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Zardus

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Dwarven Science Wiki?
« on: July 16, 2008, 03:36:01 pm »
I remember a few months ago there was a wiki about doing funky things with DF's physics (hydro-powered transports, etc). It was very much like http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=15745.0, but I think it had a bit more material. Might have been called "Dwarven Aperture Science Center" or "Center for Advancement of Dwarven Science" or something like that. Anyone else remember it or has a link?
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korora

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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2008, 03:41:11 pm »
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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2008, 04:09:24 pm »
Thank you! I was going crazy looking for that.
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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2008, 04:53:28 pm »
Quote from: Zardus on July 16, 2008, 03:36:01 pm
"Dwarven Aperture Science Center"

That makes me really want Portals in DF...
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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2008, 05:07:47 pm »
Quote from: Christes on July 16, 2008, 04:53:28 pm
Quote from: Zardus on July 16, 2008, 03:36:01 pm
"Dwarven Aperture Science Center"

That makes me really want Portals in DF...

Though those would indubitably be fantastically useful, they'd probably make pathfinding a bitch, if you'd excuse the harsh language.
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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2008, 05:09:08 pm »
Quote from: Reasonableman on July 16, 2008, 05:07:47 pm
Quote from: Christes on July 16, 2008, 04:53:28 pm
Quote from: Zardus on July 16, 2008, 03:36:01 pm
"Dwarven Aperture Science Center"

That makes me really want Portals in DF...

Though those would indubitably be fantastically useful, they'd probably make pathfinding a bitch, if you'd excuse the harsh language.

Sure would make dumping kittens easier.
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korora

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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2008, 07:06:39 pm »
Quote from: Reasonableman on July 16, 2008, 05:07:47 pm
Quote from: Christes on July 16, 2008, 04:53:28 pm
Quote from: Zardus on July 16, 2008, 03:36:01 pm
"Dwarven Aperture Science Center"

That makes me really want Portals in DF...

Though those would indubitably be fantastically useful, they'd probably make pathfinding a bitch, if you'd excuse the harsh language.

Actually, A* is designed for graphs, not grids; internally, I don't think the game would blink if two distant squares were suddenly considered "connected". The only hairy part would be updating the connectivity indices.
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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2008, 07:08:43 pm »
what would be the biggest  bitch would probably be converting the representation of the map into a graph.  That's gotta have ramifications throughout the entire codebase.
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Re: Dwarven Science Wiki?
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2008, 07:19:26 pm »
Quote from: bigmcstrongmuscle on July 16, 2008, 07:08:43 pm
what would be the biggest  bitch would probably be converting the representation of the map into a graph.  That's gotta have ramifications throughout the entire codebase.
It already uses A*, does it not? Thus, it is already a graph. You just add connectivity points.
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