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[pushy]

Is there a way to find out what your map has, other than building one?

Nope.

[Jingles]

As far as I recall the tile above the center of the windmill has to be exposed to sky.  Don't know if building a grate over would stop them, but that wouldn't help with building destroyers anyways.

[ASCIt]

You could always build them from slade. It may not actually help, but it would be frigging cool, no?

[Argonnek]

Well, you could build the windmills on solid ground/constructed floor and then, once they have all started spinning build gear assemblies on the z-level below them. I have done this myself several times and can guarantee that it works. It should immunize the inner workings of your fortress from flying building destroyers. Keep in mind that your windmills will still be vulnerable, and that should one be destroyed you'd have to disassemble and reassemble the gearbox below it.

As for keeping the windmills themselves safe... you could, I don't know, build a gigantic tower that reaches the very top of the sky to have your own personal giant wind tunnel.

[theLumberJack]

I really like that idea. Plus it doubles as a way to shut off the magma stack without deconstructing it, which could be really useful for repairs and the like.

You can attach levers to gear assemblies.  Which would be a simple of turning powered things on and off without deconstructing anything.

[Loud Whispers]

eg: buid wall, then carve fortifications

Can't carve out of constructed wall. However, flying destroyers are rare enough for it to not matter that it's left exposed to the sky.

You can, just not engrave it. Also, walling up from the bottom to the top of the map works. No roof, air tight, plus it looks awesome.

[Flying Dice]

eg: buid wall, then carve fortifications

Can't carve out of constructed wall. However, flying destroyers are rare enough for it to not matter that it's left exposed to the sky.

You can, just not engrave it. Also, walling up from the bottom to the top of the map works. No roof, air tight, plus it looks awesome.

Bonus points if you build a tower around it.

[Thelogman]

I tried the bridge suggestion from earlier in the thread, and it didn't entirely work. Even when it was retracted the bridge counted as covering up the windmills. I'm trying to see if there's a difference if instead the bridge is the flipping kind instead of the disappearing kind.