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[Garky]

What's better than a mountainhome bursting at the seams with crazed dwarves? 4 of them!

My current fortress is actually 4 seperate 2x2 forts, all right next to each other forming a 4x4 square. The goal is to raise each fortress until the king arrives from one of the dwarven civs, then rinse and repeat till I have 4 kings and 520 (130x4) dwarves all under one roof. Bear in mind of course that the entire fortress could only be seen in adventurer mode, as dwarf mode is stuck viewing one of four 2x2 forts.

The only notable feature I'm building is a magma flow that will be available to all 4 forts via edge of the map fortifications and adventure mode visits. I'm betting some of the creative minds on this forum could have a great deal of fun with this concept though, whether it be building forts of two warring factions next to each other or engineering a colossal statue a quarter at a time. Lets hear some extravagant ideas and designs!

[garfield751]

if i remember correctly you cant get 4 kings. the king moves from fortress to fortress

[They Got Leader]

One from each civilization, IIRC.

[garfield751]

well this megaproject should be feasable well except probally transporting magma to another embark square. i read somewhere that magma wont travel to another map in fortress mode but it will in adventure mode.

[TKGP]

Making an embark-spanning statue wouldn't really work because you can't build very close to the map edge. Or just make something that's supposed to have a big hole down the middle.

[Elliott_Thinas]

Maybe I missed the newest version or something but when you leave your fort to build the newest one, are you not going to be abandoning it? I think its very likely that the King might die when you abandon the first fort; at the very least, almost all of your population will and all of your construction will be devastated by whatever it is that tears up forts after abandonment.
NOTE: I didn't mean to be sarcastic with the starting comment I actually have not played DF since Christmas and although I know the new release isn't out yet if you had a mod or something to keep forts in tact I would be interested to hear about it.

[Garky]

Another thread on this forum gave me the idea. A few folks mentioned that once your fortress is a mountainhome, if you abandon the settlement continues on without you. I haven't confirmed this for myself though. I'm at 110 dwarves currently, so I'll find out soon!

I've already transported magma successfully, but yes you must visit in adventurer mode to make it work. Create, abandon, create, abandon, adventurer, win! I even got to loot my adventurer and trade his gear to the fall caravan.

[Frogwarrior]

I don't know about the mountainhome condition, but I do know that if you start an adventurer with Play Now! immediately after abandoning, it starts you pretty much right after abandonment - everything (items and units) will be scattered, but everything will still be alive.

Which is awesome if you've breached HFS and sealed it right back up - all of the previously sealed nasties might be teleported right smack into a major hallway. Hilarity ensues.