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[Demonic Spoon]

Yeah I was kidding, have to go sleep now anyway, good luck with the fps.

[nahkh]

I'm taking temp off for the time being, but I suspect it's either serious pathing issues or the huge number of objects.

[nahkh]

Interesting. My FPS increased when a siege arrived.

[Kamrusepas]

Interesting. My FPS increased when a siege arrived.

Lul wut? sieges reduced my FPS. Nahkh is crazy o_o

[nahkh]

Anyways, here's the save.
Couldn't do too much, since the FPS was crazy bad.
I did design a magma drainage system for the entrance, and finished the magma cannon v. 1.2.
The drainage is unfinished, but the idea is to have an outer layer with carved fortifications and an inner layer of magmaproof floodgates. When a lever is pulled (it's the blue unlabeled one east of the drainage), excess magma is supposedly drained out of the entry path. Well, at least it will hopefully speed the drainage of excess magma after use.

There are currently some temporary mason shops in the drainage system, as it was a convenient source of alunite. Remove them and patch the hole before letting magma in.

[Kamrusepas]

If only somebody recreated my "Great Dining Hall". that thing took 3 hours, 40 dwarves and almost doubled the wealth. it would have been great; if slightly useless. More dining halls required! (bored)

[nahkh]

You'll have a chance next month.

[Kamrusepas]

You'll have a chance next month.

For the next SparkGear we should do the timed Doomsday Clock challenge!

13 (Triskaidekaphobia!) turns, after the time has ran out (on the mechanical clock that has been built) triggers the support which holds the fortress up!

[nahkh]

Anyways, Barbarossa is up next.

[crash2455]

For the next SparkGear we should do the timed Doomsday Clock challenge!

13 (Triskaidekaphobia!) turns, after the time has ran out (on the mechanical clock that has been built) triggers the support which holds the fortress up!

That would be difficult to plan, as turns don't follow a specific number of seasons, and aren't played consistently over the 24 hours they are alotted.

[Kamrusepas]

For the next SparkGear we should do the timed Doomsday Clock challenge!

13 (Triskaidekaphobia!) turns, after the time has ran out (on the mechanical clock that has been built) triggers the support which holds the fortress up!

That would be difficult to plan, as turns don't follow a specific number of seasons, and aren't played consistently over the 24 hours they are alotted.

But not Impossible! I shall attempt my own timed death fortress succession game...someday...

[Demonic Spoon]

If only somebody recreated my "Great Dining Hall". that thing took 3 hours, 40 dwarves and almost doubled the wealth. it would have been great; if slightly useless. More dining halls required! (bored)

We have so many bloody dining halls in this bloody fortress...

EDIT: Map: http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-6554-sparkgear3

[nahkh]

Mind you, the magma cannon is not designed right at the moment. You know that stacked magma doesn't pressurize, right? Also, a broadband loader doesn't help your magma flow any, since you still have 1-pump bottlenecks in it.

But don't feel bad, What you've designed makes for an excellent (well, passable) storage tank for the proper cannon.
The idea behind the magma cannon is that you should have a large tank full of magma, designed so that the output-zone (that is, the squares that get pumped) is refilled as quickly and for as long a period of time as possible, then use as many pumps as possible to squeeze the magma through the barrel. The thickness of the barrel doesn't matter as the magma paths just fine through thin corridors. Having the pumps close to the target also helps, as the distance that the magma has to travel reduces the effectiveness of the cannon.


EDIT:
Oh, it is an improvement on the old one, sure. Just needs work to be truly terrifying.

[Demonic Spoon]

Oh ok, I get it now, I misunderstood about pumps and magma, I thought after the magma went through the pump it would have pressure like water and so would work if stacked on itself. I know about the single pump stuff, I began setting up a system to add another three pumps to the input from another source but couldn't finish it in time.

[Kamrusepas]

Could you build/create something that "holds" the magma until a lever is pulled? then it drops it over the sieging orcs...