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-'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in Dwarf Fortress, but although they can be infinitely complex, no one part is very complicated.  There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K|b}}uild menu.  These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.
+'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in ''Dwarf Fortress'', but although they can be infinitely complex, no one part is very complicated.  There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K|b}}uild menu.  These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.
 In the order listed in the machine components sub-menu, these are:
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 =====Connection and activation=====
-If all you're doing is connecting a lever to an object, then a dwarf pulls the lever to activate that object. If a pressure plate, then it gets stepped on or the fluid reaches the designated depth - it's that simple.
+If all you're doing is connecting a lever to an object, then a dwarf pulls the lever to activate that object.
-Attached to a [[support]], the support crumbles (and brings down whatever it was supporting, ~IF~ that was in fact the last thing connected to it!)  Attach to a [[cage]], the cage releases the occupants.  These are both 1-use.
+If a pressure plate, then it gets stepped on or the fluid reaches the designated depth - it's that simple.  Attached to a [[support]], the support crumbles (and brings down whatever it was supporting, ~IF~ that was in fact the last thing connected to it!)  Attached to a [[cage]], the cage releases the occupants (these are both 1-use).  Connected to a barrier - a door, a hatch, a floodgate, or a bridge - it becomes the sole activation for those.  Dwarves cannot open/close doors/hatches that are linked (and cannot open/close floodgates or bridges without one).
 :Main Articles: '''[[door]]''', '''[[hatch]], [[floodgate]]'''

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 Another important component to most machines are [[lever|levers]], but they are not, technically, "machine components", nor are they needed for many "always on" machine designs.  (But a way to turn a machine off quickly, "just in case", is often a good plan.)
-In order for the machines to operate, you must have a [[power]] source (either wind or [[water]]) of some kind.  Power can be transfered to machine parts which require it by a system of [[axle|axles]] and [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]].
+In order for the machines to operate, you must have a [[power]] source (either wind or [[water]]) of some kind.  Power can be transferred to machine parts which require it by a system of [[axle|axles]] and [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]].
 Currently, machines are very limited in function; their most notable usage is for pumping [[water]] or [[magma]].  However, [[Main:Toady One|Toady One]] has hinted about using some machines for automatic [[hauling|Hauling]] in the (not-so-near) future. [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/dev_core_41-60.html Core56]
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 =====Levers=====
-A mechanism is placed as a lever using {{k|b}}uild {{k|T}}raps/Levers {{k|l}}ever, and then once that's been completed, you go into that "building's" menu ( {{k|q}} ) and link it to something else - this takes 2 more mechanisms, one at the object end (1st chosen), one at the lever end (2nd chosen), for a total of 3 mechanisms used: one lever plus a link at each end. Link the same lever to something else and you need 2 more mechanisms, etc etc.  No limit. One pull, they're all activated.
+A mechanism is placed as a lever using {{k|b}}uild {{k|T}}raps/Levers {{k|l}}ever, and then once that's been completed, you go into that "building's" menu ( {{k|q}} ) and link it to something else - this takes 2 more mechanisms, one at the object end (1st chosen), one at the lever end (2nd chosen), for a total of 3 mechanisms used: one lever plus a link at each end. Link the same lever to something else and you need 2 more mechanisms, etc. etc.  No limit. One pull, they're all activated.
 :Main Article: '''[[Lever]]'''

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 ===Machine power===
-You can run a '''{{L|pump}}''' manually (or use {{L|quern|querns}} instead of {{L|millstone|millstones}} for {{L|milling}}), but there are 2 kinds of {{L|power}} systems that are used to run pumps and millstones: '''{{L|windmill|windmills}}''' and '''{{L|waterwheel|waterwheels}}'''.  Both are buildings - you build them just like a workshop.  There are some limits and considerations - build them wrong (without support) and they'll collapse.
+You can run a '''{{L|pump}}''' manually (or use {{L|quern}}s instead of {{L|millstone}}s for {{L|milling}}), but there are 2 kinds of {{L|power}} systems that are used to run pumps and millstones: '''{{L|windmill}}s''' and '''{{L|water wheel}}s'''.  Both are buildings - you build them just like a workshop.  There are some limits and considerations - build them wrong (without support) and they'll collapse.
 ====windmills====
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 :Main Article: '''{{L|Windmill}}'''
-====waterwheels====
+====water wheels====
-A waterwheel provides 100 power (but ww's consume 10, including the first one powered up, so call it 90/) if it has "flow" under it, but you can create artificial flow.  Line up several, and you have all the power you want.  Power comes out the side.
+A water wheel provides 90 net power (it produces 100, but it also consumes 10) if it has "flow" under it, but you can create artificial flow.  Line up several, and you have all the power you want.  Power comes out the side.
-(Note - too many waterwheels can kill your framerate.  Be careful about getting carried away.)
+(Note - too many water wheels can kill your framerate.  Be careful about getting carried away.)
 :Main Articles: '''{{L|Water wheel}}''', '''{{L|Power}}'''
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 =====Power consumption=====
-Pumps and mills consume 10 power each (as do waterwheels, powered or not).  Gear assemblies use 5 power/, and axles 1/tile.  So you can have a windmill that pumps 40 power, and 4 axles over, a gear, 3 axles up, another gear, and a pump and mill adjacent to that gear - that's 4+5+3+5+(10+10) = 38 - no problem.  If you wanted more power, you'd need another windmill or a waterwheel, and connect it in to the grid.
+Pumps and mills consume 10 power each (as do water wheels, powered or not).  Gear assemblies use 5 power/, and axles 1/tile.  So you can have a windmill that pumps 40 power, and 4 axles over, a gear, 3 axles up, another gear, and a pump and mill adjacent to that gear - that's 4+5+3+5+(10+10) = 38 - no problem.  If you wanted more power, you'd need another windmill or a water wheel, and connect it in to the grid.
 Wheels, windmills, pumps, mills, axles and gears will all show the power they have and the power they need when viewed with {{k|q}}.  If no power, you've done something wrong.

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 ''This is an overview of how the different machine parts work and work together, with some basics about each of them.  They all have more details - once you understand the basics, refer to the '''main articles''' for more complete discussions - these links will be listed in '''bold'''.''
-'''Machinery''' in Dwarf Fortress consists of more than just {{L|machine component|machine components}}.  It's the systems of triggers (either {{L|lever|levers}} or {{L|pressure plate|pressure plates}}) that control the {{L|windmill|windmills}} and {{L|waterwheel|waterwheels}} that provide power to the {{L|gear assembly|gear assemblies}} and {{L|axle|axles}} that transfer that power, and the {{L|pump|pumps}} and {{L|millstone|millstones}} that use that power; and let's toss in {{L|bridge|bridges}}, because they move and will come into the discussion sooner or later.  No one part is very complicated, but combined they can be as complex as your warped little imagination can conceive. You can't do everything with DF machinery, but with creativity you can come close.
+'''Machinery''' in Dwarf Fortress consists of more than just {{L|machine component}}s.  It's the systems of triggers (either {{L|lever}}s or {{L|pressure plate}}s) that control the {{L|windmill}}s and {{L|water wheel}}s that provide power to the {{L|gear assembly|gear assemblies}} and {{L|axle}}s that transfer that power, and the {{L|screw pump}}s and {{L|millstone}}s that use that power; and let's toss in {{L|bridge|bridges}}, because they move and will come into the discussion sooner or later.  No one part is very complicated, but combined they can be as complex as your warped little imagination can conceive. You can't do everything with DF machinery, but with creativity you can come close.
 ===Your friend, the mechanism===
-The basic part is the {{L|mechanism}}, the same thing that lets you build stonefall {{L|trap|traps}} - that can also become a {{L|lever}}, a {{L|pressure plate}}, or a {{L|gear assembly}} - as well as all the other various  simple one-tile traps.  Mechanisms are created using the {{L|mechanic}} labor in a {{L|mechanic's workshop}}, and can only be made of {{L|stone}}.  In version d40, mechanism "quality" makes no observed difference when creating DF machinery, so any mechanism will work as well as others*.
+The basic part is the {{L|mechanism}}, the same thing that lets you build stonefall {{L|trap}}s - that can also become a {{L|lever}}, a {{L|pressure plate}}, or a {{L|gear assembly}} - as well as all the other various  simple one-tile traps.  Mechanisms are created using the {{L|mechanic}} labor in a {{L|mechanic's workshop}}, and can only be made of {{L|stone}}.  In version 0.28.181.40d, mechanism "quality" made no observed difference when creating machinery, so any mechanism would work as well as others (barring {{L|magma-safe}}ty); whether or not this is still the case has not yet been confirmed{{verify}}.
 :Main Articles: '''{{L|mechanism}}''', {{L|trap}}

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	'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in Dwarf Fortress, but although they can be infinitely complex, no one part is very complicated. There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K\|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K\|b}}uild menu. These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.		'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in Dwarf Fortress, but although they can be infinitely complex, no one part is very complicated. There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K\|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K\|b}}uild menu. These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.

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	'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in Dwarf Fortress, but although they can be infinitely complex, no one part is very complicated. There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K\|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K\|b}}uild menu. These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.		'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in Dwarf Fortress, but although they can be infinitely complex, no one part is very complicated. There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K\|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K\|b}}uild menu. These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.

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 :* {{L|trap design}}
-[[Category:Constructions]]
+{{Category|Constructions}}
-[[Category:Buildings]]
+{{Category|Buildings}}
-[[Category:Physics]]
+{{Category|Physics}}
-[[Category:Machine components| ]]
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 Currently, machines are very limited in function; their most notable usage is for pumping [[40d:water|water]] or [[40d:magma|magma]].  However, [[Toady One]] has hinted about using some machines for automatic [[40d:hauling|Hauling]] in the (not-so-near) future. [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/dev_core_41-60.html Core56]
-Some complex [[40d:trap design|trap designs]] incorporate machine components.  You do ''not'' need machinery of this complexity to operate retractable [[40d:bridge|bridges]], [[40d:bridge#Drawbridge|drawbridges]], [[40d:Lever#Linking|linked]] [[40d:door|doors]], [[40d:hatch|hatches]] or [[40d:floodgate|floodgates]], or simple one-tile [[40d:trap|traps]], nor to manually operate [[40d:pump|pumps]].
+Some complex [[40d:trap design|trap designs]] incorporate machine components.  You do ''not'' need machinery of this complexity to operate retractable [[40d:bridge|bridges]], [[40d:bridge#Drawbridges|drawbridges]], [[40d:Lever#Linking|linked]] [[40d:door|doors]], [[40d:hatch|hatches]] or [[40d:floodgate|floodgates]], or simple one-tile [[40d:trap|traps]], nor to manually operate [[40d:pump|pumps]].
 ==Nuts and bolts - the basics ==