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[Neruz]

And Dwarves

It would be awesome if you added the ability to see dwarves. (Even if its just a little happy face facing the viewer at all times)

Staring, always staring, staring into my soul. The faces, the faces! Always staring!

[Venatius]

The previous version didn't support funiture. The next version does and will come with the models so far donated (chair, table, statue).

It doesn't work with d14 yet, I had a go yesterday but I got something wrong and it didn't work. I'll release an update once I have it working.

Oh. Neat! Glad to hear I wasn't just screwing up. By the way, I neglected to mention, I love this app. Something about being able to see it all properly makes your fort so much more "real".

On a side-note though, from the screenshots shared in this thread, it looks like everyone but me has been building their forts outdoors rather than digging them into mountainsides/hillsides. Why is this? Or is my impression somehow mistaken? (Some awesomely fun architecture out there though!)

[Jay]

On a side-note though, from the screenshots shared in this thread, it looks like everyone but me has been building their forts outdoors rather than digging them into mountainsides/hillsides. Why is this?

Somehow I think a mountainside wouldn't be that much more interesting in 3D.

[Hishan]

Truely stunning, I hope this project continues to develop

[Shima]

On a side-note though, from the screenshots shared in this thread, it looks like everyone but me has been building their forts outdoors rather than digging them into mountainsides/hillsides. Why is this? Or is my impression somehow mistaken? (Some awesomely fun architecture out there though!)

I almost always dig straight down and then prop a fort topside.  If I'm close enough to a hill, I'll locate a little bay, dig in, and build a fort at the mouth (Sometimes spanning z-levels as well, depending on terrain).

[avari]

On a side-note though, from the screenshots shared in this thread, it looks like everyone but me has been building their forts outdoors rather than digging them into mountainsides/hillsides. Why is this? Or is my impression somehow mistaken? (Some awesomely fun architecture out there though!)

Well now that you mentioned digging into mountainsides, I just have to post some more 3D shots of my current project ;) This fort was actually very much inspired by Visual Fortress, so thank you for the amazing application Baboonanza! This project was the first time I experimented with dug-in multi-level rooms, which was very educational to say the least.

This is an outside view. The fort is dug into the peak and currently spans about 60 of the peak's 94 levels. I just finished the outside fortifications. The blue pattern is supposed to be waves, which is the dwarven civ's symbol.

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The following is a dwarf's-eye view of the entrance hall (covered in marble).

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The third shot is a slice view of the dining hall. It's four levels high and also covered with marble, although the dwarves can't really appreciate either aspect :P You can also see half of the magma pipe as a bonus.

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Sorry for derail.

[njero]

On a side-note though, from the screenshots shared in this thread, it looks like everyone but me has been building their forts outdoors rather than digging them into mountainsides/hillsides. Why is this? Or is my impression somehow mistaken? (Some awesomely fun architecture out there though!)

I almost always dig straight down and then prop a fort topside.  If I'm close enough to a hill, I'll locate a little bay, dig in, and build a fort at the mouth (Sometimes spanning z-levels as well, depending on terrain).

You can sort of do both if your embark includes a bottomless pit on the side of a steep slope. You can then place your main entrance mountainward on the pit's circumferance, and carve your entrance fort out of the natural walls surrounding the pit.

It also provides a very convenient centralization for your migrant/noble/elf "welcoming" chasm-bridge plaza.

[Judas Maccabeus]

You can sort of do both if your embark includes a bottomless pit on the side of a steep slope. You can then place your main entrance mountainward on the pit's circumferance, and carve your entrance fort out of the natural walls surrounding the pit.

It also provides a very convenient centralization for your migrant/noble/elf "welcoming" chasm-bridge plaza.

Precisely.  I had a recent fort that was exactly like this, and half of my work was using the pit to make a nice-looking entrance.  Shame I can't get this program to work to see what it would look like, though.  *kicks computer... gently*

[Footkerchief]

Sorry for derail.

Posting awesome screenshots in this thread can't possibly be considered a derail.

[Firnagzen]

Do bridges and floodgates show up in this amazing program yet?

[zchris13]

Sorry for derail.

Posting awesome screenshots in this thread can't possibly be considered a derail.

If anything, we should be thanking you.

[Danarca]

Do bridges and floodgates show up in this amazing program yet?

Not yet, but those in the community with modelling experience are making models for various buildings to be implemented in the future

[timmeh]

Hows the road thing coming?

[Judas Maccabeus]

Hmmm.  I redownloaded it, and it starts up and dumps the map fine; must've been something corrupted in the download.  It still has everything pitch-black and thus only visible in silhouette, but that's a different problem.   Must be something with my computer rendering the textures, I suppose... *sigh*

[MC Dirty]

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