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− | + | A '''grate''' is a {{L|furniture}}-type item. It is used as a construction material for wall grates and floor grates. Grates can be constructed from {{L|stone}} or {{L|ore}} (with the {{L|masonry}} {{L|labor}} at a {{L|mason's workshop}}), wood (with the {{L|carpentry}} labor in a {{L|carpenter's workshop}}), {{L|Metal|metal bar}}s (with the {{L|blacksmithing}} labor at a {{L|forge}}), or {{L|glass}} (with the {{L|glassmaking}} labor at a {{L|glass furnace}}). | |
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== Wall Grate == | == Wall Grate == | ||
− | A wall grate is basically a | + | A wall grate is basically a {{L|fortification}}, but with 2 differences: |
− | * It is a | + | * It is a {{L|building}} instead of a {{L|construction}}. It doesn't overwrite the tile below it, and it can be smashed by building destroyers. |
− | * It can be linked to a | + | * It can be linked to a {{L|lever}} or {{L|pressure plate}}. Once linked, it works like a linked {{L|door}} which doesn't stop fluids, {{L|arrow}}s or {{L|Miasma}} when closed. |
Wall grates set the boundary for the room being resized, but they do not provide support for the doors construction. | Wall grates set the boundary for the room being resized, but they do not provide support for the doors construction. | ||
Unlike a constructed wall, the grate has some quality level and can be decorated. | Unlike a constructed wall, the grate has some quality level and can be decorated. | ||
== Floor Grate == | == Floor Grate == | ||
− | A floor grate blocks | + | A floor grate blocks {{L|creatures|creature}} and item movement like a {{L|floor hatch}}, but it lets {{L|water}}, {{L|magma}}, <s>and ranged attacks</s> through like an open tile. <s>It doesn't block line of sight</s>. It can be linked. Triggered, it opens like a hatch, but with a 100-tick delay. |
− | Floor grates must be attached | + | Floor grates must be attached {{L|orthogonal|orthogonally}} (i.e. not diagonally) to firm ground or some solid construction (a {{L|wall}}, {{L|floor}}, etc) if they are to be supported over empty space, not (just) other grates. Floor grates can also be placed directly on top of a non-constructed floor or {{L|stair|staircase}}, rather than empty space, in which case it doesn't need any support next to it. |
− | A floor grate does NOT count as solid construction. It will not support any buildings or constructions. However, you can designate a construction to be built orthogonally to it with no other supports. This will cause the construction to | + | A floor grate does NOT count as solid construction. It will not support any buildings or constructions. However, you can designate a construction to be built orthogonally to it with no other supports. This will cause the construction to {{L|cave-in}} immediately after being completed. This can be useful for controlled cave-ins. |
− | + | You can not have a {{L|stockpile}} on floor grates. | |
− | + | Tiles below a floor grate do count as inside. <s>They will not stop light</s>. Once a tile has been exposed to light, it will always display as light. | |
− | If a floor grate is place right on top of a | + | If a floor grate is place right on top of a {{L|soil}} floor or {{L|mud|muddy}} floor it will prevent {{L|grass}}, {{L|shrub}}s and {{L|tree|saplings}} from growing. |
− | Floor grates do not block | + | Floor grates do not block {{L|fishing}} or taking water directly from a {{L|activity zone#Water_Source|water source}}, nor do they block collecting {{L|sand}} or {{L|clay}}, though they do prevent {{L|well}}s from working if between the well and the water. |
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+ | <s>Floor grates seem to dismantle when a heavy object, like a boulder, plumets on to it, say, from a waterfall, but stuff like fish falling from a waterfall just collect on it. It seems there is a point in which the grate dismantles, more testing is needed</s>. | ||
== Bars vs. Grates == | == Bars vs. Grates == | ||
− | Vertical | + | Vertical and horizontal {{L|bars}} seem to be functionally identical. The difference between grates and bars is that bars can only be made of metal (and other materials that come in {{L|bar}}s) but they can be constructed by any dwarf from {{L|bar|raw metal bars}} and do not require an intermediate production step. |
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== Notes == | == Notes == |