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uncool

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Non-walking hatch covers
« on: July 23, 2011, 11:34:07 am »
Is it possible to mod in new kinds of buildings? I want to mod in a version of a Hatch Cover that fulfills the same role that a floodgate does for a door - one that's not supposed to be walked through, but still can be opened or closed by mechanisms.
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Demonic Spoon

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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 11:37:16 am »
IIRC only custom workshops can be modded in currently.
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2011, 11:40:12 am »
you can link a hatch cover to a lever and shut it as long as you like.
and what do you mean by "walked through" on the same level or different?
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 11:41:24 am »
Can bridges retract when covered with water?
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 11:43:12 am »
Quote from: Lamphare on July 23, 2011, 11:40:12 am
you can link a hatch cover to a lever and shut it as long as you like.
and what do you mean by "walked through" on the same level or different?

A hatch cover can be walked through if there are stairs or a ramp. In fact, that is what they are designed for. And linking a hatch cover to a lever doesn't protect it from ghosts, which is what I'm looking for - while a door can be opened by ghosts, a floodgate cannot.
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2011, 11:47:37 am »
Just use retracting bridges, they're like hatches but can only be opened via levers. Or lock the hatches.

In regards to Lezard's question, yes, and this is how many drowning traps work.
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2011, 11:56:40 am »
Quote from: Demonic Spoon on July 23, 2011, 11:47:37 am
Just use retracting bridges, they're like hatches but can only be opened via levers. Or lock the hatches.

In regards to Lezard's question, yes, and this is how many drowning traps work.
Including my own. Brooks are great for this sort of thing.
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2011, 11:57:07 am »
You can build a floodgate under a grate if you want the same effect as a hatch but without anyone being able to walk through it when open.  If you do want access when open, use a bridge as suggested.
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2011, 12:43:56 pm »
When a hatch cover is linked to a mechanism, it cannot be opened or closed by a passing dwarf.
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2011, 12:49:50 pm »
Quote from: slothen on July 23, 2011, 12:43:56 pm
When a hatch cover is linked to a mechanism, it cannot be opened or closed by a passing dwarf.
But it still can be by a ghost, which is why I was looking for this in the first place.

I guess a retracting bridge comes closest to what I was looking for. Thanks guys!
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Re: Non-walking hatch covers
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2011, 02:02:43 pm »
By Armok's beard, thought that with the thread title you actually had hatch covers as a moving animal.

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