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[Deon]

Wait, backpack? Do they actually use backpacks in the fortress mode? I haven't produced one because they always haul just one thing. But do they put their belongings inside, or what? Or do you make it "for fun/flavor"?

[RAM]

I recall that backpacks can be used by military dwarves to hold a food ration so that they can stay on patrol for longer at a stretch. Whose working on this at the moment, I am half-tempted to make another attempt at a fortress, but I doubt I will, without pressure plates I couldn't practically make my waterworks horror...

[HAMMERMILL]

Yeah, set them to "carry one/two rations" in their squad preferences and they will equip backpacks if available and put food in them.

So if they get hungry on duty, they eat whats in their bag rather then running off to the stockpiles.

[Grimlocke]

Well, im 'working' on this at the moment, but im running into a lot of problems being unable to use pressure plates. The best traps I can make now are just things like doors behind pressuresed magma.

Also, a question, can adventurers see through glass doors and other non-window furniture? Because I know they cant see through glass walls.

[RAM]

And is there anyway at all to make a perpetually repeating spike trap?

And sorry, but I don't have a clue what adventurers can see

[SolarShado]

repeating spike trap? I'm not sure of the exact design, but I believe it involves water, pumps, and pressure plates. There might be a repeater design on the wiki.

furniture that can be walked over can be seen "through" AFAIK. I duno about glass stuff... I don't think the transparency is simulated yet.

[RAM]

Yep, but apparently pressure plates don't work in adventure mode, I don't really do adventure mode, so I wouldn't know, but from what I cave been told the repeater wouldn't work, and I would want something a bit more complicated so that OI could have the spikes trigger in an intricate pattern.

[SolarShado]

unless your adventurer's willing to stand and pull a lever, pressure plates are the only option.

WE NEED A EXPERIMENT:
test if pressure plates work in adv. mode! You will have to enable traps in the init.txt. Some say this works, some say they don't work even then. I have never tried myself. WE NEED SCIENCE!

[Doomshifter]

unless your adventurer's willing to stand and pull a lever, pressure plates are the only option.

WE NEED A EXPERIMENT:
test if pressure plates work in adv. mode! You will have to enable traps in the init.txt. Some say this works, some say they don't work even then. I have never tried myself. WE NEED SCIENCE!

I've heard you get an error message and then DF crashes. I've also heard that it just plain glitches up. Either way, you should still test it for SCIENCE!

[Deon]

I thought that it was disabled because when you're caught in a cage trap there's no way out. I haven't heard about any crashes.

[RAM]

There is an option in the settings to just turn off traps, but due to the nature of this project everyone should be making very certain that there are no effectively lethal traps in the world. The real question is, if you turn on traps in the settings, will pressure plates be triggered by chatacters? water? magma? and will the trigger doors/floodgates/etc. while in adventurer mode?

[Haus Party]

Is anyone currently working on a fortress? Because I would love to get in on this.

[RAM]

Well, im 'working' on this at the moment, but im running into a lot of problems being unable to use pressure plates. The best traps I can make now are just things like doors behind pressuresed magma.

Also, a question, can adventurers see through glass doors and other non-window furniture? Because I know they cant see through glass walls.

[KenboCalrissian]

I downloaded the save yesterday and played a bit, but was quickly pwned by tentacle demons before I saw the outer walls of the fortress (actually i killed three, the fourth got lucky).  Whoever's fortress is all the way on the right near the top, screw you

[Roundabout Lout]

Oh my.

Pressure plates DO NOT work at all, don't waste your time, they simply disappear in Adv. mode.

Someone count how many times we've gone over this?

Edit: For that matter, neither do any ^ trap. Only options are lever and door.