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[Quiller]

I did mine like this for most of my rooms

code:

#######
#c###c#
#bd+db#
#c#+#c#
###+###
#c#+#c#
#bd+db#
#c#+#c#
###+###

You could also do 3's like

code:

###########
#cbcd+dcbc#
#####+#####
#cbcd+dcbc#
#####+#####
#cbcd+dcbc#
#####+#####
  

which is a bit wide, but cuts down on how far any dwarf has to walk before getting to their room.  Put the bed next to the door and you save them a step there, too.

The 2x2 rooms do look a bit nicer aethetically, though.

[Aquillion]

Another trick for rooms:  Dwarves don't mind having other dwarves walk through their bedroom, for some reason.  So you can set something like the following up real easily:

code:

#######
#c+c+c#
#θ#θ#θ#
#c#c#c#
#+#+#+#
#c#c#c#
#θ#θ#θ#
#c#c#c#
#+#+#+#
#c#c#c#
#θ#θ#θ#
#c#c#c#
#+#+#+#
 . . .
 . . .
 . . .

[ducker]

Updated fortress... 37 dwarves.
The additional rooms up top are much smaller.  The newer area I'm expanding next to the new farm plots will be for studies.

As this is my first full game, I'm in no rush to get to the ravine and the lava, as I'm still learning.

[ricree]

Personally, I like 1x4 rooms.
1x3 is enough for the bed, cabinet, and coffer, but I like to leave an extra space for a door just in case I decide that an injured dwarf needs to be "put down."

[arthurx]

talking about rooms i set up 3*3 room for my dwarves yet they complain of "not sleeping in a proper room" and being "waked by noise"? is it because i did not use doors to seal the rooms up?

[Mechanoid]

quote:Originally posted by arthurx:
talking about rooms i set up 3*3 room for my dwarves yet they complain of "not sleeping in a proper room" and being "waked by noise"? is it because i did not use doors to seal the rooms up?

If your dwarves arn't getting enough sleep, it's because your workshops are too close to the beds. All workshops when used generate sound, which can be heard 4 tiles away. Mining generates sound too, to an amazing distance of 16 tiles.

You are correct about not sleeping in a proper room. If ALL of the borders of the room do not touch a wall or door, it will not be a proper bed room. And NEVER put two beds into the same room and make them bedrooms; it will quarter the quality of that room.

[Shador]

Actually, the last time I got dwarves complaining about not sleeping in a proper bedroom, it was because I had made a barracks with seven beds. I converted that to seven 1-tile bedrooms, and they were happier.