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[Bumber]

There are no multi-tile creatures at the moment. Maybe like 20 years later, when they're implemented.

There used to be no multi-tile trees either.  Why did they not introduce multi-tile creatures and multi-tile trees at the same time, along with the proper violence mechanics for both.

Trees don't move.

[KittyTac]

Yea, you'd have to calculate proper physics for creatures. Not so much for trees.

[GoblinCookie]

Trees don't move.

Neither do a lot of creatures. 

[Bumber]

Trees don't move.

Neither do a lot of creatures.

They do if a blow sends them flying.

[GoblinCookie]

They do if a blow sends them flying.

You can 'send a tree flying', if you hit it hard enough. 

[Bumber]

They do if a blow sends them flying.

You can 'send a tree flying', if you hit it hard enough.

Any such feature would have to wait until multi-tile creatures (or at least moving fort sections,) several years away. We have climbing right now.

It's also not common behavior for a tree. They tend to bend rather than uproot and take off.

[GoblinCookie]

It's also not common behavior for a tree. They tend to bend rather than uproot and take off.

I thought we were adding in trees and multi-tile creatures at the same time?

[Bumber]

It's also not common behavior for a tree. They tend to bend rather than uproot and take off.

I thought we were adding in trees and multi-tile creatures at the same time?

Toady had reasons to prioritize having trees first.

Even if we waited to use the same system, the behavior of a tree is significantly different from most creatures. They have roots into the ground tiles, and can survive bisection. Dwarves should not keep pummeling a stump after they've cut it down. Dwarves who "attack" trees shouldn't think they've been in combat, and all that entails. You lose all sorts of optimizations by treating trees as a creature.

I could go on, but this derail has gone on long enough.