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[OddProphet]

I was browsing the update schedule of DF in general, and near the end of the page I saw that at some point more detail would be given to traps and mechanisms.  Highlights:

1. Weapon traps covering multiple squares
2. Z-level chicanery needed for rock traps
3. Rolling boulder traps
4. Traps requiring specialized parts

What would you like to see involving traps and mechanisms in the future?

[Girlinhat]

Three things, mostly.  1) Crowssbows that fire, Indian Jones style.  2) Directional flinging, like drawbridges only aimed.  3) Poison coated weapons.

[Urist Imiknorris]

That last one is in the game already - you just have to get the poison on there somehow.

[Spork The Slightly Insane]

Arrow traps.
The enemy steps on a plate, and x amount of arrows/bolts fly at them.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Weapon traps loaded with ranged weapons. Just make sure you can let your mechanics reload them in peace.

[Girlinhat]

Do they actually fire, or is the flying ammo just in the same square?

[Urist Imiknorris]

I'm pretty sure it's just in the same square.

[Girlinhat]

Then it's just a weapon trap.  I want to be able to fire volleys of silver bolts down a long straight hallway in the most gruesome killing floor imaginable.  Preferably, pressure plate AND lever controlled, to allow trap_avoids to get pegged as well.

[Silent_Thunder]

Lever/Pressure Plate activated traps. I need more noble execution devices!

[Crazy Cow]

I would love to see something like this. You place a crossbow trap pointing in a direction, which is hooked up to a pressure plate. When the plate is activated, the trap would fire a bolt. I would also like the option to choose individual mechanisms, as quality affects trap performance, if I am not mistaken, and you cannot at the moment decide which quality mechanisms go into traps.

[Akura]

I would love to see something like this. You place a crossbow trap pointing in a direction, which is hooked up to a pressure plate. When the plate is activated, the trap would fire a bolt. I would also like the option to choose individual mechanisms, as quality affects trap performance, if I am not mistaken, and you cannot at the moment decide which quality mechanisms go into traps.

The crossbow thing, but with ballistae/catapults as well.

And yes, you can choose the specific quality of the mechanism. When building the trap, when choosing which mechanism to use, press {x] to expand the list to show the individual mechanisms(including their quality), rather than just what material they're made of. This holds true with just about every building material.