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BladeBerserker

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The King and Factories!
« on: February 08, 2010, 07:17:02 pm »
Ok, two questions.

1: I know that once you get up to a duchy, you get the incoming king entry and it tells you this stuff, but I'm trying to prepare in advance. Specifically with the road requirements, what I want to know is how much road do I have to build? (I'm using standard gabbro, granite, chromite, and claystone blocks)

2: Also relating to roads; What is the best way to set up a factory? My current arrangement is a stockpile for the blocks, a stockile for the desired stones, with all the workshops in the middle.
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darthbob88

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Re: The King and Factories!
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2010, 07:47:58 pm »
1. Should say how much road you need on the screen, but I believe it's about 5K dwarf bucks. Don't know how that translates into amount, but pave a road from your depot to the edge and you should be good.
2. Yeah, that's the best non-stupidly-micromanaged system I can think of; input stockpile, output stockpile, and workshop between them. There are a few exceptions I'll make, with cloth workshops next door to each other, smelters and forges side by side, but that factory setup is the one I'll use in future fortresses.
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Re: The King and Factories!
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2010, 07:57:20 pm »
Yay I did something efficient! It's a miracle!  ;D

And I'll just churn out a big ol' road to the edge.
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Re: The King and Factories!
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 07:00:03 am »
Depending on the size of your map, you may need a lot more than that. Note however that you don't need to keep the roads after the king's arrival, so if you want to increase road value fast, just make a bunch of squares of road from surplus metals.
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Hyndis

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Re: The King and Factories!
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 11:00:21 am »
I recommend getting the king's room set up in advance so your king does not instantly tantrum and kill himself.

Your king is actually a useful noble. He also makes no demands, but you will never get a replacement king.


As far as factories go, I prefer using a vertical stacking method. Minimizes the number of tiles a dwarf needs to walk. You can see this layout here:

http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-17398-factoryfloor

Storage is either above or below the factory floor. The basic design works for above ground castles or underground fortresses equally well.
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Re: The King and Factories!
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2010, 02:02:55 pm »
Quote from: JaaSwb on February 09, 2010, 07:00:03 am
Depending on the size of your map, you may need a lot more than that. Note however that you don't need to keep the roads after the king's arrival, so if you want to increase road value fast, just make a bunch of squares of road from surplus metals.
I was going to make roads with blocks but you gave me an idea to use that surplus copper for it rather than [/snicker]bolts[/snicker]
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