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[DwarfMeister]

I think that it would be greatly beneficial to allow the player to build air horns that could be triggered by different type of input. An example of its usage would be an emergency alert system that AUTOMATICALLY tells the dwarves to stop working and move to a designated area (instead of having to do it manually), allow the military to prepare for battle, and when done, will send an "all clear" sound to tell everybody to start working again.  We could also make use of the flowing water to make some kind of synthesizer with the air horns (Different horns for different musical notes.). On top of that, if we allow the player to swap out the air horn sounds using a special DF folder, I'm SURE that they will create some pretty ineresting stuff. Sooo.. What do you think?. 

P.S- I almost forgot, but the musical horns could provide happy thoughts to your dwarves.

[IT 000]

I like the idea, to add to it; I'd like to see bells and gongs, also perhaps we could make them able to be activated by a pressure plate.

[GreatWyrmGold]

It seems to me like air horns are a more modern thing. Gongs/bells seem reasonable, though.

[DwarfMeister]

It seems to me like air horns are a more modern thing. Gongs/bells seem reasonable, though.

Seriously? *sigh* Take a look at this, will ya (It's in paragraph 3)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_organ#Repertoire

See? Air horns DID exist back in those days!!! Have a NICE day, good Sir!!!

[UHaulDwarf]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

[glopso]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

Did medieval civilization have compressed air?

[UHaulDwarf]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

Did medieval civilization have compressed air?

They did have lungs, so yes.

[glopso]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

Did medieval civilization have compressed air?

They did have lungs, so yes.

Good point. I retcon my question to be sincere rather than rhetorical to save face.

[DwarfMeister]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

Did medieval civilization have compressed air?

They did have lungs, so yes.

Good point. I retcon my question to be sincere rather than rhetorical to save face.

They also had pipe organs, so I reckon so!!!

[glopso]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

Did medieval civilization have compressed air?

They did have lungs, so yes.

Good point. I retcon my question to be sincere rather than rhetorical to save face.

They also had pipe organs, so I reckon so!!!

Do pipe organs utilize compressed air, or do they just blow air through the pipes using pumps or something?

[DwarfMeister]

A an extention of the original idea, I think that the player should be able to build specially made air horns for military purposes. It would take a TON of power to weaponize them (Sound CAN KILL YOU, but only at ULTRA HIGH decibel levels.), they would have a limited range, and a limited direction. On the lower end of the weaponizing scale, it can stop small (mainly wood) objects, like bolts. As the power is increased, it can stop heavier objects (like stone). At its maximum, it can KILL anything within vicinity!!!

Imagine for a sec-

You are a proud general of the goblin military. You and your men see an aweome fort and decide that you want to plunder it. You send your troops toward the fortress, but to your horror, an invisible force CRUSHES your soldiers and sends them flying!!! Before you can react fast enough, an uprooted tree IMPALES you. The end.

Think of a weaponized air horn as a controlled nuclear explosion, minus the bright flash (and deadly radiation).

[DwarfMeister]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

Did medieval civilization have compressed air?

They did have lungs, so yes.

Good point. I retcon my question to be sincere rather than rhetorical to save face.

They also had pipe organs, so I reckon so!!!

Do pipe organs utilize compressed air, or do they just blow air through the pipes using pumps or something?

If memory serves me correctly, yes.

[DwarfMeister]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

It's called a "trumpet". Or whatever it was they called those things back in the day...

[UHaulDwarf]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

It's called a "trumpet". Or whatever it was they called those things back in the day...

No it was called a Dragonhorn.

[DwarfMeister]

Well if we were to have air horns, we should also have a handheld horn that a dwarf could use to for the same result.
The idea reminds me of the dragonhorn from Dinotopia that humans use to make announcements over the sounds of the waterfalls of Waterfall city.

It's called a "trumpet". Or whatever it was they called those things back in the day...

No it was called a Dragonhorn.

I didn't know those existed!!!