Beandagger - 430 Early Autumn by Noble Digger

Map Description:

Beandagger's magma moat is nearly filled. I'm giving it all a rest to settle while installing some additional pumps before I make the final push to fill it to 7-depth across its entire width. Meanwhile, I spent an hour or so designating a whollllle bunch of manors and hallways in the cavern layers; this is the "real" fortress as opposed to the workshops and dormitory above. This fort still depends on babies for population increase and there are 10 babies (my cap) with none turning to adults yet. I believe that's now 2-3 years off; after that, a new adult every year and 2 in some.

Point of Interest: 09. Magma Tower Side View (!)

Here you can see the corkscrew of steel pumps and the bauxite floor that's currently blocking off the magma at the base. The white structures at the bottom are the castle built around the volcano, and even the mud on top of the obsidian cap is visible. - Noble Digger

There are 7 comments for this map series, last post 2010-07-18

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Submitted by: Sinergistic' - 2010-06-30 to 425 Late Winter

What is with all of the grates all over the place? Flood protection?

Submitted by: Noble Digger - 2010-06-30 to 425 Late Winter

Some of the grates were scaffolding for things that needed to have their floors mined out so they could collapse. Some are in place just in case water gets in there--which is never likely to happen, but I enjoy building that sort of thing for the eventuality, especially if it adds something else to the fort at the same time. Some are there to trick forgotten beasts into going a certain way--they can't cross over grates because they try to destroy them instead.

Submitted by: Flex - 2010-07-02 to 429 Mid Winter

I'm not really sure how you can use that tileset. It's probably one of the ugliest ones I've ever seen designed for actual use by humans.

Submitted by: Sinergistic' - 2010-07-02 to 429 Mid Winter

Um, ok?

Please, bestow upon us your worldly knowledge concerning all things tilesets.

I, personally, quite like the pttg set, thank you very much.

Submitted by: Noble Digger - 2010-07-02 to 429 Mid Winter

'To each his own' is my creed,

and to the rest, a dip in the moat.

Edit: Though, if you'd like to see how this fort looks in a tileset of your choosing, feel free to suggest one and I'll export a screenshot using yours. It used to take 20+ minutes to complete the whole process, but with DF31.08 it takes 20 seconds give or take.

[Message edited on 2010/07/02 at 04:05 by Noble Digger]

Submitted by: Markavian - 2010-07-08 to 432 Mid Autumn

Wow, those magma chambers and the walled moat are something else.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2010-07-18 to 434 Early Autumn

Chimney... aha, I get it. Nice work. I like how you're theming the workshop areas around the fort - gives each place a focus and purpose.

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