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[NotQuiteSure]

Ok,so I have been trying to build some nice defenses for my fortress and those ideas occured to me:

Vault doors would be basically heavier doors(possibly made from more rocks) that could withstand more damage and be only opened/closed by a lever-think floodgate without the cannel part...

What about being able to set the crossbow traps to fire down the corridor when some monster steps on a plate or a lever is pulled? It would be useful for fortifications for example:Instead of sending your marksdwarves to the front line,you simply pull a lever and attacking army gets a nice welcome message-a hail of arrows.

It seems like you cant have one thing be set from a to be and other thing set from b to a by pulling just one lever-For example,I want a floodgate to close and a bridge to draw at once-but I can only make then open and draw.

Also a suggestion that doesn't apply to defense-The dwarves should be able to use stone blocks as rocks.That way,you would be able to have a good pile of rocks nearby without having to dig humongous caverns..

That would be pretty much all for now,If you think something doesn'T make any sense,it does..just not in English

[Maximus]

Can't you attach the lever to only one of those objects, toggle its state, then attach the lever to the other object?

[RPB]

No, any time you flip a lever it sets all its objects to the same state. If you hook a lever up to an open floodgate and a closed floodgate and pull it, it will just set them both open, then next time it sets them both closed, etc.

[Solara]

I would happily build a door out of steel if it meant I could protect a room from thieves.

Also, love the crossbow trap idea.

[Aquillion]

I suggested more detailed mechanism-link mechanics a while back: here.

[Zurai]

Gates (heavier doors, basically) are planned.

I personally would like to be able to connect a pressure plate to a ballista or catapult, such that stepping on the pressure plate sends a ballista bolt or catapult rock aimed square at the tile containing the pressure plate. Since the exact range and such would be known, accuracy would be 100% - making them very lethal, but space consuming traps. They'd also have to be manually reloaded, which takes forever until you get skilled operators.

I'd also love to see a classic Indiana Jones rolling boulder trap.