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[Phlum]

Little question here,
will trolls be part of goblin forts? If so, how will they be found in the dark fortress?

In a more specific tone, How will trolls be treated by gobbos, animals? People? Bombs? If they are included in the dark fort, will they be chained? Live in rooms? Or be pastured like sheep?

[blue sam3]

Off the current vein of conversation, I was looking at all the dev log things before where there was the calculations of minecarts and positions of characters relative to them and tracks and ledges, following trajectories and the like. My question is:

How tightly bound is the DF world to a grid? Is it actually a floating point position based world displayed through a grid, or is it more so connected to the grid on a mathematical level. If it isn't bound by the grid are they any current considerations to alter game displays in that direction?

I would expect with all the calculations for the entities they would be floating point, but walls and floors and other items might have a 1 tile presence or less than.

It's all grids. Grids grids grids. Creatures occupy a full tile. Any arbitrary amount x of creatures can occupy a tile so long as x-1 creatures are lying down on it, etc.

I believe that minecarts (and stuff that shares their systems) are the sole exception to this - they do use some actual floating point stuff to get the parabolic stuff to work.

[Helgoland]

Little question here,
will trolls be part of goblin forts? If so, how will they be found in the dark fortress?

In a more specific tone, How will trolls be treated by gobbos, animals? People? Bombs? If they are included in the dark fort, will they be chained? Live in rooms? Or be pastured like sheep?

They already have civilian jobs when invading, and seeing as goblins are pretty much an equal-opportunities evil race, I'd expect them to simply work like anyone else.

[Mel_Vixen]

Trenches and mounds? Would be nice if we could do some more earth-works in fort mode too. Watchtowers are a fine addition too, cant wait to raid one of those gob-forts.

[MrWiggles]

Trenches and mounds? Would be nice if we could do some more earth-works in fort mode too. Watchtowers are a fine addition too, cant wait to raid one of those gob-forts.

You can do trenches in Fort Mode.

Unless you're thinking that trenches are some sorta new, like half dug tile.

[Mel_Vixen]

I know i meant the mounds as in piling up dirt somewhere where i need it.

[thvaz]

Do watchtowers offer any advantage in spotting intruders? Or are they just cosmetic for now?

[Anatoli]

Do watchtowers offer any advantage in spotting intruders? Or are they just cosmetic for now?

Also, do mounds and trenches etc... offer any advantages?

[Mr S]

They will block LOS for archers, and give a high point for defenders.  I'm not sure what advantages high ground gives in the current game mechanics, though.

Classically, the Mott and Bailey design was used to defend seiges, but since we don't have proper seige engines in game yet, that is a bit premature.

[GreatWyrmGold]

How will you choose animals to be placed in "troll-shearing areas," codingly speaking? Any tamed critters that can be sheared, or some other factors?

[Manveru Taurënér]

How will you choose animals to be placed in "troll-shearing areas," codingly speaking? Any tamed critters that can be sheared, or some other factors?

Do goblins shear anything other than trolls? :S

[GreatWyrmGold]

How will you choose animals to be placed in "troll-shearing areas," codingly speaking? Any tamed critters that can be sheared, or some other factors?

Do goblins shear anything other than trolls? :S

Sheep, goats, modded shell-cows...

[darklord92]

How will you choose animals to be placed in "troll-shearing areas," codingly speaking? Any tamed critters that can be sheared, or some other factors?

Do goblins shear anything other than trolls? :S

Sheep, goats, modded shell-cows...

I'd presume anything marked as a [evil] animal

[Mr S]

Whether they have fur or not?  Those cunning bastards!

[darklord92]

Whether they have fur or not?  Those cunning bastards!

Well if these troll sheering areas are just the pastures with workers than yes, it's likely we may see cave dragons in the same area too.