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[Captain Mayday]

Has anyone else actually been working on new Megaprojects? this thread seems to have suffored a lack of EPIC recently.

I've been working on a fortress, but it's nothing spectacular.  Every time somebody posts something like THAT *points to post above* it's intimidating as hell, because my poor attempts would look pathetic underneath that.

These are fortresses made to be looked at. Such fortresses are not designed for normal fortress activities.

[Coaldiamond]

Let's see if this works. I have two shots of my current fortress, Clockworks. Unlike some other forts, this one is meant to be seen and is also a fully functioning fortress that will soon welcome my first King.

First is an eagle's eye view of the fortress built into the 3 sided canyon.

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and the second is a shot from my temporary dyer's shop. Looking past the center column at the Duchess' villa, eastern fortress walls, and the northern peak beyond.

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-Images fixed.

[Bromor Neckbeard]

I can only see the thumbnail of your fortresses, Coaldiamond.  Even if I click on the picture, I only see a 160x120 .png file.  I don't think that was what you were going for.

(edit)  Ahh, that's much better.  I wish I had a machine that could play in areas like that.  Oh, what I could do with 70 z-levels... 

[Coaldiamond]

So they were. Thank you for the heads-up. Images above are now fixed.

[Sinergistic]

Has anyone else actually been working on new Megaprojects? this thread seems to have suffored a lack of EPIC recently.

I've been working on a fortress, but it's nothing spectacular.  Every time somebody posts something like THAT *points to post above* it's intimidating as hell, because my poor attempts would look pathetic underneath that.

These are fortresses made to be looked at. Such fortresses are not designed for normal fortress activities.

This is so true.

[Neurovore]

I would like to present my current project (mini-mega... neat but not EPIC)

Lightlance!

The fort is built on the plateau of a mountain.
Map advantages:

• abundant iron and coal
• natural waterfall
• adjacent non-mountain biome for farming and forest

Disadvantages:

• building on the top of a mountain limits potential z-layers for upward construction
• no flux - all steel is traded
• no magma
• no HFS (at least to my knowledge)

Viewpoints:
Overview shot
The shallow large buildings on the right are the statue garden and well. The smaller rooms on the bottom are zoos. The small upper rooms are trash compactors (a necessary evil). The midsize biulding attached to the wall is my barracks. You can see a trap gauntlet extending to the left.

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Street view (from trade depot)
The ziggaraut on the right is where my artifacts (and a masterwork, decorated dragon skull totem) are kept. Made entirely out of cow tallow soap. To the left is my cathedral / throne room.

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Inside throne room

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Tombs, beds
Larger bedrooms are for nobles and legendaries. In the distance you can see the natural channel for the brook. All dwarves walk through waterfall mist to get to their bedrooms. Not efficient, but effective.

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Oddly enough, the brook above the waterfall flows faster than the brook below the waterfall. I caught this early in the game and installed floodgates to prevent cataclysmic flooding.

Distance view
This is what trading caravans see approaching lightlance

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This fortress is fully alive and functional in all ways, so there are only a few miners and masons. This view is shown after 11 years of construction. Entire seasons of building time have been lost cleaning up after sieges, but to date I have only lost 5 dwarves (2 sparring accidents, 3 caught by ambushes). Several hundred goblins and a dragon (and a human caravan - trading during a siege? not the brightest maneuver) have fallen to champions and traps.

[zzzdude]

Anyone happen to know this one utility similiar to 3Dwarf?
I forgot the name, so I can't seem to find it.
It is a 3D visualizer for dwarf fortress, but it was realtime and had some little features to edit in-game stuff (can't remember what exactly).
It had a nice interface, easy to use.
It ran along side 40d, and it didn't appear to cause much lag.

[Footkerchief]

Anyone happen to know this one utility similiar to 3Dwarf?
I forgot the name, so I can't seem to find it.
It is a 3D visualizer for dwarf fortress, but it was realtime and had some little features to edit in-game stuff (can't remember what exactly).
It had a nice interface, easy to use.
It ran along side 40d, and it didn't appear to cause much lag.

Lifevis by Mithaldu. (download link)

[Crossroads Inc.]

I would like to congratualte Neurovore on his recent progect,.. He shows yo ucan make thinsg nice nifty and cool wihtout having to be SUPER EPIC as some of the other things we've seen here have beeen It is intimatadating when you see things like the bridges or mega fortresses that the more godly have posted...

There are nifty things we mortals can contribuate as well...

To those building, I think we might place too much on EPICness, everyone hsould be able to post thier fortress, epic or no./

[KrunkSplein]

I would like to congratualte Neurovore on his recent project

Seconded.  Lightlance is way cooler than anything I've ever built, and it is aesthetically appealing.  That's exactly the type of thing I come to these threads for.

[Hal Nicholas]

I see that the graphics in the visualizer is a little lacking. I would like to make some 3d models to better enhance what it looks like. What format are the models in, and I'll crank out things like beds, barrels, shops, and the like so the fortresses don't look so barren.

[Emperor Iones]

Any chance of you making this work with 40d11? I'd love being able to see my fort...

[Marko]

My lil project, a dwarf city completely above ground built out of obsidian, named Roofdwelling

The city:

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The Stadium:

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View of a contestant entering the arena level of the stadium:

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Not as cool as Neurovore's, but I'm still workin at it...

[Sinergistic]

When building a fort for 3dwarf, please try and include supports. RE: your stadium; desperately needs some support columns.

[Marko]

When building a fort for 3dwarf, please try and include supports. RE: your stadium; desperately needs some support columns.

it's definitely still a work in progress. This is my first 'themed' fort, and learning as I go. And after I found 3dwarf, gives a whole new aspect on how to build a fortress just to look good.