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[ltprifti]

doea a raising draw bride 1 length long raise into a wall?

[Ultimuh]

It depends of which direction you have set it to raise.
If you you have not set a direction, it will simply vanish out of sight.

[ltprifti]

i have set a direct, however when i pull the lever attached to the bridges blocking access to my courtyard, the main bridge raises, but the other two smaller ones which are one space look exactly the same.

[EmperorJon]

They look the same if they are only one tile thick, but they should still be raised. Try to get a dwarf to walk through, I bet they can't.

[ltprifti]

They look the same if they are only one tile thick, but they should still be raised. Try to get a dwarf to walk through, I bet they can't.

oh, so its still working?

[Berserkenstein]

Yes, if you make a raising bridge that is composed of only one square tile, it will work, however it will look the same open and retracted. 

For that very reason, I do not make 1 tile bridges, I use a floodgate or hatch instead, since they pretty much do the same thing.

[ltprifti]

Yes, if you make a raising bridge that is composed of only one square tile, it will work, however it will look the same open and retracted. 

For that very reason, I do not make 1 tile bridges, I use a floodgate or hatch instead, since they pretty much do the same thing.

i tried having my two back doors to my courtyard be floodgates, however the way it works, floodgates don't work when a bridge works so my main bridge would be open and the Flood gates closed and visa versa.

[Berserkenstein]

Post an image with what you want to accomplish and we can help you with a solution.

[gtmattz]

Yes, if you make a raising bridge that is composed of only one square tile, it will work, however it will look the same open and retracted. 

For that very reason, I do not make 1 tile bridges, I use a floodgate or hatch instead, since they pretty much do the same thing.

i tried having my two back doors to my courtyard be floodgates, however the way it works, floodgates don't work when a bridge works so my main bridge would be open and the Flood gates closed and visa versa.

Using bridges is fine in your situation, just be sure you set them to raise and you will be fine.  Nice thing about raising bridges is that building destroyers will completely ignore them, not sure if the same can be said for floodgates...

[ltprifti]

Yes, if you make a raising bridge that is composed of only one square tile, it will work, however it will look the same open and retracted. 

For that very reason, I do not make 1 tile bridges, I use a floodgate or hatch instead, since they pretty much do the same thing.

i tried having my two back doors to my courtyard be floodgates, however the way it works, floodgates don't work when a bridge works so my main bridge would be open and the Flood gates closed and visa versa.

Using bridges is fine in your situation, just be sure you set them to raise and you will be fine.  Nice thing about raising bridges is that building destroyers will completely ignore them, not sure if the same can be said for floodgates...

i believe that floodgates are also undestroyable

[Lovechild]

But they aren't, sadly.

[Berserkenstein]

But they aren't, sadly.

Unless they are artifacts.  I just got lucky recently and 3 dwarves made artifact floor hatches, which makes my fortress impenetrable without building walls or retracting bridges.

[Stargrasper]

But they aren't, sadly.

Unless they are artifacts.  I just got lucky recently and 3 dwarves made artifact floor hatches, which makes my fortress impenetrable without building walls or retracting bridges.

Three of all the same useful piece of furniture?  Does that count as two or three consecutive miracles, would you say?

Constructions are indestructible.  Built furniture is not.  Unless what Ber said about artifacts being indestructible is true, which would mildly surprise me.

[Keldane]

Artifacts are indestructible, however, everything I've read says that building destroyers will eventually just deconstruct the artifact, leaving an intact but out-of-place door/floodgate/hatch a tile or two away from where it was before.

[Flaede]

Artifacts are indestructible, however, everything I've read says that building destroyers will eventually just deconstruct the artifact, leaving an intact but out-of-place door/floodgate/hatch a tile or two away from where it was before.

I have heard that hatches (And bridges) cannot be destructed from ramps below them. Haven't figured out a good way to test this yet.