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Drinkwound

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Housing, post your best.
« on: December 10, 2009, 05:01:05 pm »
I need some inspiration for my forts housing complex, so I'm turning to you people.

Post pics of your best housing setups, the ones that look cool, the ones that cram as many dwarves as possible into as little space as possible, the incredibly high value ones, he best you've ever managed, the kind built for defense... anything is welcome.
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Re: Housing, post your best.
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2009, 05:10:33 pm »
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 05:11:25 pm »
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Re: Housing, post your best.
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2009, 06:41:29 pm »
I like spacious homes for my common Dwarves, but not TOO spacious.

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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2009, 07:32:12 pm »
All of my non-noble dwarves live in my giant-ass tower. There's 20 floors of 4 2x2 and 4 3x3 rooms each, and then there's another ten floors of four larger rooms (7-diameter circles) for those who can afford them.

The small rooms have a single cabinet; the larger ones start with two cabinets and a coffer, and may receive additional furniture if needed.
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2009, 08:55:55 pm »
Hahaha, Skyrender, that looks like a vacation brochure. . .
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2009, 09:11:26 pm »
Quote from: Danarca on December 10, 2009, 05:10:33 pm
http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-9765-livingquarters

Holy crap!!! I.... I hope to achieve such a level of excellence one day.
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2009, 10:36:55 am »
Quote from: Drinkwound on December 10, 2009, 09:11:26 pm
Quote from: Danarca on December 10, 2009, 05:10:33 pm
http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-9765-livingquarters

Holy crap!!! I.... I hope to achieve such a level of excellence one day.

You too can achieve it, if you're willing to spend 100+ years in the same fortress!
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Kogan Loloklam

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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2009, 11:00:19 am »
I feel the best living quarter space is a series of 3x2 rooms. It gives the opportunity to have a wide range of values to your rooms based on the quality and materials of the contents. Of course this is all dependent on what the walls and floors are made of.

This design houses 80 dwarves and is capable of handling tantrums pretty well.
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Key: O=Wall, S=Statue, B=Ballista, ▲=Up Ramp, F=Fortification, D=Door, <=Stairs

You will note that the main hall is covered by a ballista. As long as it is a direct route to your "Siege Quarters", a centralized location where your siege operatiors sleep, you will have respond times quick enough to deal with tantrums as they occur. The doors on each side hall prevent things from getting too completely out of hand. I advise against having more than 100 dwarves in one "wing", as that starts to put too many eggs in one basket. 80 seems like a good number for me before I build another wing, since usually I have to adjust my production to make my fortress more efficient at around that number, and it's easier just to add a new living quarters wing onto the expansion plans then.
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2009, 11:46:03 am »
Quote from: RedWick on December 11, 2009, 10:36:55 am
Quote from: Drinkwound on December 10, 2009, 09:11:26 pm
Quote from: Danarca on December 10, 2009, 05:10:33 pm
http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-9765-livingquarters

Holy crap!!! I.... I hope to achieve such a level of excellence one day.

You too can achieve it, if you're willing to spend 100+ years in the same fortress!
As of the latest map upload year 513, he've been working for 212 years.
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Om Nom nom nom nom
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Re: Housing, post your best.
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2009, 01:43:59 pm »
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One of the toads decided to go for a swim in the moat - presumably because he could path through the moat to my dwarves. He is not charging in, just loitering in the moat.

The toad is having a nice relaxing swim.
The goblin mounted on his back, however, is drowning.

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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2009, 07:52:43 pm »
I just use 3x3 off a 2-3 wide corridor (branching off either a set of stairs or a major hallway), though I haven't really played any single fortress for more than a few years, so in time I may come to a better design.
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« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2009, 08:43:32 pm »
Quote from: Danarca on December 10, 2009, 05:10:33 pm
http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-9765-livingquarters

You got any 3D views to share?  You've got some interesting architecture and I'm having trouble picturing it all at once.
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