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==Bolt splitting operation== | ==Bolt splitting operation== | ||
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One curious property of Dwarven physics is that a bar of metal makes 25 bolts, but if each of those 25 bolts is melted separately, they will become 2.5 bars, generating metal from nothing. Prior to the update that allowed splitting stacks at the [[trade depot]], the difficult part was separating the stacks of bolts into individual bolts without destroying them. EliDupree originally discovered this trick: | One curious property of Dwarven physics is that a bar of metal makes 25 bolts, but if each of those 25 bolts is melted separately, they will become 2.5 bars, generating metal from nothing. Prior to the update that allowed splitting stacks at the [[trade depot]], the difficult part was separating the stacks of bolts into individual bolts without destroying them. EliDupree originally discovered this trick: | ||
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'''Difficulty:''' Medium to high, depending on what you want to build. You'll want to build for very high water flow if you have more than a few fluid gates. | '''Difficulty:''' Medium to high, depending on what you want to build. You'll want to build for very high water flow if you have more than a few fluid gates. | ||
− | '''Usefulness:''' Your mechanics will level up very fast. Manual pumps give something for your haulers to do. Try and make a clock to trigger different mechanisms in different seasons. See if enemies actually blunder into your intricate traps. Watch all hell break loose as water freezes and building destroyers | + | '''Usefulness:''' Your mechanics and architects will level up very fast. Manual pumps give something for your haulers to do. Try and make a clock to trigger different mechanisms in different seasons. See if enemies actually blunder into your intricate traps. Watch all hell break loose as water freezes and building destroyers enter your computer. |
*Bonus: Use lava. | *Bonus: Use lava. | ||
**Doombonus: Use lava ''and'' build it so that building destroyers that enter the complex get killed by the mechanisms they destroy. | **Doombonus: Use lava ''and'' build it so that building destroyers that enter the complex get killed by the mechanisms they destroy. | ||
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'''Difficulty:''' Easy | '''Difficulty:''' Easy | ||
− | '''Usefulness:''' Low. Contrary to the description, marksdwarves are more accurate, versatile, and just better. However, if you manage to hit something with this, there's a large chance of it getting stunned and crashing to the ground. | + | '''Usefulness:''' Low. Contrary to the description, marksdwarves are more accurate, versatile, and just better. However, if you manage to hit something with this, there's a large chance of it getting stunned and crashing to the ground. |
*Bonus: Use minecarts and pressure plates to make it fully automatic. | *Bonus: Use minecarts and pressure plates to make it fully automatic. | ||
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***HyperMegaBonus: Close off all stairs and add a minecart loading and unloading station at every inhabited z level. All vertical transport of goods should be done via minecarts only. Also, dwarves are not allowed in minecarts. | ***HyperMegaBonus: Close off all stairs and add a minecart loading and unloading station at every inhabited z level. All vertical transport of goods should be done via minecarts only. Also, dwarves are not allowed in minecarts. | ||
****UltraSuperBonus: Build a minecart loading and unloading station at every Z level, even the uninhabited ones you never use. | ****UltraSuperBonus: Build a minecart loading and unloading station at every Z level, even the uninhabited ones you never use. | ||
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==Pressure washer== | ==Pressure washer== | ||
− | A huge tower with floodgates at the bottom on one side. When opened, the pressurized water fires out and | + | A huge tower with floodgates at the bottom on one side. When opened, the pressurized water fires out and pushes anything in the way of the flow away. Depending on size, can be surprisingly powerful. You can see an example tower [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-7485-griffonwind here.] |
'''Difficulty:''' Medium, construction technique takes some consideration. | '''Difficulty:''' Medium, construction technique takes some consideration. | ||
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'''Usefulness:''' Medium-High. Tested in version 0.28.181.40d with 50 recruits standing in front of it when the floodgates opened, killed 46 of them, including ones not pushed into the pit. | '''Usefulness:''' Medium-High. Tested in version 0.28.181.40d with 50 recruits standing in front of it when the floodgates opened, killed 46 of them, including ones not pushed into the pit. | ||
− | * Bonus: Fill it with Magma instead (though | + | * Bonus: Fill it with Magma instead (though Magma doesn't pressurize). |
==Quantum Blizzard Cannon== | ==Quantum Blizzard Cannon== | ||
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'''Usefulness:''' Varies depending on how you carry it out, a.k.a. the efficiency of the new organization. | '''Usefulness:''' Varies depending on how you carry it out, a.k.a. the efficiency of the new organization. | ||
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==Rehabilitation centre== | ==Rehabilitation centre== | ||
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'''Difficulty:''' You will get a were sooner or later. Getting him pitted in the right spot without havoc is the hard part. | '''Difficulty:''' You will get a were sooner or later. Getting him pitted in the right spot without havoc is the hard part. | ||
− | '''Usefulness:''' Low | + | '''Usefulness:''' Low. |
*Bonus: Make the werewolf do most of the work himself. | *Bonus: Make the werewolf do most of the work himself. |