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chevil

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Creating natural walls using DFhack
« on: April 24, 2013, 12:21:10 pm »
Can I create non obsidian natural walls using DFhack.
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Re: Creating natural walls using DFhack
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2013, 01:55:58 pm »
don't think so
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Re: Creating natural walls using DFhack
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2013, 02:52:56 pm »
Yes you can - use the "tiletypes" utility and you can paint walls made of any "type" of material you want - soil, layer stone, mineral stone (veins/clusters), lava stone (obsidian), frozen liquid (ice), or map feature stone (adamantine).

Do note, though, that only soil, layer stone, and lava stone can be safely painted "anywhere" - the others require additional memory structures to be present in order for it to work (i.e. a mineral event, a frozen liquid event, or a map feature). Furthermore, you cannot specify which soil or layer stone to paint - you only get whatever the surrounding layer is made of.
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Re: Creating natural walls using DFhack
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2013, 04:58:56 pm »
DFhack liquids command can also be used to directly create obsidian walls or floors.

It's a bit simpler to use then the Tiletypes command.

Also I can`t read.
« Last Edit: April 25, 2013, 05:16:17 pm by Crashmaster »
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chevil

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Re: Creating natural walls using DFhack
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2013, 05:08:51 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on April 24, 2013, 02:52:56 pm
Yes you can - use the "tiletypes" utility and you can paint walls made of any "type" of material you want - soil, layer stone, mineral stone (veins/clusters), lava stone (obsidian), frozen liquid (ice), or map feature stone (adamantine).

Do note, though, that only soil, layer stone, and lava stone can be safely painted "anywhere" - the others require additional memory structures to be present in order for it to work (i.e. a mineral event, a frozen liquid event, or a map feature). Furthermore, you cannot specify which soil or layer stone to paint - you only get whatever the surrounding layer is made of.
Can you explain a bit more.
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Re: Creating natural walls using DFhack
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2013, 01:01:24 pm »
You can change the tiletype with lua to create any natural stone wall. However, that's significantly more involved than using the tiletypes utility. Probably lots of potential bugs, too. How much do you really care?
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