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[Repseki]

Lodestone sounds like a cool idea. If you place them in the soil layers like meteorite they would be a nice added option, instead of spending a large number of embark points to get magnets or the long chug to make them yourself.

Quick question, what is the Thunder Forge for?

I also had the same Geothermal Generator issue as Archonex a few posts ago. Doesn't seem to recognize the magma underneath it.

[Innocent Dave]

If i'm reading that wiki article right, having lodestone appear in veins of magnetite would make most sense.  However, the real question here is will I be able to make, say, a lodestone warhammer, or shield, with all the silliness that implies?

EDIT: Lodestone arrows.  You know it makes sense.

[Meph]

Yes, but there wouldnt be any silliness, because its not actually magnetic. The mechanic for that does not exist in the game. It would be the same as any other rock hammer.

[IndigoFenix]

Lodestone would work, although since magnets are tools rather than materials, there would need to be an extra reaction to turn them into functioning magnets.

The Thunder Forge let's you turn metal bars into items, similar to the furniture assembler.

The geothermal generator doesn't work right apparently.  It's just a copy of the magma steam engine, which I haven't been able to edit.

[omniclasm]

The geothermal generator doesn't work right apparently.  It's just a copy of the magma steam engine, which I haven't been able to edit.

Was working correctly in my recent fort.

You unfortunately still have to run the reactions, but they are free, and it produces an extra 200 power.

[omniclasm]

What does the Execution Machine do?

I built one, and gave it over 1000 power, the middle flickers like crazy but nothing seems to happen. Can even go check how much power it has, and stand in the middle, and nothing happens.

[Meph]

Maybe it only works on non-gnomes? Did you try dumping some captured invaders into it?

[omniclasm]

I watched dwarf traders walk over it and some random wild coyotes. Waited a year but no invaders to test, went on to weaponizing Drilling Rigs, and oh boy.

[omniclasm]

Tested execution device again.

It only works with an output.

[IndigoFenix]

Tested execution device again.

It only works with an output.

Yes, the whole point is to quickly dispose of caged enemies without damaging the cages (tossing caged enemies into most processing machines will kill them along with the cage).  It needs a spot to expel the cages and bodies though.

[omniclasm]

Tested execution device again.

It only works with an output.

Yes, the whole point is to quickly dispose of caged enemies without damaging the cages (tossing caged enemies into most processing machines will kill them along with the cage).  It needs a spot to expel the cages and bodies though.

I was thinking it was just a more advanced weapon trap.

Turns out, a drilling rig with tons of power is about all that you need for defense apparently. Except I've had the machina script crash a few times, trying to index "item" in the drillPump function...dunno.

Line 1653

Just put that block of code into an "if (item) then" block.

[IndigoFenix]

Do you know what kind of item it was trying to suck up when it broke?

Most machines are pretty deadly if you give them enough power.

[omniclasm]

Every time I look, there is no item to suck up.

I also couldn't really find any exact cause of it. Adding a sanity check to make sure item wasn't equal to nil seems to solve it, and can't think of any possible situation where you would want to move an item that doesn't exist.

[jonveck]

I dunno if this is a question I should ask here or in the Dwarf thread (or elsewhere), but here goes:

I love the added depth of the gnomish machines and automation, but their animal ken doesn't really pique my interest and -- compared to the dwarfs -- their remaining options are incredibly limited.  So, how would I go about modding my raws to allow dwarfs to build gnomish technology?  Would it be as simple as copy/pasting the PERMITTED_REACTIONS into their ENTITY_DEFAULT file?  I dunno if there's dfhack definitions that would need tweaking or what, but it's something I'd really love to be able to do.

[Meph]

In what way limited? (Why not port dwarvish workshop into Gnome mode, or at least let us know what you are missing. Maybe these things can be added to gnomes)

But yes, its mostly adding permitted reactions and buildings.