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I want it.

7 (87.5%)

I don't want it.

1 (12.5%)

Other(Post below).

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 8

[HavingPhun]

   So first I want to say I will try not to have a bias to either side. I kind of already do. I want it to be implemented, but if it cannot be implemented easily or isn't for a long while. Then I am okay with that. So if you drop a hollowed out building made of natural stone or walls and floors into anything it will deconstruct if walls or collapse if natural. Crushing or splatter dwarfs in the process.

   So what if we had special supports, or a certain building that you could place to stop this from happening and then have subs and underwater structures. We can have underwater structures as of now but this could open up new building opportunities and methods. We could have several supports that hold the structures together, or a building that you can use to do it. You could designate which blocks and tiles that are part of the structure and it would act as one piece and keep dwarfs alive when dropping into liquids. Another option could be to designate the tiles with the d key and then dwarfs would add non visible supports to the tiles.

   This all sounds like it probably would be hard to code so I again am fine if it is never implemented. Should I add any other options to the poll? What do you think about this?

[Manveru Taurënér]

Sooo, basically, do I understand it correctly in that you want to be able to drop constructions into water, say a river, without them collapsing? And that way more easily be able to build underwater constructions? Dropping a whole building without it breaking feels a bit farfetched, but as far as the general idea goes this is planned ^^

"Req583, REWALLING IN WATER, (Future): You should be able to drop some simple constructions down into the water, as long as it's reasonable."

[Putnam]

This is planned. Supports are already in the game, and the current cave-in code is a nasty little placeholder. The 2D versions had any room larger than 8x8 require supports.

[NW_Kohaku]

Also planned are vehicles (such as boats), which are much more complex, but the code for which would include having large, unsupported constructs, which would naturally give players some capacity to do something like this as a side-effect.

[Sutremaine]

The 2D versions had any room larger than 8x8 require supports.

Nitpick: 6x6.

You could also have 6x60 or 60x6 spaces, and criss-cross them to the point of having a massive room with spaced natural stone columns.

[NW_Kohaku]

Technically, I believe the real measure was that every tile would have to find something that would provide support within 3 tiles, not counting the space, itself.