Heartmine - 876 Mid Spring by itg_

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Points of Interest

• 93. Fortress Cross-Section

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  I think this gives a decent impression of the overall structure of the fort. You can easily see the deep central pit, the artificial ocean in the third cavern, And bits of the magma sea colony. - itg_

• Δ 51. Skyfort

  ( 876 Mid Spring to 901 Mid Spring )
  This is the first ever skyfort constructed with cave-ins turned on.
  
  A tile attached to the top level of the map with, say, a support, can hold up the column of tiles directly below it. I discovered it was possible to hold up walkable tiles with usable buildings/furniture by casting obsidian over existing furniture, then digging up/down stairs over the furniture.
  
  Using bees for drink and animals for food and clothing, this fort is fully self-sufficient. The fort contains bedrooms, tombs, a dining room, and nearly every type of workshop, including magma forges.
  
  Dwarves enter the fort by a retracting drawbridge which provides no support at all. - itg_

• Δ 49. Mausoleum of the Original Seven--Memorial Garden

  ( 852 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  When the last of the Original Seven died, this structure was built to honor them. Guests enter through the south hatch, and the other hatches each lead to one of the Seven's tombs, as marked by the memorial slabs. In the center is a platinum statue of the foundation of Heartmine. The statue and all slabs are encrusted with imported clear diamonds, as well as other jewels. - itg_

• Δ 46. Emerald Tree

  ( 852 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  This is a 15 z-level tree constructed of electrum (made with imported gold), green glass, and emeralds. The leaves are made of windows, including over 200 emerald windows (using over 600 cut emeralds). To simulate yellowing leaves, some windows are made of other gems, like yellow zircons. I used some green glass windows when I ran out of emeralds - itg_

• ¶ 40. Entrance

  ( 771 to 901 Mid Spring )
  Dwarves enter the fortress through the staircase in the center of the large pit. In the event of a siege, the bridge to the center may be retracted, forcing the enemies to take the winding retractable path around the edge. It's a ~30 z-level drop. To save time on siege cleanup, enemies now drop directly into the magma sea. - itg_

• Δ 40. Lunar Calendar--Display

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  This the display of the lunar calendar. Because there are exactly 13 full moons in a dwarven year, I added a 13th month to the calendar, called Slade.
  
  The display consists of 315 green glass bridges and several thousand mechanisms. It was a real pain to build. - itg_

• Δ 40. Magma Cistern

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  The above ground structure, 10 z-levels high, is cast obsidian, and the cistern extends downward through four layers of aquifer, all the way to the level above the magma sea. When I drained the magma sea, this is where most of it went. I had vague plans for this magma that got put on the back burner once I started the magma sea colony. - itg_

• Δ 40. Magma landmine

  ( 876 Mid Spring to 901 Mid Spring )
  Using a newly-discovered bug, I created a player-operated landmine. That is, the player himself triggers it, not a lever-pulling dwarf.
  
  By marking the bridge 2 z-levels down for deconstruction, then cancelling the job, the bridge becomes permeable to liquids, like a fortification. The magma is pressurized, so doing this causes the magma to rapidly spill out onto the surface. To reset, pull a lever inside the fort to lower the bridge, then raise it again. - itg_

• Δ 40. Mausoleum of the Original Seven--Ground Level

  ( 852 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  This is the ground floor of the 15-z-level mausoleum. The feet of the structure are made of reclaimed bismuth bronze, the bulk of it is made of copper, and the top is made of imported native platinum.
  
  The entrance is in the south foot, and the tombs are in the other seven. Each of the Original Seven has an artifact coffin. The original militia commander's coffin is made of goblin bone. - itg_

• Δ 40. The Impossible Hole

  ( 876 Mid Spring to 901 Mid Spring )
  Using the power mining trick, I collapsed a portion of the map into the HFS, including the unminable edge of the map and a chunk of semi-molten rock. Until recently, this was thought to be impossible. - itg_

• 19. Emerald Tree--Cross-section

  ( 852 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  It looks a bit more like a tree from this angle. - itg_

• Δ 18. Lunar Calendar--Mechanism

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  This is the mechanism for the lunar calendar. The werebeast (one z-level down) triggers a pressure plate every time he transforms, opening the hatches on this level, and sending the minecarts around the loop, which set the bridges of the display. See the forum thread for more details - itg_

• Δ 14. Cavern Renovations
  The caverns were originally extremely closed, so I opened them up quite a bit. The majority of each cavern layer is now opened up, with at least 2-z-level high ceilings. - itg_
• Δ 13. Lava Pit

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  I took out the spikes and channelled out the floor, so now enemies drop directly into the magma sea. It saves a lot of time on cleanup. - itg_

• Δ 11. Magma Sea Colony--Entrance

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  This is the entrance to the colony. The mechanism is convoluted, but suffice it to say that a dwarf can ride a minecart across the gap to enter the colony, or he can push a cart across to send supplies - itg_

• Δ 9. Magma Sea Colony--Bedrooms and Forges

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  The bedrooms are arranged in 2-3 z-level pods. Every dwarf/couple gets a nether-cap bed (since it must be pretty toasty under the magma), and two clear glass coffins.
  
  The forge room also contains the colony's water supply, piped in from the aquifer near the surface. - itg_

• Δ 9. Magma Sea Colony--Temple to Armok

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  Dozens of rutherers, tigers, and hippos were forced to fight to the death in this temple. Then the survivors were impaled on the steel spikes. Even a few dwarf children donated some blood, although they weren't actually killed. The statues feature particularly gruesome and/or spiky deaths. On the second floor is a room full of totems. - itg_

• Δ 8. Magma Sea Colony--Dining Hall

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  Steel furniture and half a dozen artifacts. To the right is a small farm with associated workshops. Food is stored one z-level up - itg_

• Δ 3. Circus (Spoilers)

  ( 824 Late Summer to 901 Mid Spring )
  I colonized hell by trapping two demons (one from each biome) in drawbridge enclosures. You can see one of them here. No new demons can spawn until these guys leave the map or die, which isn't going to happen. The entire floor of Hell has been engraved. - itg_

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Map details:

• Fortress Name: Heartmine
• Map Year: 876 Mid Spring
• Author: itg_
• Submitted by: itg_
• Date Added: 21/12/2013