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Author Topic: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.  (Read 1934 times)

Qloos

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Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« on: February 27, 2010, 02:21:32 am »


  • Dig a single hallway between the bedrooms/food supply and the workshops.  Have this hallway dip down for 9 tiles before returning to it's original height.   
  • On the lower level, dig a side hall and dig a drain into it, which can lead to a drainage system of your choice. 
  • Place floodgates, or a hatch cover blocking the drain, link it to a pressure plate which activates upon 5/7 water.  Also link it to a lever for manual control.
  • construct a room above your lowered hallway, channel out some holes and place hatch covers over them.  Link these hatch covers to pressure plates directly beneath, which activate upon creature weight.
  • Add a floodgate to upper room for manual water intake control, seal it and link it to a continuous water source.
  • Revel at how clean your dwarfs are and how they can tread water to battle carp menaces.
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lordnincompoop

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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2010, 02:48:57 am »
Actually, water does not clean dwarves - it jsut adds "water covering" to everything.  :-\
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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2010, 11:37:43 am »
Quote from: lordnincompoop on February 27, 2010, 02:48:57 am
Actually, water does not clean dwarves - it jsut adds "water covering" to everything.  :-\
And, as far as I know, removes "vomit covering" and "blood covering" in the process.
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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2010, 11:45:18 am »
Sounds good :).  You've just got to be careful not to trigger any Dangerous Terrain cancellations.
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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2010, 11:50:07 am »
It also puts out any that are on fire.
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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2010, 11:56:09 pm »
Sweet, an anti-fire imp-related fortress death system. Just in case one roasts someone important, y'know?
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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2010, 01:19:13 am »
Quote from: Carpman on February 27, 2010, 11:37:43 am
Quote from: lordnincompoop on February 27, 2010, 02:48:57 am
Actually, water does not clean dwarves - it jsut adds "water covering" to everything.  :-\
And, as far as I know, removes "vomit covering" and "blood covering" in the process.

Nope, the vomit, blood, and mud coverings and splatters repel water.
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A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2010, 11:16:36 am »
Wouldn't this kind of shower cause literal CRAPLOADS of job cancelling?
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Gazz

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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2010, 11:19:45 am »
Quote from: Skid on February 27, 2010, 11:50:07 am
It also puts out any that are on fire.
And automated sprinkler system for your magma forge?
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Re: Automated Dwarven Shower and Swimming Training.
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2010, 11:38:14 am »
I'm not even sure that it puts out burning stuff, there was a thread about this somewhere, that even if a dwarf is put out and is no longer marked as being on fire, will still take heat damage until it dies (the one who tested this kept healing him with dwarf companion).
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