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[shadow_archmagi]

So, I noticed in the new version it seems like you can cut any rock as if it were a gem- I'm assuming this is a feature for helping train your gem cutters.

However, you can also use the cut rocks to construct a Gem Window- It's very possible to have a window made entirely of granite.

[Loud Whispers]

We can assume the Dwarves leave lovely gaps in the stone.

Or they do it the Dorfy way, and make those gems into MOLTEN GEM WINDOWS.

[Monk321654]

We can assume the Dwarves leave lovely gaps in the stone.

Or they do it the Dorfy way, and make those gems into MOLTEN GEM WINDOWS.

Not that you can actually see through molten stone too well...

[Hotaru]

Oh, it's been known to be done sometimes, gentlemen

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I will donate 20 bucks to bay12 straight up if it turns out Toady was thinking of this and not just forgetting the next step

[Girlinhat]

This is going to be the "why are my animals fighting" of the new version, isn't it?  Every few hours it'll get reported...

[Loud Whispers]

We can assume the Dwarves leave lovely gaps in the stone.

Or they do it the Dorfy way, and make those gems into MOLTEN GEM WINDOWS.

Not that you can actually see through molten stone too well...

Stone glass man

They force that granite to be an amorphous solid, OR ELSE.

[werechicken]

Considering any time a noble demands a window for their quarters the quarters in question are deep underground a window of solid rock isn't too much of a stretch.

[Monk321654]

Considering any time a noble demands a window for their quarters the quarters in question are deep underground a window of solid rock isn't too much of a stretch.

Well, who says you have to see THROUGH it?
You could look at Intricate designs.

[roughedge]

Dwarves can do many things, such crafts cannot be understood, unless you can retain sanity after drinking a barrel of rum.

[Gerottomo]

Hey, when you super pressurize graphite you can make diamond....

These dwarves obviously have a BARS system in that 3 by 3 ASCII workshop of theirs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond#Manufacturing_technologies

[Soadreqm]

I'm just going to make windows out of mica and pretend that it's completely intentional.

[ThatAussieGuy]

You know this means we'll get Nobles wanting Slade Windows, right?

[Loud Whispers]

You know this means we'll get Nobles wanting Slade Windows, right?

YAAAAAAAAYYY

Make a slade warhammer instead, smash the noble.

[Casp]

This is going to be the "why are my animals fighting" of the new version, isn't it?

I still don't understand that.

[Talvieno]

No, no - he put in a science fiction element. See, the windows are actually viewscreens - thus, why nobles can be happy with their windows if they're dangled above the magma sea. They look "out" the "window" and believe they're looking out of a nice hobbithole window somewhere.

Then somebody pulls the lever.