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Edward Evjen

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Re: Stripping and Pitting Caged Enemies: A Guide by Mechanixm
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2014, 04:00:46 pm »

Thanks for the guide! I was just about to build a creature air friction lab in a far less efficient way.
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2014, 07:03:18 pm »

Loving your guides!
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2014, 12:53:23 pm »

useful!
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2014, 01:33:07 pm »

I remember reading somewhere that falling on floors from more dense materials is more dangerous and vice versa, is that [still] true?
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2014, 01:40:44 pm »

I remember reading somewhere that falling on floors from more dense materials is more dangerous and vice versa, is that [still] true?
Don't know for sure but it would be a good use for cobaltite if it was.

Does anybody know what causes the pitting dwarfs to let go of prisoners sometimes? Lack of discipline, low strength?
I like to use undead as live fire target practice but they break loose often and endanger my haulers.
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Urist Da Vinci

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Re: Stripping and Pitting Caged Enemies: A Guide by Mechanixm
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2014, 01:59:12 pm »

I remember reading somewhere that falling on floors from more dense materials is more dangerous and vice versa, is that [still] true?

Yes. A floor built from platinum will cause more hurt than a floor built from feather wood. It is one of those cases where DF diverges from reality a bit. Werebeast material weakness is also respected.

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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2014, 04:29:08 pm »

Does anybody know what causes the pitting dwarfs to let go of prisoners sometimes? Lack of discipline, low strength?
In my single experiment the only case they let go prisoners was when I assigned multiple of them for pitting. Not a single time they released anyone if prisoners were assigned one by one, even when they had to walk ~5 tiles to the pit zone.

Yes. A floor built from platinum will cause more hurt than a floor built from feather wood. It is one of those cases where DF diverges from reality a bit.
Well, according to these graphs the general trend line is respected:
http://www-materials.eng.cam.ac.uk/mpsite/interactive_charts/strength-density/basic.html
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2014, 06:44:46 pm »

Does anybody know what causes the pitting dwarfs to let go of prisoners sometimes? Lack of discipline, low strength?
In my single experiment the only case they let go prisoners was when I assigned multiple of them for pitting. Not a single time they released anyone if prisoners were assigned one by one, even when they had to walk ~5 tiles to the pit zone.
Uggh, that isn't much fun if a necromancer shows up with 30 undead. Thanks.
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