Editing Door

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[[File:door_v50_anim.gif|right]]'''Doors''' are pieces of [[furniture]] used mainly to control the movement of dwarves, [[pet]]s, and liquids, and to define the exits of [[room]]s. A door must be built next to a [[wall]] or other form of support*. Doors appear using different [[Tilesets|graphical tiles]] depending on their material.

 

Doors can be made of [[stone]] ([[File:stone_door_sprite.png|23px]] / {{Raw Tile|┼|0:7:0}}), [[metal]] ([[File:metal_door_sprite.png|23px]] / {{Raw Tile|≡|6:4:0}}), [[glass]] ([[File:glass_door_sprite.png|23px]] / {{Raw Tile|O|2:2:1}}), and [[wood]] ([[File:wood_door_sprite.png|23px]] / {{Raw Tile|║|0:6:0}}). [[Artifact]] doors can also be made from [[gem]] ([[File:gem_door_sprite.png|23px]] / {{Raw Tile|☼|7:2:0}}) and [[bone]] ([[File:bone_door_sprite.png|23px]] / {{Raw Tile|║|0:7:0}}). A glass door is called a '''portal'''.

[[Image:Doors!.png‎|thumb|right|It is important to have many doors, but don't get carried away.]]A door has three main settings:

* '''{{k|l}} Passable/Forbidden''': This {{k|l}}ocks or un{{k|l}}ocks the door to (most) all creatures. The door cannot be passed unless it is permitted again or destroyed. [[Dwarf|Dwarves]], wild and tame [[animals]], and most [[invader]]s will all be unable to pass. However, [[Thief|thieves]] can pick the locks of forbidden doors, and [[Building destroyer|building destroyers]] such as [[Troll|trolls]] will simply smash them down. [[Ghost|Ghosts]] can also open forbidden doors, leaving them passable after passing through.

 

 

}}Doors can be connected to [[lever]]s or [[pressure plate]]s to open on command. A door that is connected to a lever ''cannot'' be opened and closed by a dwarf or animal any longer; it can only be opened and closed by pulling the lever.

* A door that's not linked to a lever can be opened or closed by a dwarf or an animal (unless locked and/or tightly closed); usually this is ''not'' what you want when there is an enormous amount of liquid on the other side of the door.

 

 

Most wild animals do not have [CANOPENDOORS], so they can't open doors at all - presumably, Tame creatures are explicitly granted the ability to open pet-passable doors in your fortress.

 

You can also use this strategy to unhook doors from walls and leave them as free standing structures. Why you would want to do this is up to you, but some players may find this useful for baiting [[building destroyer|building destroyers]] away from their fortress.

* A door destroys any fluid on its tile when it closes.

* If any invaders do move past a door (locked or unlocked), they will "take control" of the door and you will be unable to change any lock settings. If you can successfully move a squad through that door, it will be retaken to your control, but the door will be returned in an unlocked state.

* Locked doors unlocked by ghosts, unlike those taken by invaders, can be immediately re-locked by the player as soon as the ghost finishes passing through.

* Doors are a vital, if somewhat double-edged, component of [[Fortress defense]]. You could build your own shogunate castle by replacing your walls with doors, a tactic which will disorient your enemies with unlimited pathfinding options and provide your Hammerdwarves with excellent ambushing potential. Be warned, though: just as rice-paper walls have trouble keeping grown men at bay, you're going to have some [[fun]] with building destroyers. And thieves. Your haulers won't mind.

* Artifact doors are indestructible, and may be used to [[DF2012 Talk:Door#Artifact doors indeed indistructible|filter out building destroyers]].

* Doors block [[trade depot]] access, regardless of their settings. And, no, you cannot build three-wide doors as a 'caravan garage door' - you're better off using a [[bridge]] or linked [[floodgate|floodgates]] for that.

* All doors are watertight, but dwarves may allow small amounts through when they open a door to pass. If you need doors to a watery area such as a reservoir for an artificial waterfall or flood trap, you can limit the mess from escaping water by making each exit an "airlock": two doors enclosing a one- or two-tile room between the tank and the main hallway. The small amount of water that escapes will be contained in the room and evaporate. If the water level can potentially get too high to evaporate, channeling a drain and placing [[grate]]s or floor bars is even more effective.