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utunnels

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Building border/profile.
« on: August 18, 2007, 05:01:00 am »

Well, I don't know whether anyone has post this before.   :)

[ August 18, 2007: Message edited by: utunnels ]

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FaultyLogic

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Re: Building border/profile.
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2007, 06:32:00 am »

I don't know, I mean they all do look different. At first everything looked like chaos to me, but know, all I see is the beatiful trees and the lush grass. And I don't have much trouble separating the workshops, then again I usually dig small half-open rooms for them.

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"Is that the inside of a computer?"

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Haedrian

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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2007, 08:48:00 am »

I never have problems telling workshops from each other...

Perhaps you need to spend a few more straight days playing  ;)

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utunnels

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Re: Building border/profile.
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2007, 09:22:00 am »

quote:
I never have problems telling workshops from each other...

Yeah, neither do I now. But some borders will make a building like a building.

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Savok

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Re: Building border/profile.
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2007, 09:23:00 am »

quote:
Originally posted by Haedrian:
<STRONG>I never have problems telling workshops from each other...

Perhaps you need to spend a few more straight days playing    ;)</STRONG>



You beat me to it.

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ktrey

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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2007, 11:25:00 am »

One trick you can try is building your buildings out of different materials. A jeweler shop built from brass or Marble is a little easier to see.
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Asehujiko

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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2007, 02:08:00 pm »

The problem is that when placed in a certain way, tiles of adjoining workshops can sometimes look like a new workshop.
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mickel

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Re: Building border/profile.
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2007, 03:14:00 pm »

I sometimes can't make heads or tails of what's what in the fortress, and that's after well over 30 fortresses in over five separate worlds. Hopefully the problem will go away with tilesets.
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