarf caused the door to close 27 ticks after the door was opened.

[EpicMadness]

If the door is in an east-west corridor, when the dwarf moves to the tile west of the door, the door is opened, then 9 ticks later the dwarf moves into the door's tile, then 9 ticks later the dwarf moves into the tile east of the door, then 9 ticks later, the dwarf moves 2 tiles to the east and the door closes. So, that particular dwarf caused the door to close 27 ticks after the door was opened.

yeah thats what i was thinking about, it mostly depends on the speed of the creature too.
but i didn't expect it to take 3tiles worth of ticks for the door to close.

and on that note, the fastest possible speed for a creature is 100gait (100ticks per 100tiles), which means a door would take 3ticks to close with a creature with 100gait.