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[Daetrin]

Mahogany is gorgeous. Too bad it's so expensive

[ferok]

Morning.

[PalladiumDawn]

Larch and Cedar apparently have excellent weathering and water resistance; fine grained oak is not quite as resistant, but makes up for it with its structural stability.  The oils in Cedar also repel moths, making it an excellent wood to use in storage furniture.

As a previous poster noted, Wikipedia is your friend in regards to building a realistic fortress.

[nomad_delta]

You might want to check out Uristocrat's "Density & Color Mod" which includes "real life" solid density values for I think all the stones in DF as well as the various wood types, as of the latest version.  That way you wouldn't have to *pretend* that the wood types are different, they really will be.  There are still plenty of different wood properties that wouldn't be modeled, but it's a start.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4005

--nomad_delta

[kotekzot]

Morning.

This is morning wood blowgun.

[krenshala]

Larch and Cedar apparently have excellent weathering and water resistance; fine grained oak is not quite as resistant, but makes up for it with its structural stability.  The oils in Cedar also repel moths, making it an excellent wood to use in storage furniture.

As a previous poster noted, Wikipedia is your friend in regards to building a realistic fortress.

Cedar doesn't just repel moths.  I never saw a roach while I lived next to a stand of cedar trees.  Apparently roaches can't stand the smell of cedar.

[Nyxalinth]

Morning.

This is morning wood blowgun.

In the interest of keeping this a semi-PG13 forum, I will resist the urge to take this to its logical conclusion

[Montague]

As for furniture and the such, oak and cedar are good. Cedar is especially nice, since it is one of the lightest woods in DF. Good for shields, I guess.

But heavy materials are good for bashing heads in.

Yes, I forgot about this, dwarves love to shield-bash. I'm always concerned about the weight of my dorf's gear, since heavy uniforms can slow them down so much. Not that it matters much with "danger rooms" and training spears in this version, though. 40d habits that die-hard.

I like larch, cedar, ash and oak. Not sure why I like larch, maybe because its fun to say? Cedar is grown where I am from and it smells good and insects hate it. Good stuff. Oak is strong and woodish. Ash because the name is short and its elastic and strong enough to make bows from.

Maybe poison oak would be a favorite that isn't in the game. I bet Elves in DF would be immune and would artificially plant the things around their... forest camps or tree-forts or whatever they have, to deter critters and improperly clothed intruders. Also, its actually a very pretty tree, the ominous name aside.

Also, is there still Galrump and Featherwood or whatever it was? The super-heavy "evil" tree and the super-lightweight "good" trees? Haven't noticed them.

Morning.

This was my first impulse for a reply, but then I remembered how embarrassing it can be to have morning wood around in the barracks. Doesn't smell as good as cedar, either.

[darkflagrance]

As for furniture and the such, oak and cedar are good. Cedar is especially nice, since it is one of the lightest woods in DF. Good for shields, I guess.

But heavy materials are good for bashing heads in.

You can either have

a) Heavy shield. It's like duel wielding weapons! One axe, one mace.
b)light shield. Nothing can touch you! If your shield fails, you can dodge.

I prefer b, as you can only use one attack at a time in DF.

On heavy shields, I've got many shields with multiple kills. I even had two champions who were primary shield-users, and racked up 24 kills on one and 41 kills on the other. I'd say that heavy wood can be quite justified for shield use.

Plus, imagine the coolness of an evil, glumprong wood shield