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MoonyTheHuman

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What do you think of my fort?
« on: March 05, 2016, 03:38:21 pm »
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Henry47

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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2016, 10:59:43 pm »
Aesthetically  acceptable, but by the looks of it very inefficient, since pretty much everything is on 1-z level, increasing hauling times.
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MoonyTheHuman

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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2016, 11:16:40 pm »
There are short cut tunnels one z level down
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2016, 12:15:38 am »
What are those winding hallways at the top right and bottom left?
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2016, 12:50:45 am »
Quote from: Chief10 on March 06, 2016, 12:15:38 am
What are those winding hallways at the top right and bottom left?
Pretty veins I murdered if I know what ur talking about
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2016, 05:27:18 am »
Where do those winding entrance things go? Do you have this on DFMA?
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2016, 06:05:20 am »
Pretty nice, I just love horizontal fortresses, makes me remember the times when I just started playing.
Except the empty veins, I guess, don't dig them out on main level next time. Also, could use more symmetry and consistent hall lengths / width.

Quote from: Henry47 on March 05, 2016, 10:59:43 pm
Aesthetically  acceptable, but by the looks of it very inefficient, since pretty much everything is on 1-z level, increasing hauling times.
With proper design(s) this can be semi-negated. Even more so with minecarts.
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2016, 07:02:37 am »
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 :P

I usually don't have any idea with the fort should look before I start one. When the basic layout is done I'm just to lazy to change it.
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2016, 10:23:49 am »
I'm a fan of buildings that conform to the natural landforms. Try spreading out over a cavern level.
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2016, 10:27:43 am »
Looks kind of busy, visually and probably in practice, though it might be that I tend to build wider and bigger to accommodate crowds.

Also, put his on dfma (dwarf fortress map archive) so we can get a bigger picture of it. They could use some more activity. 
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Re: What do you think of my fort?
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2016, 12:42:09 pm »
Nice, I appreciate the aesthetics of the 1 z level. As a mini mega project request, build a bridge over the water to a tower over the ocean.

My fortresses look pretty terrible tbh. To save FPS and hauling I build my fort over a vast amount of z-levels.
« Last Edit: March 07, 2016, 12:44:15 pm by quekwoambojish »
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