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Nashnir

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Regarding Z level
« on: September 06, 2012, 09:49:37 am »
Am new to dwarf fortress and was enjoying the game till I heard about cave-ins and now I don't want to dig another block till I have clarified the following
1. If I dig 5 sq. blocks through 10 levels. It would create a pit, right ? So if i want to have various levels in my fortress I am supposed to create a level and then create another leaving at least one z lvl in between, right? Like Lvl 1 at z-150 and lvl 2 at z-152 or do I have it wrong?


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Rtyh-C

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Re: Regarding Z level
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2012, 10:02:39 am »
When you dig out a block, you leave behind a 'floor'. In other words, you can dig every z-level and you'll still have floors between them. If you want to remove a floor, you can designate it for channeling.
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Laurin

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Re: Regarding Z level
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2012, 10:05:11 am »
Not quite. If you let your dwarves dig, they remove enough rock for them to live in, but each level always has a floor.

If you want a pit, you have to channel (d-h), which will remove the floor of the current level.

Cave-ins occur, if a piece of rock has it's connection to the surrounding rock or floor removed. Connections can be artificial (built). A one tile piece could hold an entire level.




Also:
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Cave-in

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« Last Edit: September 06, 2012, 10:08:51 am by Laurin »
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Nashnir

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Re: Regarding Z level
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2012, 10:30:01 am »
I have read the wiki but am having a hard time understanding what disconnected means.

As long as I have a floor or build anything on a floor there won't be a cave-in to the lower levels right ? This my first time playing a game with such graphics so there is a little problem with my imagination running wild with theories.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2012, 10:35:37 am by Nashnir »
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Re: Regarding Z level
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2012, 10:38:59 am »
Quote from: Nashnir on September 06, 2012, 10:30:01 am
I have read the wiki but am having a hard time understanding what disconnected means.

As long as I have a floor or build anything on a floor there won't be a cave-in to the lower levels right ? This my first time playing a game with such graphics so there is a little problem with my imagination running wild with theories.
"Disconnected" means "floating in mid-air" - not attached to any existing floor, wall, or ceiling. Dwarf Fortress will allow you to place a skyscraper on the end of a swimming pool's diving board, but if you cut the diving board in half, the building will come crashing down.
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Nashnir

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Re: Regarding Z level
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2012, 10:40:43 am »
Thanks a lot.
I was keeping on wondering how one would build something in midair and completely forgot that one can remove the connection later.

Now I get back to building my fortress and get my dwarves killed.
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