Machine Spirit - 1001 Early Spring by Mechanoid

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Long time no post.
What can i say, i hate colored stones, so i finally got fed up enough with worldgen that i made a personalized mod that has only granite as the stone layer, and only sand as the soil layer, with veins limestone (for flux) and obsidian (for sharp stone) with CRAZY mapgen parameters. As the cherry on the top, i edited all underground chasm/water/magma creatures to "drown" in their respective environments, thus preventing them from spawning. Only Troglodites and Cave Crocodiles were permitted to live (both can reproduce before they die, unlike most others) for my plans of having an inhabitted cave system, sewer, and leather factory.

Best of all:
6 CC's to start with, and none of them fell in the river ending chasm! HUZZAH!

Point of Interest: Cave River Pit

( 1001 Early Spring → onwards )

Nothing has fallen down here.
That's the way it's going to stay now that grates have been placed on BOTH levels of the room.

Also, tower caps.
The farms will be placed along the northern wall, flooring as constructions, one level up, and will have their "used" water fall down into this area. - Mechanoid

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What can i say, i hate colored stones, so i finally got fed up enough with worldgen that i made a personalized mod that has only granite as the stone layer, and only sand as the soil layer, with veins limestone (for flux) and obsidian (for sharp stone) with CRAZY mapgen parameters. As the cherry on the top, i edited all underground chasm/water/magma creatures to "drown" in their respective environments, thus preventing them from spawning. Only Troglodites and Cave Crocodiles were permitted to live (both can reproduce before they die, unlike most others) for my plans of having an inhabitted cave system, sewer, and leather factory.

Best of all:
6 CC's to start with, and none of them fell in the river ending chasm! HUZZAH!</map-description>
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    <poi-description>Nothing has fallen down here.
That's the way it's going to stay now that grates have been placed on BOTH levels of the room.

Also, tower caps.
The farms will be placed along the northern wall, flooring as constructions, one level up, and will have their "used" water fall down into this area.</poi-description>
    <poi-author>Mechanoid</poi-author>
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Submitted by: Fox-Of-Doom - 2008-12-05 to 1001 Early Spring

Nice. Multicolored stones is one of the things I hate in my fortress, so glad to see you've taken the ambition to shake things up. Also, glad to see your plan worked out so well.

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Points of Interest

Δ 16. Starting Position
Muskox leather, among other things, that have not yet been moved. - Mechanoid
Δ 14. Grates Over the River
Temporary. To-be-replaced with a 2x2 bridge, AND used as a water source for a planned watchman room directly above that will watch this rear entrance (or main entrance, depending on which one is closed off) - Mechanoid
Δ 13. Dorfs
Yes, they're cheating, too.
[SPEED:1][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP][NO_DRINK]
[ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT] removed.

Don't worry, the flags will be added back one by one as the fortress nears completion and the population increases. Most are married all ready, after all. - Mechanoid
Δ 13. The Pump of Power
Since you need to use it to get the damn tap working, it's pretty damn important. To-be-replaced with a more mechanized version that does not expose dwarves to cave crocs. - Mechanoid
Δ 8. Cave River, Capped and Tapped

( 1001 Early Spring to onwards )
This is the single greatest peice of engineering tactics i have ever made conceived in Dwarf Fortress.

Water pressure only comes into effect when the surface water level at the top of the river changes, and the area was naturally dammed with stone from a cave in.
Everything just worked out so damn well. - Mechanoid
¶ 6. Cave River Pit

( 1001 Early Spring to onwards )
Nothing has fallen down here.
That's the way it's going to stay now that grates have been placed on BOTH levels of the room.

Also, tower caps.
The farms will be placed along the northern wall, flooring as constructions, one level up, and will have their "used" water fall down into this area. - Mechanoid
Δ 6. Not a Cave Spider
That's an olm, you dummy. - Mechanoid

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Fortress Name: Machine Spirit
Map Year: 1001 Early Spring
Author: Mechanoid
Submitted by: Mechanoid
Date Added: 04/12/2008