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Sinergistic

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I can't decide what to do with this
« on: December 23, 2008, 04:21:37 pm »
So, I finished turning this...

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into this...

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And now I can't decide what I want to do with it :(

I was thinking of having things like sewers sticking out the side, spewing magma and water into holes in the ground far below, where it would be recycled into the system, but beyond that, I'm just flat out of ideas :/

SO! I came to you, resident forum dwellers, what do you think I should do?
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 04:37:45 pm »
I vote a massive wall of fortifications, and a standing army of near 100 crossbowmen. And, use a lot of windows so it looks nice and purty, eh?
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 05:20:46 pm »
Quote from: Sinergistic on December 23, 2008, 04:21:37 pm
I was thinking of having things like sewers sticking out the side, spewing magma and water into holes in the ground far below

This, but make it so that they're coming out of the mouth (and optionally, nose, eyes, and ears) of a massively carved dwarf face.
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 05:29:42 pm »
o_O

Holy. fucking. hell.

O_o

How did you get the cliff that sheer (even before you cut into it)?

Umm.... put waste disposal stuff dumping water and -pig tail sock-'s out on to invading armies.

Find out exactly how far you can fling a noble/kitten/gobbo/etc. off the top.

Mass-killing invaders, via a wide ramp along the side leading up to an entrance reached to via a bridge, which you can drop at will.

MASSIVE obsidian farm. (since you did mention magma and water)

White-water rafting for unlikable nobles only.

The possibilities are endless.
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 05:32:53 pm »
Oh my. I'm going to have to request an animal-drop platform at the top as well. That's just too awesome.

Start breeding cats.
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 05:53:02 pm »
1.) save it in a diff folder mine out entire bottom level of a massive section except for one square which naturally is connected by a lever
2.) put dwarves under, pull lever
3.) ???
4.) PROFIT
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 06:59:22 pm »


DO IT.
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 07:52:45 pm »
Quote from: Peewee on December 23, 2008, 05:29:42 pm
How did you get the cliff that sheer (even before you cut into it)?
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=24641.msg286681#msg286681 is supposed to contain a peak next to valley for >120Z (see prior page for details, that's just the seedpost)

Not that it's necessarily that, but that'd be one.

Also, what Shurikane suggested. ;) But with magma/water/etc. coming out from appropriate places.
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Sinergistic

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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2008, 07:59:59 pm »
Quote from: Peewee on December 23, 2008, 05:29:42 pm


How did you get the cliff that sheer (even before you cut into it)?

Umm.... put waste disposal stuff dumping water and -pig tail sock-'s out on to invading armies.

Find out exactly how far you can fling a noble/kitten/gobbo/etc. off the top.

White-water rafting for unlikable nobles only.


I used this world gen script, which another user posted here (minus the seeds): http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=28325.0
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And then looked for an area with a magma pipe/underground river (the only source of water you are likely to find) and then looked to see how the elevation changed using the tab view. Example:
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Then I would copy the save folder, embark and check out the site with 3dwarf to see if it was what I wanted. If not, back to genning. I must have gone through 30-40 worlds before I settled on the one above, and it's not really what I wanted.

As for your ideas:

A catapult (get it? cat - apult!) sounds like a great idea, I will do that.

I was already planning on using 'waste disposal' to dump magma onto the two towers you see on the ground, which would funnel it onto any attackers. (Invaders = off for now, though, along with everything else)

White water rafting: I will investigate this. It sounds awesome. I could create an artificial river flowing down the side of the cliff... mmm.

massive dwarf face is an idea as well, but my artistic talents are somewhat lacking. For that reason, I'm not even gonna attempt Mt. Dwarfmore.
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2008, 06:09:46 am »
make a sideways pyramid stuck to the side.
I'm not even sure that's possible.
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2008, 06:27:06 am »
At first I thought it looked like a crude version of the Lord of the Rings place with the GIANT cliff. So much potential for that map.

Do you know of river? magma pipe? HFS?

I like the sheer cliff... Good job man! I bow to your great mining skills... Did you use a lot of collapsing or did you channel/mine a lot? was cave ins on or off?

I say you make your entire for visable on the side... instead of a horizontal fort you make a vertical one.

I wanna find a map like that... =-C I have a magma pipe and HFS in mine... but nothing too fun. O.o
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2008, 06:42:15 am »
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Then fill it with large, serrated disk traps and collapsible floor.  You don't have a chasm in there do you?
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2008, 07:26:50 am »
then have a room full of masterwork golden goblets and a clay mug.
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2008, 03:07:04 pm »
and trap a human swordsman inside...
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Re: I can't decide what to do with this
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2008, 08:47:26 pm »
Record in everlasting stone a screenshot of your ultimate Donkey Kong high score.
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