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[Jetsquirrel]

I've been playing DF for some time doing some stuff here and there,
but i can't seem to think up a great fort idea or something that make my playing worth it.
So throw all your fort ideas at me!
That also includes challenges.

[bmaczero]

Dig out, and build your entire fort in, one giant, underground cavern.

Bonus points if it covers multiple z-levels and is shaped like a natural cave.

More bonus points if it looks exactly like a town, but underground.

[Waffle]

Dig out, and build your entire fort in, one giant, underground cavern.

Bonus points if it covers multiple z-levels and is shaped like a natural cave.

More bonus points if it looks exactly like a town, but underground.

Even more bonus points if the town has a huge crystal ball above it with giants metal masks floating around it.

[100killer9]

1. Make a self-sufficent fort entirely immersed in a magma pipe.
2. Make a sewage system througout the fort
3. (What I'm working on right now) Mod carp to be tameable, and make your entire fort accessible to dwarves and carp alike by filling it with 4/7 water.. Now, put some tamed carp in andcwatch them follow dwarves like pets.

[CrossBolt]

build a drowning trap in a doorway by using floodgates to make water stay in the doorway.

-Bonus points if you make it and take out an entire siege with it

-More bonus points if you throw kittens in it

[Jetsquirrel]

Dig out, and build your entire fort in, one giant, underground cavern.

Bonus points if it covers multiple z-levels and is shaped like a natural cave.

More bonus points if it looks exactly like a town, but underground.

Even more bonus points if the town has a huge crystal ball above it with giants metal masks floating around it.

i think i got a winner
i imagined the picture right before me! a Huge map with a Gaint hole in it with a dwarven town in it and a floating metal ball. but what if i filled up the hole with water? it would be a lake, a small one tho. And i dont want magma because i cant instal windows then. Or if somebody can help me to mod in Magma proof windows with the reaction of 1 Sand + bauxite.

[Calhoun]

I think all glass constructions are magma-safe. So Windows included, that said you may want to do a small-scale test to confirm.

[Retro]

Dig out, and build your entire fort in, one giant, underground cavern.

Bonus points if it covers multiple z-levels and is shaped like a natural cave.

More bonus points if it looks exactly like a town, but underground.

Even more bonus points if the town has a huge crystal ball above it with giants metal masks floating around it.

i think i got a winner
i imagined the picture right before me! a Huge map with a Gaint hole in it with a dwarven town in it and a floating metal ball. but what if i filled up the hole with water? it would be a lake, a small one tho. And i dont want magma because i cant instal windows then. Or if somebody can help me to mod in Magma proof windows with the reaction of 1 Sand + bauxite.

Windows are safe - technically just about everything is so long as the magma isn't directly on its tile. You could block magma out with wooden doors if you like, so long as you never open them as they'd instantly incinerate.

And speaking as someone who's done a fort like this, I advise modding your main layer stones to have [MELTINGPOINT_10000] and [BOILINGPOINT_10010] (not sure if those are the exact tokens). The sheer amount of stone you end up with is both astounding and crippling.

[Jetsquirrel]

any ideas what would be IN the fort aside from barracks,dining hall, sleep quarters and storages?

[Aspgren]

edit: nevermind

[Mortesphere]

3. (What I'm working on right now) Mod carp to be tameable, and make your entire fort accessible to dwarves and carp alike by filling it with 4/7 water.. Now, put some tamed carp in andcwatch them follow dwarves like pets.

War carp.

Also, build a huge underground spiral stairway like thing, with caverns 3 tiles wide. Make lots of space in the center, so you can fill it with catapults, ballistae and archers. Make your town in the bottom Z level, in a huge cavern.

[Jetsquirrel]

could anybody possibly gen a flatland or Near flat map with a bottomless pit somewhere in the center? Magma pipe and sand would be awesome. i got a Dwarf heaven (not the original 1) thats a bit bigger but its really rocky

[Nobbins]

Build four huge towers. Well, tall towers. Connect them all with a massive square plate. Build city on plate.

Bonus if entire city is on top z-level

[The Dog Delusion]

the cavern idea seems like a winner, but here are a few (simple) ideas I've been working on or thinking about:

1) cube fort - basically the most efficient use of space possible, all while adequately defending and producing.
2) above-ground fort - I guess I'd be leaning towards "village," but there are a lot of possibilities here, and in other threads I've read on the topic.
3) Maximum defense fort - basically built a fort to be as impenetrable as possible, relying mostly on military dwarves and clever use of walls and such. Traps and drawbridges are usually minus points for this one.

[jugglervr]

Duplicate the WoW instance Blackrock Depths?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://wow-guides.co.uk/Maps/BlackrockDepths.jpg

(although it's a "dungeon" in the game, it's actually a dwarven city, on many z-levels. at point 15 there's actually a 2-room tavern)