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ThtblovesDF

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Re: over complicated design
« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2009, 06:00:07 pm »

Thread title should be
"Typical Everyday Dwarfish Design"
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kotekzot

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Re: over complicated design
« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2009, 06:48:10 pm »

yeh but noone has actually done it.
yeah, nobody before you thought of combining bridges, pressure plates and water. you should get a patent for that.
there's quite a bit of stuff like that on df map archive. off the top of my head is addition in binary up to 8 bits and a 7-segment display.

was that sarcasm? noone has thought of it but there is stuff about it on the wiki?
yes, because
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Re: over complicated design
« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2009, 06:54:41 pm »

Nobody did it with MAGMA. I mean big, with magma. Not typical, with magma.
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Re: over complicated design
« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2009, 01:06:57 am »

The thing is, what happens to a dwarf that is on the bridge when it automatically retracts? But I would separate the mechanisms from the bridges, it is lazy, but I prefer just digging a series of floodgates and pressure plates as a timer...
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Re: over complicated design
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2009, 05:11:04 am »

Strange things happen on retracting bridged, mainly evryone moves 2-3 levels sideways and then hits the ground.
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