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[Darkmere]

But if you're listing that, why not the dwarf calculator? the dwarfputer? MEGADORF? The Fist of Armok? DOMAIN Mk II orbital magma cannon? The space elevator?

Humbly suggest a simple link to the hall of legends thread will suffice. We're more interested in !!SCIENCE!! than... erm... !!HISTORY!!.

That said:
Soundsense
Dwarf Foreman
Easy Obsidian Farm (Credit to Quietust)
Pierce Any Aquifer With Less Fuss

[evileeyore]

Sadly this table is unreliable, because grass grows at different rates according to temperature and rainfall...

I wouldn't say "unreliable", I would "incomplete but a decent starter".  Most embarks with halfway decent vegetation can use it's numbers without really going wrong.  If you have a heavier or lesser vegetation you have to modify to suit.


For instance I've found most of those numbers can eaily support 2-3 creatures of that type on pastures of those sizes on medium vegetation, which easily allows for mated pairs and their young.

[Crazy Cow]

Sadly this table is unreliable, because grass grows at different rates according to temperature and rainfall.

Just improving general knowledge.
Toady mentioned in one of the recent DF Talks that grass is actually very simple. The game picks random tiles and, if they are grass-growable, adds 25% to the grass there. No difference between climates, at least for now.

But I believe this is an awesome idea. I agree with others that you should focus more on the !!SCIENCE!! aspect then the !!HISTORY!! aspect.

[Daetrin]

Psst, it's "renown" not "renounce" >.>

Sadly I don't really have anything to contribute. I made an automatic building-destroyer-safe self-draining  magma trap a while back, but it just used standard water logic stuff.

[Girlinhat]

Updated for the grass table.  I'll re-arrange the historical issues later, or just link to the hall of legends and keep this thread down to science, creations, and applicable technology (dwarfnology?).  To that end, if anyone has the link to that one thread that explains water movement, I would be much obliged.

[Draxis]

You should add the Bridgeapaults Science thread:  http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=42111.0

[Girlinhat]

*bump*

Updated with the Dual-wielding shields science results.

[Farmerbob]

This needs to be stickied please.

[Agent_86]

This needs to be stickied please.

Agreed.

[evileeyore]

This needs to be stickied please.

Agreed.

Thirdiddlyed

[Mungrul]

How about AncientEnemy's mist generator?
Since he detailed how to make one, all of my fortresses have had one. Placed in a high-traffic area, it's an incredibly efficient happy thought generator.

[celem]

Also like to suggest http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=86283.0

Sure its mine and a fortified pillbox isnt new, but there was some pretty good defensive discussions later in the thread and the designs are altered somewhat from the norm to improve them based on the feedback I got from the forum.


I'd also second the mist generator, I kept getting that very wrong till I checked that design.

[Endiqua]

How about AncientEnemy's mist generator?
Since he detailed how to make one, all of my fortresses have had one. Placed in a high-traffic area, it's an incredibly efficient happy thought generator.

Oh, yes, I love those things almost as much as my dorfs do.

[Nameless Archon]

How about AncientEnemy's mist generator? Since he detailed how to make one, all of my fortresses have had one. Placed in a high-traffic area, it's an incredibly efficient happy thought generator.

It's not hard to create a simpler two-pump head-to-tail version, if you have two z-levels above the installation spot to play with. It's like a pump stack without a pump on the bottom floor. Just build a statue at the point where the water lands, and power the two pumps externally (like with a water reactor) and away you go. Lower pump count is smaller reactor requirement, and easier placement (horizontally - vertically this will require another floor). It will also produce a little less mist, so it's marginally easier on FPS, if that's an issue.

[Girlinhat]

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 ____This is a side-view that I use for fast-action mist generators.  Takes 2 pumps, and can be manually powered very easily by adding some scaffolding nearby.  Water goes up one way, then up the second pump, and then waterfalls down into the loop under the floor.  I use this frequently to train my migrants/12 year olds in the military, so they don't get the "relieved from duty" mood.  Pump operator is a civilian skill, so when they leave active duty they think they have a job to do.  In the meantime, mist generation and attribute training.  Put a few of these in your dining hall, especially if you arrange the tables so that dwarves sit near the mist, and they work extremely well.