Difference between revisions of "Display furniture"

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A piece of display furniture can be used to display other items. There are two available types of display furniture, pedestals and display cases.

Pedestals are created from wood, stone, glass, or metal at a carpenter's workshop, stoneworker's workshop, glass furnace, or forge, respectively; while wood, stone, and glass only require 1 material to craft, metal requires 2 bars. Being tools, they are listed at a forge under "Other objects" rather than "Furniture", but still use the blacksmithing skill.

Display cases are created from a log and a window at a carpenter's workshop. The window used to create the display case does not affect it in any way; a ☼display case☼ made with a ☼crystal glass window☼ is worth as much as a ☼display case☼ made with a -green glass window-, and the window used is not mentioned in any context.

Other than the above-mentioned creation processes, their visual appearances and the fact that display cases are twice as large as pedestals (and thus, twice as heavy as a pedestal made out of the same material), pedestals and display furniture are completely identical, their behavior determined entirely by the DISPLAY_OBJECT tool use.

In the building menu, they are listed in furniture bfy. Once built, display furniture can be clicked on and examined, the display item(s) can be selected by clicking option "Assign new display items". Once selected, a menu similar to the Stocks menu opens. Only items available for display will be listed. Clicking a checkmark on the left designates an item to be put on it, which will be done by item haulers. Meeting area designated over a display furniture will be called a "museum".

A line of pedestals with sacks of something on them.

Dwarves will admire both the display furniture and the item on display, giving them happy thoughts. A dwarf must stand in or pass through the actual tile containing the display furniture in order to admire it; they cannot do so from a distance. This unfortunately leaves your artifacts on display vulnerable to sticky-fingered villains. If the only objective is to increase the value of a location, however (for example, to instantly turn a meeting place into a grand guildhall), the object can be locked away, such as by vertical grates or bars.

Display furniture is stockpiled as furniture, under "Other Large Tools".

In adventurer mode, pedestals can be found in many generated sites, sometimes alongside display cases. It is possible to place an item on a pedestal by standing next to (or on) it and p putting the item onto the pedestal. Likewise, it is possible to remove an item from a pedestal by standing on the same tile as it and g getting it. These actions will be seen by NPCs as, respectively placing or taking the item from the site, though they only care if the item is an artifact.

Room 232 of the Louvre, a human museum.
Can hold - not one - but three containers of alcohol.

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Workshops • Furnaces

Furniture	Animal trap • Anvil • Armor stand • Bed • Blocks • Box (chest • coffer) • Bucket • Cabinet • Cage (aquarium • terrarium) • Coffin (casket • sarcophagus) • Restraint • Slab • Statue • Table • Throne (chair) • Weapon rack
Tools	Altar • Bookcase • Display (display case • pedestal) • Hive • Nest box

Access	Bars • Bridge • Door (portal) • Floodgate • Grate • Hatch • Road • Window
Constructions	Floor • Fortification • Ramp • Stairs • Wall
Machine and trap parts	Axle • Gear assembly • Lever • Mechanism • Millstone • Pipe section • Pressure plate • Roller • Screw pump • Support • Trap • Water wheel • Windmill
Other buildings	Archery target • Vermin catcher's shop • Siege engine • Trade depot • Wagon • Well • Nest

Related articles	Design strategies • Bedroom design • Furniture industry

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 A piece of '''display [[furniture]]''' can be used to display other items. There are two available types of display furniture, pedestals and display cases.
-Pedestals are created from [[wood]], [[stone]], [[glass]], or [[metal]] at a [[carpenter's workshop]], [[stoneworker's workshop]], [[glass furnace]], or [[forge]], respectively; while wood, stone, and glass only require 1 material to craft, metal requires 2 bars. Being tools, they are listed at a forge under "[[Other large tools]]" rather than "Furniture", but still use the [[blacksmithing]] skill.
+Pedestals are created from [[wood]], [[stone]], [[glass]], or [[metal]] at a [[carpenter's workshop]], [[stoneworker's workshop]], [[glass furnace]], or [[forge]], respectively; while wood, stone, and glass only require 1 material to craft, metal requires 2 bars. Being [[tools]], they are listed at a forge under "Other objects" rather than "Furniture", but still use the [[blacksmithing]] skill.
 Display cases are created from a [[log]] and a [[window]] at a [[carpenter's workshop]]. The window used to create the display case does not affect it in any way; a ☼display case☼ made with a ☼crystal glass window☼ is worth as much as a ☼display case☼ made with a -green glass window-, and the window used is not mentioned in any context.
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 Other than the above-mentioned creation processes, their visual appearances and the fact that display cases are twice as large as pedestals (and thus, twice as heavy as a pedestal made out of the same material), pedestals and display furniture are completely identical, their behavior determined entirely by the [[Tool token#TOOL_USE|DISPLAY_OBJECT]] tool use.
-In the {{k|b}}uilding menu, they are listed in display {{k|F}}urniture. Once built, display furniture can be examined with {{k|q}} and the display item(s) can be selected with {{k|d}}. The selection menu displays a list of all categories of items that can be displayed on the furniture. Highlighting one of the categories lists the items of that type that are available, and highlighting an item shows its description and location at the bottom of the screen. Pressing {{k|Enter}} designates an item to be put on it, which will be done by [[Hauling#Item_hauling|item haulers]]. A [[museum]] can be created from built display furniture using {{k|q|r}}.
+In the building menu, they are listed in furniture {{menu icon|b|f|y}}. Once built, display furniture can be clicked on and examined, the display item(s) can be selected by clicking option "'''Assign new display items'''". Once selected, a menu similar to the [[Stocks]] menu opens. Only items available for display will be listed. Clicking a checkmark on the left designates an item to be put on it, which will be done by [[Hauling#Item_hauling|item haulers]]. [[Meeting area]] designated over a display furniture will be called a "[[museum]]".
 [[File:Df tomb treasure.png|thumb|right|A line of pedestals with [[bag|sack]]s of ''something'' on them.]]
-Dwarves will admire both the display furniture and the item on display, giving them happy thoughts.  A dwarf must stand in or pass through the actual tile containing the display furniture in order to admire it; they cannot do so from a distance.  This unfortunately leaves your artifacts on display vulnerable to sticky-fingered [[Villain|villains]]. If the only objective is to increase the value of a location, however (for example, to instantly turn a meeting place into a grand guildhall), the object can be locked away, such as by vertical grates or bars.
+Dwarves will admire both the display furniture and the item on display, giving them happy thoughts. A dwarf must stand in or pass through the actual tile containing the display furniture in order to admire it; they cannot do so from a distance. This unfortunately leaves your artifacts on display vulnerable to sticky-fingered [[Villain|villains]]. If the only objective is to increase the value of a location, however (for example, to instantly turn a meeting place into a grand guildhall), the object can be locked away, such as by vertical grates or bars.
 Display furniture is [[stockpile]]d as furniture, under "Other Large Tools".
-In [[adventurer mode]], pedestals can be found in many generated sites, sometimes alongside display cases. It is possible to place an item on a pedestal by standing next to (or on) it and {{k|p}}utting the item onto the pedestal. Likewise, it is possible to remove an item from a pedestal by standing on the same tile as it and {{k|g}}etting it. These actions will be seen by NPCs as, respectively placing or taking the item from the site, though they only care if the item is an [[artifact]].
+In [[adventurer mode]], pedestals can be found in many generated sites, sometimes alongside display cases. It is possible to place an item on a pedestal by standing next to (or on) it and {{adv menu icon|p}} putting the item onto the pedestal. Likewise, it is possible to remove an item from a pedestal by standing on the same tile as it and {{adv menu icon|g}} getting it. These actions will be seen by NPCs as, respectively placing or taking the item from the site, though they only care if the item is an [[artifact]].
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 File:Room 232 of the Louvre display case 4-P7160410.JPG|Room 232 of the Louvre, a human museum.

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