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− | + | The Z-Axis is the "third plane". | |
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− | -- | + | It's easy to think of a graph, with a x-axis and a y-axis right? |
+ | The X-Axis goes Side to Side, Left to Right... | ||
− | + | <-----------------------------> X AXIS | |
− | + | The Y-Axis goes up and down! | |
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+ | Y AXIS | ||
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− | + | Thus, things with both axes are 2 dimensional, whilst things with a Z-Axis that goes through the middle of the two are 3 dimensional. | |
− | In | + | In Dwarf Fortress, the Z-Axis is a fairly recent thing that allows players to dig holes, down into mountains, or up into mountains... allows them to dig ditches... etc. etc. |
− | + | The Default Key-Binding to change your z axis are Shift + Numpad5 Control + Numpad5 Shift + . (>) and Shift + , (<) | |
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