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− | + | '''Grates''' can be placed at floor level (as a '''floor grate''') or attached to a wall (as a '''wall grate''').* Creatures treat floor grates as floors that can be walked on for [[path]]ing. They allow the passage of [[water]], [[magma]], and [[Marksman|archery attacks]], and do not block line-of-sight. Grates can also be fished through by Fisherdwarves. Like with a [[floor]], grates prevent the tiles beneath them from being considered [[outside]]. | |
− | + | :<sup>''(* If placed at floor level next to a wall, either works as well as the other, and there is no functional difference.)''</sup> | |
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− | + | Grates can be constructed from [[stone]] or [[ore]] (with the [[masonry]] [[labour]] at a [[mason's workshop]]), wood (with the [[carpentry]] labor in a [[carpenter's workshop]]), or [[Metal|metal bar]]s (with the a [[blacksmithing]] labour at a [[forge]]). They are represented in game by the symbol " # ". | |
− | + | Floor grates ''must'' be attached [[orthogonal]]ly (i.e. not diagonally) to firm ground or some solid construction (a wall, floor, etc), not (just) other grates. [[Construction]]s, of any type, will ''not'' be supported by grates - although the game allows you to designate something supported only by a grate, any construction will collapse as soon as it is completed. | |
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− | + | Grates can be used to filter out large creatures and objects while still allowing liquids through. This is a blessing for areas with underground water sources, as these bodies of water often contain deadly creatures. | |
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+ | Grates can be linked to a [[lever]] to temporarily make the grate disappear. Liquids can pass through grates in either state, so this is only useful for objects/creatures. | ||
Since a grate must be connected to something other than other grates, they currently cannot be used to cover a large area by themselves. Therefore, large areas can only be covered with some sort of patchwork connected to solid ground, such as this tessellated pattern, which covers 80% of any extended area with grates, and the top of a "wall" only 1 every 5 tiles: | Since a grate must be connected to something other than other grates, they currently cannot be used to cover a large area by themselves. Therefore, large areas can only be covered with some sort of patchwork connected to solid ground, such as this tessellated pattern, which covers 80% of any extended area with grates, and the top of a "wall" only 1 every 5 tiles: | ||
− | + | + <- single supporting tile | |
− | + | # #+## #+## | |
− | + | #+####+####+## + = natural ground or top of [[wall]] 1 [[z-level]] below | |
− | + | ##+####+####+# # = grate | |
− | + | ##+####+### | |
− | + | ##+# ##+# | |
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− | :'' | + | :''Note that none of these are constructed floors, unless those are attached to something other than a grate.'' |
== Compared to Bars == | == Compared to Bars == | ||
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{{buildings}} | {{buildings}} | ||
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