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[Shanba]

How about an adventure mode challenge?
Rags to Riches:
Start with the Play now! feature. get to legendary in at least one weapon skill, armour wearing skill and wrestling skill.

Should be interesting...

[Asehujiko]

quote:Originally posted by Jaqie:
<STRONG>Not quite a challenge in the same line as the others but should prove fun anyways...

Hedonistic Heaven:
Before nobility gets anything, all other dwarves must have better accomidations. Nobility never gets anything before the 'rabble'. No shared quarters allowed ever. Cannot knowingly endanger or kill any noble. Cannot kill off any immigrants.</STRONG>

most annoying one so far

35 dorfs, no nobles yet
16 trappers on a map with 0 animals

[Jaqie Fox]

*shrug* so have them farm or something.

I do that and watch 'xyz has become a farmer' with glee.  The only problem with this is that (it seems) the more skills a dwarf has the more likely they will go fey or such with the skill that is not used.

[ March 31, 2007: Message edited by: Jaqie ]

[Asehujiko]

Bringing down the mountain.

Dig out everything before the magma and make your fort on the far side. Put a support every 7th tile before the magma and link all of them to a lever.

When invaders come, let them enter and then pull the lever.

Challenge: Kill 50% of an invading army with 1 use of your uber stonefall trap. And film it.

[Zaratustra]

I'm pretty sure sieging trolls attack supports.

[4bh0r53n]

quote: Bringing down the mountain.

Dig out everything before the magma and make your fort on the far side. Put a support every 7th tile before the magma and link all of them to a lever.

When invaders come, let them enter and then pull the lever.

Challenge: Kill 50% of an invading army with 1 use of your uber stonefall trap. And film it.  

only problem i can see with this is farming
how are you going to be able to use floodgates wthout any walls (floodgates do need a wall next to them, dont they)?

[Jaqie Fox]

A statue on either side works.

[Slartibartfast]

I wouldn't know because I haven't tried, but shouldn't this work:

code:

_______......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,X______X~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_______......~~~
_ - channel
, - dry ground to be flooded for farming
X - floodgate
. - dry ground to remain dry
~ - river

?

(and of course, add supports where needed)

EDIT:
To operate this theoretical idea, open the right floodgate, which will fill all channel tiles. Then open the left floodgate to flood the area between the channels. Next close the left floodgate, and then the right floodgate. Farm.

[ April 02, 2007: Message edited by: Slartibartfast ]

[Jaqie Fox]

Uhm.. that would create a neverending flood, I believe.

[Slartibartfast]

code:

_______......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_S.....~~~
_,,,,,,X____X~~~
_,,,,,_S.....~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_______......~~~
_ - channel
, - dry ground to be flooded for farming
X - floodgate
. - dry ground to remain dry
~ - river
S - statue

So this is the only option then?

[Cerej]

For wall-less flooding options all of the following work, and I have tried them in a series of attempts to farm surface crops.

code:

_______......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,X______X~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_______......~~~
_ - channel
, - dry ground to be flooded for farming
X - floodgate
. - dry ground to remain dry
~ - river 

code:

_______......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,X_____X~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_______......~~~
_ - channel
, - dry ground to be flooded for farming
X - floodgate
. - dry ground to remain dry
~ - river 

code:

_______......~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_,,,,,_S.....~~~
_,,,,,,X____X~~~
_,,,,,_S.....~~~
_,,,,,_......~~~
_______......~~~
_ - channel
, - dry ground to be flooded for farming
X - floodgate
. - dry ground to remain dry
~ - river
S - statue 

None of these produce never-ending floods because the floodgate at the river can be closed.  The second option is the most efficient in terms of space and construction, and the third is the only option with serious uncontrolled-flooding potential.

[Pacho]

Umm, are you sure about these?  The problem lies mostly on the floodgate next to the river.  It lets water out from all sides, not just to the channel.

[JT]

If a floodgate is adjacent to an empty channel and next to a river, it simply "sucks" water out of the river into the channel.

Floodgates only flood in all directions if they are adjacent to a filled channel.