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UristMcDwarf

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If you built a bunch of floor hatches at your entrance...
« on: April 05, 2011, 03:41:59 pm »

Could you just pull a lever and seiges would just fall through?
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Lovechild

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Re: If you built a bunch of floor hatches at your entrance...
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2011, 03:49:08 pm »

An easier way would be to build a retractable bridge.
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Re: If you built a bunch of floor hatches at your entrance...
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2011, 04:07:39 pm »

An easier way would be to build a retractable bridge.
There's a delay for bridges/floodgates right? I've noticed hatches are instant, this makes me rethink many trap designs...
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Re: If you built a bunch of floor hatches at your entrance...
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2011, 04:25:23 pm »

An easier way would be to build a retractable bridge.
There's a delay for bridges/floodgates right? I've noticed hatches are instant, this makes me rethink many trap designs...
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Re: If you built a bunch of floor hatches at your entrance...
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2011, 04:40:01 pm »

Do building destroyers break hatches ?
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Akura

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Re: If you built a bunch of floor hatches at your entrance...
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2011, 04:41:51 pm »

They can break bridges too, if they're down. Furthermore, large creatures on a bridge prevent it from retracting.
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Re: If you built a bunch of floor hatches at your entrance...
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2011, 04:48:32 pm »

Do building destroyers break hatches ?
Only from above. Different z-levels and all.

A note: Unless I am mistaken, floor hatches do not support each other. Therefore, you must either have a two- or one-tile wide corridor, or must arrange for strategically placed chunks of normal floor, or must content yourself with a two-tile-long Falling Field.
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