So, I am more into trying to build things. (I am kinda-new and this is like those blocks starting with an L on random and crack. (Try building Legos with a cat and ferret that like crinkly things. This is even better.)) [For those who don't Lego: Legos come in a box with at least 3 very noisy plastic bags full of tiny bits. If you were attracted to crinkly and/or tiny bits, you'd like Legos. And if there is a shiny tiny bit, well the ferret don't get to see 'em. Ever. Or I don't get to see them but that one time.]
So I decided to build a pyramid, mostly since that seemed hard. Because hard felt TOO easy, I made this, (A cross-section):
--W
X-W
X--
X-W=\
X--W=\
X---W=\
X----W=\
X-----W=\
X------W=\
X-------W=\
X--------W=\
X---------W=\____________________
x.........W <UNDERGROUND>
^.........W <UNDERGROUND>
X is an up/down stair, - is a Floor, W is a wall of siltstone, = is a Gniess wall, \ is a Gniess ramp, . is Underground thingies
From the top:
^ is a ramp, numbers 1-9 are the floor number, (the W's from side), and 0 is the "=\" from the side view. I am not showing the temple, just the floor.
0 0
1111111110^^^0111111111
1222222220^^^0222222221
1233333330^^^0333333321
1234444440^^^0444444321
1234555550^^^0555554321
1234566660^^^0666654321
1234567770^^^0777654321
1234567880^^^0887654321
1234567890^^^0987654321
00000000000...00000000000
^^^^^^^^^^...^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^.X.^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^...^^^^^^^^^^
00000000000...00000000000
1234567890...0987654321
etc.
It is much like the Osario at Chichen Itza, though it was done from memory, and, again, it was just to see how hard it was to do. And I didn't know what it was called, so this falls into the "learn something new everyday" category. (I have one.) [Play enough Civ and you have this vague picture in your head. This was mine.]
It was so easy, I would recommend it to all of my enemies. Plus, it didn't take long to make it all out of blocks. And because I did it right, no one died to insanity, tantrum spirals, or anything. Nope, no one. Now - if we speak in terms of 100, than yes. we lost about 100 dorfs. But not ONE. *grins*
Anyway, it was built. Proof of Concept was proven.
So, I generated a world with the 32 z's needed to do something like El Castillo. This:
---W
X--W <--- 5z of temple w/ entrance
X--W
X--W
X---
X---WW\ <--- ~55.3d (56.3099d) W
X---WW=\
x---WW==\
X-----WW=\
X-----WW==\
X-----WW===\
X-------WW==\
X-------WW===\
X-------WW====\
X---------WW===\
X---------WW====\
X---------WW=====\
X-----------WW====\
X-----------WW=====\
X-----------WW======\
X-------------WW=====\
X-------------WW======\
X-------------WW=======\
X---------------WW======\
X---------------WW=======\
X---------------WW========\
X-----------------WW=======\
X-----------------WW========\
X-----------------WW=========\
X-------------------WW========\
X-------------------WW=========\ <---45d =\
X-------------------WW==========\______________
000000000011111111112222222222333
012345678901234567890123456789012
(I'll only draw a bit of the top...
T = Temple, - is a non-ramped "stair", numbers 1-9 are the floor number, and 0 is the "=\" from the side view.)
88880-----08888
88880-----08888
889999999999988
889999999999988
0099TTTTTTT9900
--99TTTTTTT99--
--99TTTTTTT99--
--99TTTTTTT99--
--99TTTTTTT99--
--99TTTTTTT99--
0099TTTTTTT9900
889999999999988
889999999999988
88880-----08888
88880-----08888
...is what I am now trying. So far, all I have is rock salt. I can make the thing out of rock salt. I only need some 13K of it. I have 4.8K now. I only did a small bit of research, so I am unsure of the actual composition of the beast. That is for later. Maybe. (Who are we kidding? We're dwarves. We'll figure it out, gen a world with it, and painstakingly do it because it has been started and must be done. Maybe.)
You might notice that I will not be ramping up the stairs this time. It should make things easier, I know, but that is what must be done. (Only the 0's will be ramped. Neither 1 nor 2 nor 5, (3, Sir,) shall be ramped. 5 is right out. 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are also a no go for ramping.) Of course, I am fine with throwing up temp stairs and scaffolding if I happen to help an idiot get him/her dorfy selves stuck.
I think it took 3 days to make Osario. This will be longer.
(Didn't wanna put it in the "What's going on..." thread, 'cause I didn't. Was gonna post it in another thread. But I decided that this may deserve it's own thread, so I gave it one.)
E: dofen turned into dorfen in the title. Coffee issues.
Edit2: Changed Title, added photos as follows;
The Foundation in DF,
and the foundation in Stonesense.
The cutaway.
This is how it'll look when done.
Edit: finished with pavings, DF view.