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[jdturner11]

Damn, these are genius! Keep 'em up! I abandoned that ol' fortress, going to make another one.

[Larry421]

Most of my forts are open-plan "enter, shift-numpad9, enter" square rooms. I like them because (a) minimal RSI while designating, and (b) can be broken up into 9 3x3 rooms.

Here is a shot of the more interesting stuff.
Apologies for those who don't like tilesets.

[Xenos]

your screenie didnt work.  I like rectangular rooms (square is just weird.  part of why i like making square rooms in the ASCII font ) but I will often times put them into fancy patterns.  but this time, i am going with a very grid oriented fort that makes great use of z levels (especially for housing and the catacombs.  every coffin must have a nook.  I cant stand rooms full of coffins...ugh.)

[Saposhiente]

I always just put all the living quarters (dining room, bedroom, statue garden) all in one area, with all the beds together in one section, with each bed getting a room that overlaps the entire living area, for massive happiness at low cost. Go Team Communism!

[jdturner11]

Y'all think a statue garden is necessary for Dwarven happiness?

[Shoku]

Y'all think a statue garden is necessary for Dwarven happiness?

Not remotely. So long as their friends aren't dieing the legendary dining room puts them WAY deep into an ecstasy trance.

[Xenos]

Y'all think a statue garden is necessary for Dwarven happiness?

Not remotely. So long as their friends aren't dieing the legendary dining room puts them WAY deep into an ecstasy trance.

Well, that depends.  What kind of housing do you have?  Even with a legendary dining room dwarves will go ballistic from time to time, if you have them stuffed in a dormitory and there is much death, this becomes more likely.  The point is, getting a legendary zoo, statue garden, dining room, and giving all dwarves really nice bedrooms and putting nice things throughout your fortress will not hurt the happiness factor (just dont put any vermin in the zoo.  It makes some dwarves grumpy.)

[Saposhiente]

They all get a really nice bedroom with a personal office, dining room statue garden, and tons of furniture. The fact that they all get the same room doesn't stimulate their capitalism glands any less.

[Acperience]

a Mist Generator will also work wonders on dwarves and t seems to stack whenever a dwarf encounters the mist.

Most of my dwarves have over 4000 happiness (check with dwarf therapist) and it is year 3. And the 4 dwarves that have made artifacts have over 5000.

No. Nobody make that joke. Just don't.

[Harudoku]

I've got two good examples.
This one here's one of my oldest fortresses (before I decided to put coffers and such in everyone's rooms, hence why they all look terrible with clothes everywhere)

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Of course, my fortresses are always multi-tiered things, so that's just the living areas and not the work areas.

Here's a more recent Fortress' version. Note the little lever in the Baron's room.

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The little cages in the arena are gobbos. Perfect training.

[twilightdusk]

Here's a more recent Fortress' version. Note the little lever in the Baron's room.

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The little cages in the arena are gobbos. Perfect training.

Prime example of why I hate engraving leaving symbols: It took me a while to realize that there was not, in fact, some sort of party in said baron's room.

[Shoku]

Y'all think a statue garden is necessary for Dwarven happiness?

Not remotely. So long as their friends aren't dieing the legendary dining room puts them WAY deep into an ecstasy trance.

Well, that depends.  What kind of housing do you have?  Even with a legendary dining room dwarves will go ballistic from time to time, if you have them stuffed in a dormitory and there is much death, this becomes more likely.  The point is, getting a legendary zoo, statue garden, dining room, and giving all dwarves really nice bedrooms and putting nice things throughout your fortress will not hurt the happiness factor (just dont put any vermin in the zoo.  It makes some dwarves grumpy.)

Ok yes, they don't go nuts if nobody dies except when people are dieing.

You've got to deprive them of a lot of stuff to get tantrums despite a legendary dining room. Death effects add up in a severe way though (maybe they are multiplicative? Or just huge to begin with.)

[Xenos]

Y'all think a statue garden is necessary for Dwarven happiness?

Not remotely. So long as their friends aren't dieing the legendary dining room puts them WAY deep into an ecstasy trance.

Well, that depends.  What kind of housing do you have?  Even with a legendary dining room dwarves will go ballistic from time to time, if you have them stuffed in a dormitory and there is much death, this becomes more likely.  The point is, getting a legendary zoo, statue garden, dining room, and giving all dwarves really nice bedrooms and putting nice things throughout your fortress will not hurt the happiness factor (just dont put any vermin in the zoo.  It makes some dwarves grumpy.)

Ok yes, they don't go nuts if nobody dies except when people are dieing.

You've got to deprive them of a lot of stuff to get tantrums despite a legendary dining room. Death effects add up in a severe way though (maybe they are multiplicative? Or just huge to begin with.)

Well it depends on if its some random dead guy who gets shoved in a coffin right away or if it was their best friend who rots outside the fort while the siege prevents burial.  if you have dwarves idling...lots of #2 happens...

[glopso]

a Mist Generator will also work wonders on dwarves and t seems to stack whenever a dwarf encounters the mist.

Most of my dwarves have over 4000 happiness (check with dwarf therapist) and it is year 3. And the 4 dwarves that have made artifacts have over 5000.

No. Nobody make that joke. Just don't.

Urist, what does the scouter say about his HAPPINESS LEVEL?

ITS OVER 9000!!!!

[Xenos]

a Mist Generator will also work wonders on dwarves and t seems to stack whenever a dwarf encounters the mist.

Most of my dwarves have over 4000 happiness (check with dwarf therapist) and it is year 3. And the 4 dwarves that have made artifacts have over 5000.

No. Nobody make that joke. Just don't.

Urist, what does the scouter say about his HAPPINESS LEVEL?

ITS OVER 9000!!!!

How large would a mist generator system have to be to successfully pump around multiple 6/7 squares of water?