Topic: Fortifications vs Bars for filtering water from cavern (Read 1639 times)

rlbond86 · « **on:** June 12, 2010, 09:03:35 pm »

I need to pump some water from a cavern, but I don't want any nasties to come and get me. I know that fortifications and vertical bars can both block bad guys, but is it possible for either to be destroyed or slipped past?

Sphalerite · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2010, 09:16:11 pm »

Fortifications can't be destroyed, but sometimes creatures can be pushed past then by flow. Grates and bars can be destroyed by building destroyers. I don't know if creatures can be pushed past grates or bars by flow. I've never seen it, but I always use fortifications to block water flow.

Labhras · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2010, 09:20:19 pm »

Not to mention that carving a fortification has pretty much no chance of a dwarf getting stuck from building from the wrong direction.

Bernard · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2010, 11:27:10 pm »

Why not use both? If your using a floodgate system, you can carve the fortifications, close the floodgates, then build bars further down the passages incase something happens.