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Dzyu

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How to fill gaps/holes?
« on: July 26, 2011, 04:09:22 pm »
Hi guys! I just started playing DF today (lazy newbie pack & Phoebus tileset), and so far I like it alot, but how do I fill gaps, holes and such? Say, if I'm digging a hole or a tunnel in sand I really miss covering up the hole afterwards with the same material, if I change my mind or just wanted a vein.
Also, terraforming.
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The Merchant Of Menace

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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2011, 04:15:04 pm »
You can't reconstruct natural walls in any way right now.
The most you can do is construct a wall
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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2011, 04:27:22 pm »
I was afraid of that. How do you cope? :P
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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2011, 04:30:48 pm »
Quote from: Dzyu on July 26, 2011, 04:27:22 pm
I was afraid of that. How do you cope? :P

Carefully pre-planning your designations (if not all the sections of your fort) if you're like me.

b C w makes artificial walls if you have to (good for towers and such).
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The Merchant Of Menace

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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2011, 04:31:42 pm »
Quote from: Dzyu on July 26, 2011, 04:27:22 pm
I was afraid of that. How do you cope? :P
You get used to it, why not turn that little nook left by mining those ores into storage? Or a budget bedroom.
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Dzyu

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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2011, 04:37:01 pm »
I'm not sure I can resist the urge to mine out those gems & ores in the wall, nor am I sure that little nook will agree with the aesthetics of my hallways... But thanks for your tips anyways. :)

Though, what is b C and w? I'm using a texture pack...  ;D
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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2011, 04:38:12 pm »
b C and w is the command chain for building a wall
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Dzyu

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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2011, 04:40:22 pm »
Of course. :-[
Thanks again ^^
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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2011, 04:42:29 pm »
No probs, s'what we're here for after all.
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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2011, 04:45:19 pm »
I figure, if someone comes across something that is clearly a special feature, and then asks about it on a forum. They want to be spoiled.

Aside from that, I don't even play fort mode :P
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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2011, 03:59:08 am »
If you smooth the walls, or make them ALL constructed, you stop caring about natural walls, it is a beautiful thing
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Re: How to fill gaps/holes?
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2011, 11:40:19 am »
Yep - smooth your walls bro!  Pick a dwarf to make your main engraver and just designate like, an entire floor to be smoothed.  You'll come back to him in a couple of years with a smoothed floor of your fort and a legendary dwarf capable of smoothing/engraving solid stone walls just by scowling at them. 
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