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Angellus

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Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« on: November 10, 2009, 04:35:26 pm »
Hey,

I've just started on my first above ground Castle/Fortress and was wondering if any of you have any tips for a beginner at this. I've played many games underground, but above ground is fully new to me.

The end plan is to construct a magma driven glass industry, though I'm still yet to find sand (Hoping to find this below my first layer of soil, also my spot to farm on :))
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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 04:36:56 pm »
Did you examine all of the biomes in your embark region and check them for Sand layers?

If you did and there weren't any, then glass is out of the question for your fortress unless you modify the raws to turn some other soil type into sand.
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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 04:37:41 pm »
Magma moat.  Trust me, it'll be tons of Fun.

Other than that?  Lots of windows.  Windows are always impressive.  Try to make a stain glass window out of gem windows on multiple Z levels.
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Angellus

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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2009, 04:44:49 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on November 10, 2009, 04:36:56 pm
Did you examine all of the biomes in your embark region and check them for Sand layers?

If you did and there weren't any, then glass is out of the question for your fortress unless you modify the raws to turn some other soil type into sand.
Might try this out, does not seem like I did enough research :)

Quote from: Paradox on November 10, 2009, 04:37:41 pm
Magma moat.  Trust me, it'll be tons of Fun.

Other than that?  Lots of windows.  Windows are always impressive.  Try to make a stain glass window out of gem windows on multiple Z levels.
I like the stain glass idea, thanks for that!
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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2009, 05:06:42 pm »
Bring hunters to clear out your map

prepare for nobles to be dissatisfied (killing time methinks)

And be prepared to build wood warehouse's to use up the wood in your stockpile to store more wood!

i need to go back and play my wooden fort save, its awesome
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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2009, 05:10:21 pm »
Why would nobles be disappointed? sure, engravings are not possible, but a big room with block walls and floors, with many statues in it, is enough to please most nobles.

You will need precious metals for king however.
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Angellus

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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2009, 05:12:58 pm »
Hmmm, I am considering a shelter somewhere though.
Should everything get overrun, the dwarves will be capable to run off to shelter in an orc invasion :)
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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2009, 05:15:24 pm »
Quote from: Angellus on November 10, 2009, 05:12:58 pm
Hmmm, I am considering a shelter somewhere though.
Should everything get overrun, the dwarves will be capable to run off to shelter in an orc invasion :)
You might want to take tips from my Vault 10 project.  The thread is lower down on the page.  I'd love to see other people's takes on the concept.
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Angellus

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Re: Above ground Wood only Castle, any tips?
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2009, 05:38:12 pm »
Quote from: Paradox on November 10, 2009, 05:15:24 pm
Quote from: Angellus on November 10, 2009, 05:12:58 pm
Hmmm, I am considering a shelter somewhere though.
Should everything get overrun, the dwarves will be capable to run off to shelter in an orc invasion :)
You might want to take tips from my Vault 10 project.  The thread is lower down on the page.  I'd love to see other people's takes on the concept.
I'll take a look at it next time I'm on the forums, right now I'm going to shutdown and get to bed, it is way past bedtime for me :)
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