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San-A

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suggestions for a new fortress
« on: June 21, 2012, 07:45:57 am »
I've just embarked on a map: a huge mountain with very few flat areas, so no possibility of outdoors mega project.

Do you have any suggestions for an underground fortress design? Something that looks good, with potential fun.

Screen-shots to follow if anyone is interested!
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 09:29:28 am »
No possibility?! Make a godamn flat area!
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am »
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am »
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2012, 11:02:08 am »
Quote from: vidboi on June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?
This.
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Quote from: shibdib on September 22, 2010, 01:07:37 am
This is a useful feature..and this is DF.. so im gonna assume its bugged
Quote from: Sabreur on July 06, 2012, 10:59:30 am
That's what cages and minecart shotguns are for!  We don't need to control them.  We just need to aim them.
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2012, 11:21:45 am »
Quote from: Xenos on June 21, 2012, 11:02:08 am
Quote from: vidboi on June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?
This.

This. A thousand times this.
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2012, 11:24:22 am »
Quote from: vidboi on June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?

Bonus points for carving fortifications into all the sides of the mountain(s).
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2012, 11:32:47 am »
Quote from: vidboi on June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?
Well... I'd love to do something like that but I don't have enough time for that unfortunately.

Any other proposition?
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2012, 11:34:07 am »
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 11:32:47 am
Quote from: vidboi on June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?
Well... I'd love to do something like that but I don't have enough time for that unfortunately.

Any other proposition?

Create a mirror valley of the mountains underneath them to house your 'above ground' styled fort.  The hollowing is the megaproject.
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Quote from: shibdib on September 22, 2010, 01:07:37 am
This is a useful feature..and this is DF.. so im gonna assume its bugged
Quote from: Sabreur on July 06, 2012, 10:59:30 am
That's what cages and minecart shotguns are for!  We don't need to control them.  We just need to aim them.
Quote from: Ze Spy on September 30, 2010, 01:49:43 am
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2012, 10:44:13 am »
Quote from: Xenos on June 21, 2012, 11:34:07 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 11:32:47 am
Quote from: vidboi on June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?
Well... I'd love to do something like that but I don't have enough time for that unfortunately.

Any other proposition?

Create a mirror valley of the mountains underneath them to house your 'above ground' styled fort.  The hollowing is the megaproject.
A literal mirror valley. Invert the mountains.
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2012, 11:40:17 am »
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 11:32:47 am
Quote from: vidboi on June 21, 2012, 10:59:12 am
Quote from: San-A on June 21, 2012, 10:03:50 am
Well... I'd like to stay underground :)

Hollow the entire mountain and make an above ground megaproject underground?
Well... I'd love to do something like that but I don't have enough time for that unfortunately.

Any other proposition?

How do you not have enough time for that?  Urist McMayan tell you the world was ending?
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« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2012, 02:50:22 pm »
I was thinking level the mountain, then turn all the resulting boulders into rock blocks, then use those blocks to build the mega structure. ;)
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2012, 06:03:37 pm »
Cave in the entire mountain from the inside.
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2012, 06:10:16 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on June 22, 2012, 10:44:13 am
A literal mirror valley. Invert the mountains.
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Re: suggestions for a new fortress
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2012, 06:51:31 pm »
Build tons of cage traps. Make a gigantic hall with walls of glass inside the mountain. On the outer side of the walls, make a stockpile for goblin cages. Strip the goblins of their belongings, including clothing. Build serrated disk traps inside the hall. build floor hatches on the z-level above inside tiny rooms. Hook the floor hatches to a single lever. Build another lever. As Obsidian approaches, build goblin cages in the rooms and hook then up to the second lever. When Obsidian arrives, gather all the dwarves into the hall and pull the levers.
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