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Chromie

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Excellent design fortress inspiration
« on: September 19, 2009, 07:08:51 pm »
I have a 4x4 map with magma, hfs, no trees, an aquifer (under the desert) and a magnificent cliff. I'm looking for a bit of inspiration as to what to do with it. I'd like to be running as many industries as possible, house my dwarves in style, add a bunch of 'pretend' features like sewers, lavatories, inns, decorated thoroughfares, spires growing out of the mountain, heavily guarded vaults...

I'd like to see some of your best/favorite forts for a bit of inspiration. I'm used to laying things out pretty haphazardly.
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2009, 07:23:15 pm »
I ALWAYS have my vaults behind at least twenty stone doors. Nothing else in the way of what you're talking about, though.
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2009, 07:32:47 pm »
I have a massive circular floorplan that you might find useful. Give me a moment to upload it somewhere.
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2009, 08:00:44 pm »
One idea: Massive pillars of rock leading up to your fortress. They also act as seige-killers and petty entertainment by way of dominoes.
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2009, 09:10:43 pm »
 Note to self: Create new awesomefortress.

 I researched castle architecture for Healedabby for a few hours before designing the fortress proper. Worth it.
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2009, 09:23:29 pm »
Quote from: Warlord255 on September 19, 2009, 07:32:47 pm
I have a massive circular floorplan that you might find useful. Give me a moment to upload it somewhere.

I'd be interested in this as well. My forts are usually circular multi-level things all set around a central shaft, and it always seems really inefficient after I get 40 dwarves or so.
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2009, 09:30:39 pm »
Posted in the visualisation thread, is pure awesome-sauce;

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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2009, 12:20:29 am »
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Posted in the visualisation thread, is pure awesome-sauce;


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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2009, 12:33:24 am »
Good lord. Color me impressed.  :o
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2009, 03:34:08 pm »
My brain just blew up.
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Re: Excellent design fortress inspiration
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2009, 03:41:45 pm »
I already had that map bookmarked, but it is a LOT more impressive in 3d o.o
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