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40d:Water wheel

2007-12-19T23:27:33Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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== Perpetual motion ==

Due to the low power draw of a [[screw pump]], a self-powering assembly can be made with a water wheel that still leaves plenty of excess power for other uses. This is probably a bug.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].
 
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'''Key'''
 
'''Wall: ║ ═ ╠ ╝ ╚ ╔ ╗ ╣ ╩'''
 
'''Floor: +'''
 
'''Water Wheel: W'''
 
'''Gear Assembly: *'''
 
'''Axle E/W: ═'''
 
'''Axle N/S: ║'''
 
'''Pump from west: XX'''
 
'''Pump from south: XX'''
 
'''Channel: _ or if background color is white'''
 
'''Closed water source opening: X'''
 
[[Category:Constructions]]
[[Category:Machine components]]

40d:Water wheel

2007-12-13T15:10:07Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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== Perpetual motion ==

Due to the low power draw of a [[screw pump]], a self-powering assembly can be made with a water wheel that still leaves plenty of excess power for other uses. This is probably a bug.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].
 
'''*REMEMBER TO BUILD THE HORIZONTAL AXLE BEFORE THE WATER WHEEL*'''
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'''Key'''
 
'''Wall: ║ ═ ╠ ╝ ╚ ╔ ╗ ╣ ╩'''
 
'''Floor: +'''
 
'''Water Wheel: W'''
 
'''Gear Assembly: *'''
 
'''Axle E/W: ═'''
 
'''Axle N/S: ║'''
 
'''Pump from west: XX'''
 
'''Channel: _ or if background color is white'''
 
'''Closed water source opening: X'''
 
[[Category:Constructions]]
[[Category:Machine components]]

User:Nerd10101

2007-12-13T05:23:25Z

Nerd10101: /* Two Towers */

Hi, I am Nerd10101 but you can call me Nerd, for short. Of course I am a nerd and I like playing games, being on the computer, and designing things like games, yes I make my own game, and graphics(signatures,myspace contact boxes,etc.). Dwarf Fortress is a great game to play since it involves real time strategy and creating civilizations.
 

==Project(s)==
 
===Two Towers===
I am working on my "Two Towers" project which involves [[digging]] through many levels of [[stone|rock]] and creating two towers in the process where my dwarves will grow and flourish.
 
I will keep tabs, using pictures, videos, and logs, on my work as I build it so you can get the latest info on my project.
 

'''19:04, 24 November 2007 (EST):''' I was mining down making the first level of one tower when I struck an air pocket in the mountain and what was inside I was surprised. There were peasants, demons, and little trinkets. I was happy at first but now I am like...F************!!!!
 
[[Image:Mountain_air_pocket.JPG|Picture of the air pocket full of enemies]]
 
So I guess I will NOT save and then reload it...I know it is cheating but this is a project not just playing the game. '''Anyone have any ideas to destroy these enemies please put it in the discussion.'''
 
'''I thought these mountains were safe...but I was waaaay wrong.'''
 

'''[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 17:50, 25 November 2007 (EST):''' I loaded up my other saved file, the one where I didn't mine through that air pocket in the mountain(See picture above). I avoided that area of the mountain so I had to work on my second tower instead. When I was doing that I saw that my miner's couldn't find there way to the food and drinks. I was panicking [[Image:Nail_Bitting.gif]]. I was so worried that I was going to lose 3 of my best miner's. Then I thought maybe I have to mine a different way. So I did that. I mined to ground level and my miner's ran to the warm arms of beer. It's okay I was going to mine there anyways.
 
'''Whew!''' [[Image:Whew.gif]]
 

'''[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 14:39, 27 November 2007 (EST):''' I managed to mine all the stairways up and down the second tower. I am very happy about that and that I am really close to mining through the first level near the bridge.

'''w00t''' [[Image:Yahoo.gif]]
 

'''[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 14:53, 6 December 2007 (EST):''' I just found out that [[Demons]] can't be killed with [[trap#Stone-fall_Trap|ston-fall traps]] so I wasted 40 stone fall traps for nothing. I will update that part of the [[Demon|demons article]] if it isn't already on there. I did a save cheat so it went back to it was I put two [[Bridge|bridges]] over a 10 story deep whole and my cat tested the fatality rate of this so I hope it works.

'''<nowiki>*sigh*</nowiki> I hope this works'''

 
'''[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 02:15, 9 December 2007 (EST):''' Well that didn't work out the way I expected it would. I am not done yet but my whole fortress is starving. So I saved that and now I am using one of my previously saved files, one that was saved before I was digging into the mountain, winter of 1051. Let me tell you everything. You know how there are dwarves being added to your fortress, that are called [[migrants]]? Well they had no way of getting to the entrance of my fortress so they would just wait there and die. The same thing happened with merchants, but they wouldn't die they would leave, when I needed more resources. So I sat there and thought maybe I could mine a way out of my fortress where I could put a [[trade depot]]. I looked at the very tip of my fortress and I thought, "Oh what the hell." and so I mined roads through to the north and west of my fortress. Then all of these starving thirsty migrants started to flood in through the trade depot roads. It was hard enough trying to support my fortress with a very low quantity of food but adding around 20 dwarves to my fortress at one time completely depleted my food supply. This time I will try to make adequate food storage available for my fortress.

'''<nowiki>*sigh*</nowiki> great I am starting all over again.'''

 
'''[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 23:02, 12 December 2007 (EST):''' I gave up on making the towers because it takes to long and it is a challenge to take care of my dwarves and work on this at the same time.

'''Sorry :['''

 
'''[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 00:23, 13 December 2007 (EST):''' Okay I restarted I cheated and edited everything so everything I need it right in front of me :D and I found a PERFECT place to start my Two Towers.

'''Damn it is a good day :D'''

40d Talk:Memory editing

2007-12-13T04:49:17Z

Nerd10101: THANKS!!!

I say, this is my first ever Wiki page so I hope I passes muster.
-Decanter

== Other methods ==

It is quite possible to write a program to preform any memory editing function.

I have a copy of teleport.exe that came with the source code(written in C), if anyone wants it for refrence.

== THANKS!!! ==

Thank you so much this was major help :D--[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 23:49, 12 December 2007 (EST)

User:Nerd10101

2007-12-13T04:02:04Z

Nerd10101: /* Two Towers */

40d:Water wheel

2007-12-12T02:07:25Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].
 
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'''Key'''
 
'''Wall: ║ ═ ╠ ╝ ╚ ╔ ╗ ╣ ╩'''
 
'''Floor: +'''
 
'''Water Wheel: W'''
 
'''Gear Assembly: *'''
 
'''Vertical Axle: O'''
 
'''Axle E/W: ═'''
 
'''Axle N/S: ║'''
 
'''Pump from west: XX'''
 
'''Pump from east: XX'''
 
'''Channel: _ or if background color is white'''
 
'''Closed water source opening: X'''
 
[[Category:Constructions]]
[[Category:Machine components]]

40d:Water wheel

2007-12-12T00:24:59Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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== Perpetual motion ==

Due to the low power draw of a [[screw pump]], a self-powering assembly can be made with a water wheel that still leaves plenty of excess power for other uses. This is probably a bug.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].

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'''Key'''
 
'''Wall: ║ ═ ╠ ╝ ╚ ╔ ╗ ╣ ╩'''
 
'''Floor: +'''
 
'''Water Wheel: W'''
 
'''Gear Assembly: *'''
 
'''Axle E/W: ═'''
 
'''Axle N/S: ║'''
 
'''Pump(Pumping up): P'''
 
'''Pump(Pumping down): P'''
 
'''Channel: _'''
 
'''Closed water source opening: X'''
 
'''If the background of the character is white then that means there is a channel there.'''
[[Category:Constructions]]
[[Category:Machine components]]

40d:Water wheel

2007-12-11T05:38:31Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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== Perpetual motion ==

Due to the low power draw of a [[screw pump]], a self-powering assembly can be made with a water wheel that still leaves plenty of excess power for other uses. This is probably a bug.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].

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'''Key'''
 
'''Wall: ║ ═ ╠ ╝ ╚ ╔ ╗ ╣ ╩'''
 
'''Floor: +'''
 
'''Water Wheel: W'''
 
'''Gear Assembly: *'''
 
'''Axel E/W: ═'''
 
'''Axel N/S: ║'''
 
'''Pump(Pumping up): P'''
 
'''Pump(Pumping down): P'''
 
'''Channel: _'''
 
'''Closed water source opening: X'''
 
'''If the background of the character is white then that means there is a channel there.'''
[[Category:Constructions]]
[[Category:Machine components]]

40d:Water wheel

2007-12-10T05:24:52Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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== Perpetual motion ==

Due to the low power draw of a [[screw pump]], a self-powering assembly can be made with a water wheel that still leaves plenty of excess power for other uses. This is probably a bug.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].

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'''Key'''
 
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'''Floor: +'''
 
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User talk:Nerd10101

2007-12-10T05:15:26Z

Nerd10101:

Let me suggest that you dohttp://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/skins/common/images/button_math.png
Mathematical formula (LaTeX) two things that should correct most of your problems.
1) Build a staging area. Build a 'mini-fort' or even an above ground town for your dwarves to use as a home base for food production and trade until the fortress is sufficiently far along that you can move everything indoors.
2) Start training some soldier dwarves early so that when you come across nasty dudes you can force them into a pit trap and then station some marksdwarves a few levels above the pit and let them slowly pick them off. I'd even keep a big stash of bolts near your pit trap. My thought here is to keep everyone but the miners in the staging area (or the first safe part of the fortress that's ready) and somewhere along the way build the pit trap. Make sure that the path from whereever you are mining to your main staging area *must* go through the pit trap. That way when you run across nasties, you just order a retreat and let the baddies drop - then do as I suggest and send in the marksdwarves. --[[User:Geofferic|Geofferic]] 03:08, 9 December 2007 (EST)
:Thank for the deeply thought plan :D--[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 03:12, 9 December 2007 (EST)
::Allow me to continue. In the case of flying monsters of this particular type ... First, do everything in your power to make sure that the path from your trap onward (toward your further excavations that might lead to nasties) is entirely indoors. No open air escape routes for flyers. So then what you do is you setup on either side of the pit trap heavy duty wall grates and lots of fortifications. When the baddies are coming, you throw the switch to the grates to close them - other wise they should always be open. Try making the grates out of magma proof material and see how well they hold up. This gives you something your archers can fire through and the flying nasties have more difficulty getting past. --[[User:Geofferic|Geofferic]] 00:13, 10 December 2007 (EST)
:::Thanks again I really appreciate it--[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 00:15, 10 December 2007 (EST)

User talk:Nerd10101

2007-12-10T05:14:57Z

Nerd10101:

Let me suggest that you do two things that should correct most of your problems.
1) Build a staging area. Build a 'mini-fort' or even an above ground town for your dwarves to use as a home base for food production and trade until the fortress is sufficiently far along that you can move everything indoors.
2) Start training some soldier dwarves early so that when you come across nasty dudes you can force them into a pit trap and then station some marksdwarves a few levels above the pit and let them slowly pick them off. I'd even keep a big stash of bolts near your pit trap. My thought here is to keep everyone but the miners in the staging area (or the first safe part of the fortress that's ready) and somewhere along the way build the pit trap. Make sure that the path from whereever you are mining to your main staging area *must* go through the pit trap. That way when you run across nasties, you just order a retreat and let the baddies drop - then do as I suggest and send in the marksdwarves. --[[User:Geofferic|Geofferic]] 03:08, 9 December 2007 (EST)
:Thank for the deeply thought plan :D--[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 03:12, 9 December 2007 (EST)
::Allow me to continue. In the case of flying monsters of this particular type ... First, do everything in your power to make sure that the path from your trap onward (toward your further excavations that might lead to nasties) is entirely indoors. No open air escape routes for flyers. So then what you do is you setup on either side of the pit trap heavy duty wall grates and lots of fortifications. When the baddies are coming, you throw the switch to the grates to close them - other wise they should always be open. Try making the grates out of magma proof material and see how well they hold up. This gives you something your archers can fire through and the flying nasties have more difficulty getting past. --[[User:Geofferic|Geofferic]] 00:13, 10 December 2007 (EST)
:::Thanks again I really appreciate it

40d:Water wheel

2007-12-10T05:08:15Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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== Perpetual motion ==

Due to the low power draw of a [[screw pump]], a self-powering assembly can be made with a water wheel that still leaves plenty of excess power for other uses. This is probably a bug.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].

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'''Key'''
 
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'''Floor: +'''
 
'''Water Wheel: W'''
 
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40d:Water wheel

2007-12-10T05:03:31Z

Nerd10101: /* Perpetual motion */

A '''water wheel''' is a [[machine component]] that provides [[power]] via [[water]] flow. To build a water wheel, select {{key|b}}uild menu and choose {{key|M}}achine components. It requires 3 [[wood]] and generates 100 power, which can be used for operating a [[pump]] or [[mill]]. Use [[axle]]s and [[Gear assembly|gear]]s to access the power produced by a water wheel.

== Construction ==

Water wheels must be built on water or river tiles, and can not be powered if placed over brook tiles. To do so, you must dig through the surface of the brook. Build a [[channel]] at least one tile long. The water wheel will sit "in" this channel, but you cannot place it yet -- it has no support. Build an axle or gear assembly next to the tile where the center of the water wheel will be. Now you can build the waterwheel. Power will be generated once a channel tile under the water wheel is filled with water at a depth of four or greater. You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies.
In order for the water wheel to generate power, there needs to be a water flow in one of the three tiles beneath it.

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== Perpetual motion ==

Due to the low power draw of a [[screw pump]], a self-powering assembly can be made with a water wheel that still leaves plenty of excess power for other uses. This is probably a bug.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

A simple design is available at [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000946 this forum post].

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'''Key'''
 
'''Wall: ═ ╠ ╝ ╚ ╔ ╗ ╣ ╩'''
 
'''Floor: +'''
 
'''Water Wheel: W'''
 
'''Pump(Pumping up): P'''
 
'''Pump(Pumping down): P'''
 
'''Channel: _'''
 
'''Closed water source opening: X'''
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40d:Demon

2007-12-10T03:16:11Z

Nerd10101:

A Demon is an evil fast moving creature that will either severally wound your Dwarfs, and/or any other animals you have, or kill them.

They are showed as red and green {{Tile|&|#000|#999}} in this picture(as shown in the picture below)
 
[[Image:Mountain_air_pocket.JPG]]

Some Demons weapons are projectile fire balls that will leave a stream of smoke but others just go with hand to hand combat.

Demons are immune to [[Trap#Stone-fall_Trap|stone-fall traps]], [[Trap#Weapon_Trap|weapon traps]], [[Trap#Cage_Trap|cage traps]] and will destroy your doors and floodgates. At least some of them are able to fly and survive under [[Water|water]] and [[Magma|magma]].

Most Demons are living creatures and so are especially vulnerable to weapons with high critical boost such as [[Spear|spears]] and [[Crossbow|crossbow]] bolts.
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User talk:Nerd10101

2007-12-09T08:12:28Z

Nerd10101:

User talk:Nerd10101

2007-12-09T08:12:17Z

Nerd10101:

40d Talk:Stories

2007-12-09T07:24:05Z

Nerd10101:

Should this really be here? I think we should clear it out, no sense in having stories about the old version. --[[User:Roberto|Roberto]] 18:37, 30 October 2007 (EDT)

:I agree, blast it. --[[User:Infinity|Infinity]] 06:00, 31 October 2007 (EDT)

::The stories don't really change, honestly. I think they should stay. Also, would anyone be terribly offended at a link to the epic of Boatmurdered on this page? --[[User:The Good Professor|The Good Professor]] 22:37, 5 November 2007 (EST)

:::Not at all. The epic of Boatmurdered is epic and DF.
:::Also, I suggest that we delete a lot of the stories in here but keep the rest. Some, like "Parabolart's Carpenter," "A small problem" (whose image, which exists only on the old wiki, shows a permaflooded game), and "Next time, don't stand on it" are just plain bad, and others, like "Kerligmosus" and "A Love Story" aren't really even stories.
:::However, some stories, like "A Carpenters Dream" are well-written stories (if you ignore the grammer) and could be made from a game on any version of DF.
:::This does bring up the question of "how can I determine the quality of this story fairly," which isn't easy to answer. However, the only two alternatives to this that I see are to delete a lot of good stories or to keep a lot of junk. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 22:54, 5 November 2007 (EST)
:I think the stories should stay perhaps create a category for longer stories [[User:Jikor|Jikor]]
:The stories should stay--[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 02:24, 9 December 2007 (EST)

User:Nerd10101

2007-12-09T07:15:05Z

Nerd10101: /* Two Towers */

40d:Food

2007-12-09T07:03:42Z

Nerd10101:

'''Food''' is anything dwarves eat to ward off starvation, but if they are not able to attain sustenance then they will eventually die. The most common foods are [[butcher|meat]], [[fishing|fish]], [[farming|crops]], and [[plant gathering|gathered shrubs]]. Each dwarf has a [[preference]] for certain foods.

==Eating==

A dwarf with the "Eat" task will pick up a unit of food, often according to his or her dietary preferences, then bring it to an available [[table]] or [[chair]] for consumption. A private room will normally be chosen over a public room; for this reason, note that a dwarf who owns a table-less [[office]] but no [[dining room]] will [[thought|complain]] about the lack of tables, even if a high-quality public dining room is available. This problem is easily solved by adding a table next to such an office-chair (like you would in a dining room). Also note that eating in a high-quality dining room does wonders for a dwarf's mood.

==Storage==

Food is stored in food [[stockpile]]s and can be placed in barrels and, in the case of [[seed]]s, bags. Food should be stored indoors, as it will rot if left outside for too long, rendering it inedible and your dwarves hungry.

==Cooked food==

Raw food can be [[cook]]ed into meals at a [[kitchen]]. The wider the variety of ingredients that a meal contains, the greater the number of dwarves who will have a preference for that meal. Additionally, some foods must be cooked before they can be eaten.

==Obtaining food==

The possible sources of food are [[farming]], [[plant gathering|foraging]], [[fishing]], [[caravan|trading]], [[butcher's shop|butchering animals]], [[hunting]], and a few exotic [[cheese|processes]]. Farming is by far the most reliable, foraging is perhaps the easiest to manage, and fishing is good early in a fortresses' life. If you are constantly experiencing problems with starvation, you are well advised to look into alternate means of procuring food.

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40d:Water

2007-12-09T07:00:16Z

Nerd10101:

'''Water''' is a fluid found all over the world. It [[flow]]s from mountain springs, forming the world's [[ocean]]s, [[lake]]s, [[river]]s, and [[brook]]s. Water falls as [[rain]] and [[snow]], and freezes into [[ice]]. Water is home to [[aquatic creatures]]. Most creatures can [[Swimmer|swim]] in deep water, and like all fluids, air-breathing creatures can [[drown]] in it. Water comes in two varieties: '''freshwater''', which makes up almost all inland water, and '''saltwater''', which fills the seas; these are home to different aquatic creatures. If dwarves do not drink they will become dehydrated(thirsty) and if they do not quench that thirst then they will eventually die. Injured dwarves will only drink freshwater, though normally dwarves prefer their [[Alcohol|booze]].

In addition, water can be ''stagnant'' or ''[[Murky pool|murky]]''. This may cause dwarves to have unhappy [[thought]]s if they drink from it.

When water comes into contact with creatures and objects, they become "[[Contaminant|contaminated]]" with it. [[Soil]] and [[stone]] becomes [[damp]] or [[mud]]dy, which can be used for [[Agriculture|farming]].

Water is displayed with the symbols {{Tile|≈|#008|#999}} and {{Tile|~|#008|#999}}, sometimes with different blues, brown, and white to show ripples, [[pollutant]]s and [[flow]]. (The game can be [[Technical_tricks#The_look_of_the_game|configured]] to show the depth instead). Dark-colored water symbols indicate the water is one [[Z-level]] below the camera level. Water has 7 depth levels per tile, with 1 being perhaps ankle-deep, and 7 filling the tile completely. [[Dwarf|Dwarves]] and other [[humanoid]]s can walk through water up to depth 4. At 4 they can choose to walk or swim, any deeper and they must swim to pass through the tile.

Every material sinks in water.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

The [[Map tile|tiles]] above [[brook]]s are treated as [[floor]] tiles. They are passable to creatures, and objects do not fall into them.

== Water in Fortress Mode ==

In addition to drinking, pools and rivers can be used for [[fishing]]. To specify a pool of water as a water source, fishing zone, or [[pond]], you need to create [[activity zone]]s at the level above the water. The "level above the water" is the level at which the surface of the water is at foot-level instead of ceiling level. Water can be [[bridge]]d, and can also be used to make a [[moat]].

Water can be moved by [[digging]] channels or tunnels, using [[bucket]]s, or by constructing a [[screw pump]]. Dwarves will use buckets to fill a [[pond]]. [[Screw pump]]s (operated by dwarf or [[Power| machine power]]) can move water vertically and horizontally.

[[Cave lake|Lakes]] can be drained by digging into the side of them. Rivers can also be redirected in this manner. It is only possible to dig directly up into a water-filled tile using stairs.{{ver|0.27.169.33c}} Fish and other aquatic creatures will stay in the water as it moves, but may end up on the ground if the water becomes too shallow. Drained lakes that are [[outside]] are filled by melting ice and snow, but not by rain.

Tiles adjacent to a water-filled tile are labeled "damp" and flash the water symbol when accessing the {{k|d}}esignations menu. When a miner discovers a damp tile, he cancels the mining designation, the game pauses, and the camera centers on the tile. This happens for every damp tile discovered, and each must be designated again before a miner will dig it out.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}} Digging under a water-filled tile does not actually drain it, even though you receive multiple warnings about damp tiles. If a tile already appears to be damp when it is designated, no warning will be given.

Somebody who falls into water, for example, a [[kobold]] thief, will then have a "water covering" on nearly every part of their anatomy. This is listed under {{k|v}},{{k|i}}nventory and is shown in green.

[[Water wheel]]s can be used to generate mechanical power from flows.

The water in a tile can be destroyed by lowering a [[floodgate]] onto it or by [[evaporation]]. Thus water mass is not conserved and it is possible to run out of water on maps without an infinite source(such as an [[ocean]] or [[aquifer]]).

== Water in Adventurer Mode ==

Water preference, when possible or necessary, is set by pressing {{k|m}}. Moving onto a water tile can be done by carefully moving with {{k|Alt}}+direction key. This also works to move up out of water, as long as your character is not presently drowning (which is only possible if your character has [[Swimmer]] skill). If your character is drowning, then the only way to get out of water is to use a ramp or stairway. If neither are accessible, you're done for.

=== Swimming ===

If an untrained swimmer jumps into water, four things happen; they start drowning, they are stunned from the impact, they are forced into a prone position (panicking or thrashing?), and their movement is reduced to a third of their speed.

To train swimming skill, find a pool of shallow water (preferably depth 1) to practice in. The speed of training seems to vary depending on the strength of the current; higher levels of water usually mean more current, and more pushing of your character around. Brooks count as ground tiles, you can't swim in them.

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40d:Water

2007-12-09T06:55:15Z

Nerd10101:

'''Water''' is a fluid found all over the world. It [[flow]]s from mountain springs, forming the world's [[ocean]]s, [[lake]]s, [[river]]s, and [[brook]]s. Water falls as [[rain]] and [[snow]], and freezes into [[ice]]. Water is home to [[aquatic creatures]]. Most creatures can [[Swimmer|swim]] in deep water, and like all fluids, air-breathing creatures can [[drown]] in it. Water comes in two varieties: '''freshwater''', which makes up almost all inland water, and '''saltwater''', which fills the seas; these are home to different aquatic creatures. If dwarves do not drink they will show a blue downward pointing arrow and if they do not quench that thirst then they will eventually die. Injured dwarves will only drink freshwater, though normally dwarves prefer their [[Alcohol|booze]].

In addition, water can be ''stagnant'' or ''[[Murky pool|murky]]''. This may cause dwarves to have unhappy [[thought]]s if they drink from it.

When water comes into contact with creatures and objects, they become "[[Contaminant|contaminated]]" with it. [[Soil]] and [[stone]] becomes [[damp]] or [[mud]]dy, which can be used for [[Agriculture|farming]].

Water is displayed with the symbols {{Tile|≈|#008|#999}} and {{Tile|~|#008|#999}}, sometimes with different blues, brown, and white to show ripples, [[pollutant]]s and [[flow]]. (The game can be [[Technical_tricks#The_look_of_the_game|configured]] to show the depth instead). Dark-colored water symbols indicate the water is one [[Z-level]] below the camera level. Water has 7 depth levels per tile, with 1 being perhaps ankle-deep, and 7 filling the tile completely. [[Dwarf|Dwarves]] and other [[humanoid]]s can walk through water up to depth 4. At 4 they can choose to walk or swim, any deeper and they must swim to pass through the tile.

Every material sinks in water.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}}

The [[Map tile|tiles]] above [[brook]]s are treated as [[floor]] tiles. They are passable to creatures, and objects do not fall into them.

== Water in Fortress Mode ==

In addition to drinking, pools and rivers can be used for [[fishing]]. To specify a pool of water as a water source, fishing zone, or [[pond]], you need to create [[activity zone]]s at the level above the water. The "level above the water" is the level at which the surface of the water is at foot-level instead of ceiling level. Water can be [[bridge]]d, and can also be used to make a [[moat]].

Water can be moved by [[digging]] channels or tunnels, using [[bucket]]s, or by constructing a [[screw pump]]. Dwarves will use buckets to fill a [[pond]]. [[Screw pump]]s (operated by dwarf or [[Power| machine power]]) can move water vertically and horizontally.

[[Cave lake|Lakes]] can be drained by digging into the side of them. Rivers can also be redirected in this manner. It is only possible to dig directly up into a water-filled tile using stairs.{{ver|0.27.169.33c}} Fish and other aquatic creatures will stay in the water as it moves, but may end up on the ground if the water becomes too shallow. Drained lakes that are [[outside]] are filled by melting ice and snow, but not by rain.

Tiles adjacent to a water-filled tile are labeled "damp" and flash the water symbol when accessing the {{k|d}}esignations menu. When a miner discovers a damp tile, he cancels the mining designation, the game pauses, and the camera centers on the tile. This happens for every damp tile discovered, and each must be designated again before a miner will dig it out.{{ver|0.27.169.33a}} Digging under a water-filled tile does not actually drain it, even though you receive multiple warnings about damp tiles. If a tile already appears to be damp when it is designated, no warning will be given.

Somebody who falls into water, for example, a [[kobold]] thief, will then have a "water covering" on nearly every part of their anatomy. This is listed under {{k|v}},{{k|i}}nventory and is shown in green.

[[Water wheel]]s can be used to generate mechanical power from flows.

The water in a tile can be destroyed by lowering a [[floodgate]] onto it or by [[evaporation]]. Thus water mass is not conserved and it is possible to run out of water on maps without an infinite source(such as an [[ocean]] or [[aquifer]]).

== Water in Adventurer Mode ==

Water preference, when possible or necessary, is set by pressing {{k|m}}. Moving onto a water tile can be done by carefully moving with {{k|Alt}}+direction key. This also works to move up out of water, as long as your character is not presently drowning (which is only possible if your character has [[Swimmer]] skill). If your character is drowning, then the only way to get out of water is to use a ramp or stairway. If neither are accessible, you're done for.

=== Swimming ===

If an untrained swimmer jumps into water, four things happen; they start drowning, they are stunned from the impact, they are forced into a prone position (panicking or thrashing?), and their movement is reduced to a third of their speed.

To train swimming skill, find a pool of shallow water (preferably depth 1) to practice in. The speed of training seems to vary depending on the strength of the current; higher levels of water usually mean more current, and more pushing of your character around. Brooks count as ground tiles, you can't swim in them.

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40d:Demon

2007-12-09T02:19:01Z

Nerd10101:

A Demon is an evil fast moving creature that will either severally wound your Dwarfs, and/or any other animals you have, or kill them.

They are showed as red and green '&' in this picture(as shown in the picture below)
 
[[Image:Mountain_air_pocket.JPG]]

Some Demons weapons are projectile fire balls that will leave a stream of smoke but others just go with hand to hand combat.

Demons are immune to [[Trap#Stone-fall_Trap|stone-fall traps]]
[[Category:Creatures]]

40d:Demon

2007-12-07T15:57:39Z

Nerd10101:

A Demon is an evil fast moving creature that will either severally wound your Dwarfs, and/or any other animals you have, or kill them.

They are showed as red and green '&'(as shown in the picture below)
 
[[Image:Mountain_air_pocket.JPG]]

Some Demons weapons are projectile fire balls that will leave a stream of smoke but others just go with hand to hand combat.

Demons are immune to [[Trap#Stone-fall_Trap|stone-fall traps]]
[[Category:Creatures]]

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2007-12-07T15:55:11Z

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2007-12-07T15:46:48Z

Nerd10101: Talk:Demons moved to Talk:Demon: Because it shouldn't be plural

== Additions ==

If anyone has tried other defenses against Demons and they either failed or they worked then please add it to the article.

40d:Demon

2007-12-07T15:46:47Z

Nerd10101: Demons moved to Demon: Because it shouldn't be plural

A Demon is an evil fast moving creature that will either severally wound your Dwarfs, and/or any other animals you have, or kill them.

Some Demons weapons are projectile fire balls that will leave a stream of smoke but others just go with hand to hand combat.

Demons are immune to [[Trap#Stone-fall_Trap|stone-fall traps]]
[[Category:Creatures]]

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2007-12-07T15:46:31Z

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2007-12-07T15:45:51Z

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40d Talk:Demon

2007-12-07T15:44:53Z

Nerd10101: Additions

== Additions ==

If anyone has tried other defenses against Demons and they either failed or they worked then please add it to the article.

40d:Demon

2007-12-07T15:43:12Z

Nerd10101: New page: ==Demon== A Demon is an evil fast moving creature that will either severally wound your Dwarfs, and/or any other animals you have, or kill them. Some Demons weapons are projectile fire b...

==Demon==

A Demon is an evil fast moving creature that will either severally wound your Dwarfs, and/or any other animals you have, or kill them.

Some Demons weapons are projectile fire balls that will leave a stream of smoke but others just go with hand to hand combat.

Demons are immune to [[Trap#Stone-fall_Trap|stone-fall traps]]
[[Category:Creatures]]

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2007-12-06T19:54:06Z

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2007-12-06T19:53:25Z

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40d:Siege engine

2007-12-02T20:35:25Z

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'''Siege engines''' include the '''catapult''' and the '''ballista'''. Both are formidable weapons of tremendous range (more than a screen-width) and capable of dealing out horrendous damage. A ballista arrow means immediate death to each and every common creature in its path and will severely injure even a dragon.

==Building Siege Engines==
In order to build a siege engine, you first need to produce three catapult or ballista parts in the [[Siege Workshop]]; you may then build the respective siege engine like any other building. Both tasks require the "Siege Engineering" labor and use the "Engineer" skill. It is not known whether the skill of the dwarf assembling the siege engine has any effect, but the quality of the parts certainly has: siege engines put together from masterpiece parts have a much higher rate of fire and accuracy.

The assembled siege engine is, effectively, a 3x3 building. It cannot be moved about other than by taking it down and re-assembling it at the new site. Siege engines do not impede movement, though, so you don't have to worry about building them in a corridor.

==Using Siege Engines (simple)==
{{key|o}} will let you change the orientation, whether the siege engine is pointing up / down / left / right. This takes effect immediately, it does not require a dwarf to come and turn the engine.

{{key|f}} toggles the current status between:
*Not In Use: Dwarves with the Siege Operator job will reload unloaded engines and leave them unattended.
*Prepare to Fire: Siege Operators will load the engine and remain stationed for further commands.
*Fire at Will: Siege Operators will fire and load normally.

The dwarves will (re-)load any siege engines that are not currently loaded; there's no way to prevent this short of disabling the labor on all dwarves. Ballistae require ''ballista arrows'' (made from wooden logs at the siege workshop, optionally tipped with metal ''ballista arrow heads'' made at a forge). Catapults use simple [[stone]] as ammunition.

Ammo is usually destroyed upon being fired, unless it falls a z-level (this may be a bug).

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The channel at the end of this firing range preserves the stone. For catapults there is usually so much spare stone that this is not necessary, but it could be used for fast stone transport, or simply to set up a self-contained training area. A similar effect can sometimes be observed when firing a catapult over bumpy ground outside.

==Using Siege Engines (advanced)==

===Safety Warning===

'''Ballistas will kill anything in their path!''' Ballista arrows appear to hit any units in any square that the head passes through. They are incredibly devastatingly dangerous weapons, and should never be used with friendlies anywhere in their cone of fire, including the space the ballista arrowhead occupies when loaded on the engine. Always designate a restricted traffic aone for a dozen or so tiles along the firing arc and keep dwarves out of the area.

Surprisingly, catapults are relatively safe. Catapult operators will target enemies (and wild animals) if there are any in their field of fire. If not, they will loose the shot in a high arc that misses everything. It is perfectly safe to operate a catapult in the cave: just point it at a nearby wall of solid rock. A nice side effect is that this will in due time clear the whole area of stone.

Using catapults to shoot into the open may provide some meat: as said above, the operators will target animals if there are any. However, elephants don't take nicely if you slay some of them. You also have a slight risk of killing your own dwarves or caravan escorts if they happen to be hunting the selfsame animal (and hence is close to it).

===Placement===
Siege engines can almost only shoot at targets right in front of them on the same Z-level. The target may deviate only slightly, as the field of fire is about 20-30 degrees wide. Because of the huge blind spots, it is advisable to prepare the position so that the enemy will be channeled through the field of fire.

Siege operators are civilians! They will drop their work and run if the enemy comes too close.  You should therefore place the engines behind a moat that will keep the enemy at a safe distance, or shield access to their location in some other fashion.

Siege engines can shoot through [[fortifications]]. As fortifications appear to provide some protection against incoming bolts and arrows, it's usually a good idea to protect the siege engine in that way. The siege engine only needs a one tile wide fortification to shoot out.

===Skill and Quality===

The quality of the siege engine parts affects the engine's accuracy and reload time. It is not known whether the siege engine itself also can be of a certain quality. The quality and material of the ammunition (in case of ballista arrows) affects the damage and possibly accuracy as well.

The only way of obtaining high-quality siege engine parts is to have them made by a trained engineer; the only way to train an engineer is to make parts or ammunition. Assembling and disassembling siege engines does not train the engineer skill. Dwarves will occasionally produce masterpieces long before reaching [[Legendary]] skill level, but be prepared to waste hundreds of logs until you have three masterpiece parts. Bringing an engineer to [[Experience|Proficient]] level (the highest you could buy when starting a new fortress) will take about 120 logs. Becoming Legendary requires the wood of 600 trees.

The operator skill may affect accuracy; it certainly affects reload time. It will take a whole month for an unskilled dwarf to load a catapult; a Legendary operator with nearby ammo will get several shots at a running enemy.

Operators are best trained on catapults, as these require nothing but cheap stone for ammo. It is recommended to have a number of dedicated operators that will follow no other line of work, and enough catapults for all of them to play with. As they're often going for a drink or sleep, you may get along with three catapults for four operators, and even two pieces would go a long way. Since the dwarf must hold the heavy stone in his inventory during the entire loading procedure, dwarves that have increased their strength statistic load catapults much more rapidly than others, making them good candidates for operator duty. You should start training early: it can take one year for an operator to become Proficient, and two more years until he finally reaches Legendary level; by then he will have spent 300 rounds.

Loading ballista arrows seems to be much faster than loading catapults, probably due to the much lighter weight of the projectile.

An alternative approach is cross-training any highly-skilled dwarves who aren't doing anything useful at the moment. With a couple levels each in strength and agility, a decent-quality catapult, and an ample supply of ammunition nearby, a dwarf can become a Legendary siege operator within a few seasons at most, giving more flexibility in defense and several more levels for the fortunate dwarf. Rotating Legendary miners out to siege-operation and then to stone-hauling duties sets up an efficient cycle.

===In Battle===

Ballistas hit any unit that the ballista arrowhead passes through. This makes them an order of magnitude more effective in combat than catapults, which fire in an arc that hits only a few tiles per shot and is nearly useless against anything smaller than a troop of goblins.

A siege engine you want to use for actual defense should be not set to fire at will, as this likely means that it's not loaded and ready at the time you actually need it. You should train your operators on other pieces.

When the time comes, switch off all training engines and set all of the ones you'll be using to prepare to fire so the operators will be on-station; if some of them are currently not loaded, designate them to be disassembled so to prevent your operators from loading the training weapons instead of firing the real ones.

Remember, operators are civilians. They do not care that the fortress is at stake: hunger, thirst and sleep always go first. That's why you trained more operators than you actually need; that's also why you disabled all other work that might distract them. The most effective way to ensure that your operators won't run off is to lock them in with the siege engine when the time comes.

[[Category:Buildings]]
[[Category:Fortress_Defense]]

===The Hopoate Doctrine===

Forums user John Hopoate has written this guide to the effective construction and operation of siege engines:

Please bear in mind that this is VERY long term stuff (10 years). Only by having highly trained siege operators and high quality siege weapons can you shoot accurately.

* Download LabourDF from here:

http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/Utilities#LabourDF

* Start off with two miners and a woodcutter trained to proficient siege engineer status (the latter costs many starting points so choose your other starting gear and stats wisely)

* After your fortress has about 50 dwarfs, build a siege workshop, place it at the front of your fort near the battlements and designate a custom stockpile within the battlements that can take only ballista arrows. Designate another custom stockpile that can take only regular stone.

* Give your woodcutter dwarfs a custom name (like WOOD) and set their job orders to exclude siege engineering. Change the job orders of your siege engineer dwarf to nothing but siege engineering.

* You'll need wood, lots of wood.

* Get the siege engineer dwarf to build 18 catapult parts, place them inside behind fortifications (which catapults CAN shoot through), designate a custom stockpile of regular stone within the battlements.

* Train six dwarves to legendary status with mining or another fast-training skill, their high attributes are absolutely necessary for siege operating. All operators should have no job orders other than their stat-training and siege operating. When there is no mining to be done, set six catapults to "fire at will"

* After the catapult parts are done, get the siege engineer dwarf to build about 100 wooden ballista arrows, don't bother with metal arrowheads as they'll use 3 pieces of bronze each and that certainly adds up.

* Now that his skill is at a high level, your siege engineer dwarf should be able to build superior quality (*) siege engine parts with about a 75% success rate. Build about 40 catapult parts and 40 ballista parts.

* Build ten catapults and ten ballistas with a MINIMUM of superior quality (*) components in an alternating sequence along your well stocked battlements. Chasm any inferior components.

* By this point your miners/operators should be at a high level of skill, possibly legendary. This gives your superior quality weapons a devastatingly high rate of fire and awesome accuracy.

40d:Bridge

2007-12-02T07:12:16Z

Nerd10101:

A '''bridge''' is a construction that spans multiple tiles allowing dwarves to go across water, magma, and other obstructions. It can be connected to a [[lever]] to become a drawbridge, which will raise in a direction specified at construction. The direction that a bridge raises can be slightly confusing: If a bridge raises(retracts) to the left, then it forms a wall on the left side when raised(retracted), and when lowered it will squash anything to the right. Anything under a drawbridge when it is lowered will be killed/destroyed. Bridges can also be made to retract, and anything on the bridge when it is retracted will fall. 
Bridges are built from the {{k|b}}uild menu, under brid{{k|g}}e.

[[Category:Buildings]]
[[Category:Constructions]]

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2007-11-27T19:39:08Z

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2007-11-27T19:38:29Z

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40d Talk:Menacing spike

2007-11-25T22:59:09Z

Nerd10101:

Ohhhhh boy, wiki war. -_- --[[User:Alfador|Alfador]] 00:44, 5 November 2007 (EST)

:I dropped a line on [[User talk:Nerd10101‎|Nerd10101's talk page]] (cause reverting's not nice!) --[[User:Turgid Bolk|Turgid Bolk]] 00:49, 5 November 2007 (EST)

I tested spikes out a little bit today, here is what I found. First was with a leopard, dropping it down 1 z-level with 0, 1, and 5 moderate quality wooden spikes all caused no damage - just stuns. activating the spikes via lever with the leopard on the square killed it (and made the corpse invisible till the spikes retracted). Dropping an elephant had the same effect (i.e nothing but stuns) and when the spikes were activated 5 wooden spikes were enough to mangle (red wound) both lungs, and give it a light liver wound. Setting the pull lever task to repeat made the spikes go up and down real fast, which was both hilarious and very deadly to the elephant. Dropping an elephant from 2 z-levels did moderate damage, and spikes vs no spikes seemed to do roughly the same amount of damage. Finally, activating spikes does friendly fire both to elven merchants and to your own dwarves - in both cases 1 activation of 5 moderate quality wooden spikes was enough to kill them. I'll have to test dropping on higher quality spikes, I don't think falling on them actually does any damage but it's possible wooden spikes just don't do enough to show a difference. For now, I'd say they are meant for pressure plate and lever activated traps only. --[[User:BurnedToast|BurnedToast]] 00:10, 14 November 2007 (EST)

*Not really a quality difference (if I recall correctly), but the depth of the pit most likely has an effect on the damage done. I have a retracting bridge/spike pit trap (6 z-level fall) in my entrance which one of my dwarves was fortunate enough to trigger, and he got five severely damaged limbs to show for it. (Of course, it's very possible that this was just a result of such a high fall; I'd have to do more testing to confirm it.) --[[User:Sk128234|Sk128234]] 08:52, 17 November 2007 (EST)

Can those spikes damage a trap immune creature when activated by a lever? What about a flying creature in an underground tunnel? --[[User:Another|Another]] 06:20, 17 November 2007 (EST)
*Most likely not but I have not tried it --[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 17:59, 25 November 2007 (EST)

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2007-11-25T22:52:39Z

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2007-11-25T22:51:14Z

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2007-11-25T22:50:37Z

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2007-11-25T00:15:23Z

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2007-11-25T00:04:39Z

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2007-11-24T23:38:13Z

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2007-11-23T06:55:33Z

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#REDIRECT [[Nerd10101]]

User:Nerd10101

2007-11-23T06:53:56Z

Nerd10101:

Hi, I am Nerd10101 but you can call me Nerd if my name is too much for you. Of course I am a nerd and I like playing real time strategy games. Dwarf Fortress is a great game to play since it involves real time strategy and creating civilizations.
 

==Project(s)==
 
===Two Towers===
I am working on my "Two Towers" project which involves [[digging]] through many levels of [[stone|rock]] and creating two towers in the process.
 
I will keep tabs, using pictures and videos, on my work as I build it so you can look at the latest images of the project.

40d Talk:Channel

2007-11-23T06:04:31Z

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==Empty channels as moats==
Can land-bound enemies cross empty channels? Or would an empty channel dug around your entire fort suffice to prevent intruders? [[User:Julius|Julius]] 19:53, 13 November 2007 (EST)
:Probably not... I'm assuming they'd just fall down a z-level, just like your dwarves do.--[[User:Tarsier|Tarsier]] 20:07, 13 November 2007 (EST)
:A channel with a constructed wall on the inner side is an ultimate defence against every non-flying creature. Without the wall enemy archers/crossbowmen can deal some damage.--[[User:Another|Another]] 07:10, 22 November 2007 (EST)

==Falling==
Can digging a channel, that has a solid floor below it, under a dwarf, that would result in the dwarf falling in, cause death or make the dwarf unable to operate?
:Don't see why not, the dwarf is falling so could get hurt (although death would be unlikely) and it's also possible any stone generated from the fall could land after, but I have no idea how that is worked out so that might not be true. --[[User:Shades|Shades]] 07:27, 22 November 2007 (EST)
::Happened to me more than once. --[[User:Jackard|Jackard]] 07:55, 22 November 2007 (EST)
:::What has happened more than once? Falling? Ya, I just asked because it is good to know and I have a big project involving digging through many levels of rock and channels are the most efficient way to do it. --[[User:Nerd10101|Nerd10101]] 01:04, 23 November 2007 (EST)

40d:Metalsmith's forge

2007-11-22T07:01:11Z

Nerd10101:

{{Workshop|name=Metalsmith's forge|key=f|job= [[Weaponsmith]], [[Armorsmith]], [[Metalsmith]], [[Crossbow-making]]
|construction=
* [[Stone]] or [[block|Stone blocks]]{{verify}}
|construction_job=
* [[Weaponsmith|Weaponsmithing]]
* [[Armorsmith|Armoring]]
* [[Metalsmith|Blacksmithing]]
* [[Metal crafter|Metalcrafting]]
* [[Crossbow-making]]
|use=
* [[metal|Metal bars]]
|production=
*[[Chain]]
*[[Crafts]] - X3 from one metal bar.
*[[Goblet]]
*[[Toy]]
*[[Instrument]]
*[[Flask]]
*[[Coins]]
*[[Stud]]
}}

The '''metalsmith's forge''' is a [[workshop]] used by dwarves to turn [[metal|metal bars]] into useful objects such as [[weapon]]s, [[armor]], [[furniture]], [[coins]], [[ammunition]] for [[siege]] equipment, [[traps|trap components]], and other [[finished goods]]. To build a forge, you must have an [[anvil]] which you start with by default, using 1000 [[starting points]]. If you don't bring an anvil, you may be able to trade with dwarven and human [[caravan]]s, who often carry iron anvils at a cost of 1000☼, and steel anvils at a cost of 3000☼. You may request one from the [[dwarven liaison]] or human [[guild representative]] if you are willing to pay an increased price to guarantee that at least one anvil arrives. Note that it is presently useless to request the more-expensive steel anvil as there is no difference in productivity.{{version|0.27.169.33a}}

==Workshop Skills==
The metalsmith's forge supports multiple skills, so dwarves will need the correct skill for the item you want them to create. The skills available are:
*[[Weaponsmith|Weaponsmithing]] -- weapons
*[[Armorsmith|Armoring]] -- armor
*[[Metalsmith|Blacksmithing]] -- [[Iron]] working
*[[Metal crafter|Metalcrafting]] -- [[Craft|Crafts]] and [[Coins]]
*[[Crossbow-making]] -- crossbows{{Verify}}

==Finished goods==
*[[Chain]]
*[[Crafts]] - Three crafts will be made from each metal bar used.
*[[Goblet]]
*[[Toy]]
*[[Instrument]]
*[[Flask]]
*[[Coins]]
*[[Stud]]

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