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Darthlawsuit

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Build Long Walls Quicker
« on: January 15, 2015, 07:24:39 pm »
Are there any mods/hacks/magic out there that can speed up designating a simple wall (b->c->w->hhhhhhhhhhh)? Building a multi-z level wall 10 blocks at a time is horribly slow.
« Last Edit: January 15, 2015, 11:58:12 pm by Darthlawsuit »
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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2015, 07:51:14 pm »
Give more dwarves the construction labor.
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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2015, 10:02:44 pm »
Quote from: Darthlawsuit on January 15, 2015, 07:24:39 pm
Are there any mods/hacks/magic out there that can speed up building a simple wall? Building a multi-z level wall 10 blocks at a time is horribly slow
Are you playing the latest version?
Since the wall building update I've found it's takes no time at all to put up those 10 blocks. At least compared with before...
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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 10:07:30 pm »
Clever stockpiling can speed it up.
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Darthlawsuit

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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2015, 11:57:14 pm »
It's not the dwarf building part that is slow, its the queue'ing/designating the task that is slow (b->c->w->hhhhhhhhhhhhh[X50]). I need a way that can help ME designate what to build quicker.
« Last Edit: January 16, 2015, 12:04:01 am by Darthlawsuit »
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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2015, 12:03:16 am »
If you use DFHack, you can use the box designation to drag from one corner to the other (on one z-level) to an arbitrary distance in any direction. You can even choose to make it hollow or not. just press 'b' when you would normally be pressing hhhhhhhhhh, and you'll go into box mode.
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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2015, 12:05:08 am »
Quote from: Baffler on January 16, 2015, 12:03:16 am
If you use DFHack, you can use the box designation to drag from one corner to the other (on one z-level) to an arbitrary distance in any direction. You can even choose to make it hollow or not. just press 'b' when you would normally be pressing hhhhhhhhhh, and you'll go into box mode.
Sounds like exactly what I was wanting, thanks!
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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2015, 06:22:58 pm »
What about ingame macros?
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Re: Build Long Walls Quicker
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2015, 06:24:01 pm »
Pffff, I remember when we had to designate walls one by one! Those were the days!
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