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Author Topic: Can Walls act as Supports?  (Read 1361 times)

theultimateend

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Can Walls act as Supports?
« on: July 11, 2010, 02:41:48 pm »
I searched "wall support" and nothing popped up so I'm going to assume this is a stupid question but I'll ask it nonetheless.

Do walls act as supports? I like them visually better than supports so I was curious if they act as supports that cannot be passed through (essentially).
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Nil Eyeglazed

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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2010, 02:46:13 pm »
They do support other constructions.  The main point of a support is that you can link it to a lever to destroy it.  You can't do that with walls.
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2010, 02:51:46 pm »
Quote from: Nil Eyeglazed on July 11, 2010, 02:46:13 pm
They do support other constructions.  The main point of a support is that you can link it to a lever to destroy it.  You can't do that with walls.

Thank you very much :).
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Double A

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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2010, 03:14:34 pm »
But walls can't be destroyed by building destroyers.

However... if it was holding up something, it would collapse on the baddie, which would probably make up for whatever you lost in humor value.
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2010, 03:23:37 pm »
Things that can provide vertical support:

Walls (constructed or natural), Supports.

Things that can provide horizontal support:

Walls, floors, stairs, bridges (but only for other bridges, and don't expect it to still hold up the other bridge if you retract one).


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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2010, 03:58:23 pm »
Quote from: Double A on July 11, 2010, 03:14:34 pm
But walls can't be destroyed by building destroyers.

However... if it was holding up something, it would collapse on the baddie, which would probably make up for whatever you lost in humor value.

Also in usefulness value.  This is a good way to kill unkillable FBs (though I guess they're no longer a problem as of 31.10 ?)
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2010, 04:01:42 pm »
Why wouldn't they be a problem?
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2010, 04:12:02 pm »
Apparently the unkillables are killable now.  Toady said this, anyway, in the devlog.
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Double A

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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2010, 04:55:16 pm »
And you couldn't kill them with magma and/or beheading or just cage them?
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2010, 05:09:46 pm »
Heh, trees also provide vertical support.
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Double A

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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2010, 05:31:56 pm »
Really? So you could build a wall on top of a tree?
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2010, 05:37:00 pm »
If you can get to the area.

Dwarves dont climb trees, I think.
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2010, 05:46:37 pm »
Ramp or stairs?
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2010, 05:58:25 pm »
Quote from: Double A on July 11, 2010, 05:46:37 pm
Ramp or stairs?

The ramp/stairs would support the wall, diagonally, so it's sort of a moot point.  Though I guess you could deconstruct the stairs, then the structure above would fall on the next poor sod who cuts the tree down?

Seems elven to me.
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Re: Can Walls act as Supports?
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2010, 06:09:46 pm »
What if you built a ramp next to a tree, put someone on top of it, deconstructed the ramp, and then cut down the tree?
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