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[Delynx]

Thanks, ravaught. Though frankly I don't see a clear link between scaling and stone oddities and engraving constructed walls.

So, anyway, as I understand, the answer to my question is that engravings on constructions are still not implemented and in a wanted list. Is it going to be implemented any time soon, anyone knows?

[ravaught]

The link is fairly simple. A rough stone wall, made from boulders, should not be engravable for obvious reasons. Small brick walls, like modern houses, would provide a surface that is still to broken up. Medium blocks, say 1m³, would be enough room to do reasonable relief, but not a masterpiece, so could function as a cieling cap for the quality of the engravings. A large block 9m³, would provide 9m² surface area on either side to carve on. Quite large and smooth enough to do some truly impressive art work.

Basically, the ability to engrave the wall could be made dependent on the materials that the wall was made of.

[kaijyuu]

Tapestries built on top of walls would be a better solution, I think.

[NW_Kohaku]

Tapestries built on top of walls would be a better solution, I think.

Hmm... I know that you can mod in custom "workshops" that are functionally display stands, but if you make it an impassable tile, would you be able to have a "constructed wall with tapestry" that could be made from a cloth "tapestry" item and stone blocks that could functionally accomplish that same feat right now?

[ravaught]

I think the only limitation on that right now would be not being able to use them as load bearing walls. i.e. Can't walk on them one z-level above. I am working on a quarry mod right now with different sized stone blocks.. will check it out when I have time.

[NW_Kohaku]

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of "would they be treated as a "room" in the same way that walls or doors are, in that they add to value, but block any further expansion of the room.

All the load-bearing part would do is force you to not put a tapestry on every single square inch of wall in the whole floor.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Wouldn't it be easier to just add a "tapestry" workshop? Sure, they wouldn't always be adjacent to walls, but if you can hang a towel on a towel rack, you can hang a tapestry on a...tapestry...frame...thingy...which doesn't have to be on the edge of a room.

[NW_Kohaku]

Wouldn't it be easier to just add a "tapestry" workshop? Sure, they wouldn't always be adjacent to walls, but if you can hang a towel on a towel rack, you can hang a tapestry on a...tapestry...frame...thingy...which doesn't have to be on the edge of a room.

But then your rooms would have to be huge.  If you wanted a 3x3 room covered in tapestries, you'd have to dig a 5x5 room, and fill in the outer ring with tapestry workshops, which requires the walls be 7x7 around it. 

[ravaught]

Unless you merged the tapestry data with the wall data, that wouldn't really work. Although, I normally create larger rooms in my fortresses anyway, so it wouldn't be that big of an issue for me. I just hate seeing those 4 tile straight line rooms.