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[Captain Mayday]

Now that we have rewalling, would it be possible to allow us to build secret doors and hatches that have the appearance of constructed walls or tiles, respectively? I know there isn't much use for this in Dwarf mode, but it would add a lot to Adventure mode.

The major benefit to this is to allow the use of lever or pressure plates to open paths that were previously not evident.

[puffs]

That would be excellent! I'd love to have a community fortress-styled dungeon crawl on a pre-made fort.

[Aquillion]

It could also be useful as the enemy AI gets smarter.  Enemies will know to bash down a locked door or raised drawbridge, but they might not find a secret one.  (Although they should get a chance at spotting it, based on its quality.  Higher-quality secret doors would be more difficult to recognize...)

[Nesoo]

And, of course, if they see a dwarf using one...

[Kogan Loloklam]

ARISE FROM THE GRAVE!!!!

This could be expanded on with "secret levers". A usage for "looking" at the nearby walls.

"Here we have a Shale Block Wall. Something looks suspicious about one of the blocks"

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"The Wall moves to the side"

[mickel]

With smarter AIs, this is definitely something I want to see. I've always wanted to build a massive mansion with hidden passages all over!

[PTTG??]

Much agreement! I have often wanted hidden passages. I imagine not only smooth rock walls, but even natural cliff faces could have hidden doors. A whole fortress, hidden in the rock walls of the cliff!

[irmo]

The door wouldn't be a Construction, it would be a door.  What we could do, though, is install a normal door and then engrave it to look like the surrounding wall.  This would work for any kind of wall--natural, smooth, constructed, engraved.  (Though if there's some kind of skill check to spot the hidden door, it would be easiest for natural walls since they're the hardest to get right.)

This could also apply to floor hatches and (especially) pressure plates.

[Align]

Then how do you engrave the floor under the door (which is still a piece of furniture) without removing and reinstalling it?

[irmo]

quote:Originally posted by Align:
<STRONG>Then how do you engrave the floor under the door (which is still a piece of furniture) without removing and reinstalling it?</STRONG>

The engraving job would come from the [q] menu for the door or hatch.  (It's an operation on the door, not the floor.)