Bladeshoots - 204 Early Spring by Ashery

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Progress has been, to put it simply, slow. I was hoping to at *least* have the entire first constructed floor done and ready for my dwarves to move into by the beginning of winter.

It's now spring and I'm not even done with the floors and walls of the first constructed floor, let alone the roof/floor of the next.

Currently in the process of expanding my magma duct in hopes that I'll be able to increase the amount of magma I'm able to feed my obsidian farms, as, at the moment, that's my main constraint time wise.

You'll also notice the absence of the ramps present in the last two iterations...Turns out they're more picky that I thought they were in terms of allowed movement. I ended up frustrated for a while when I was connecting the iron bridges in the magma duct expansion as I couldn't select any of my bauxite mechanisms to install. At the time, I had assumed that the ramps were working as intended as almost every wall around the ramps had been in place for nearly a year now. It turned out that the couple wall segments that I hadn't installed due to a building being in the way was the only way to access the lower levels.

So it was either redesign the upper levels or use stairs...

Point of Interest: Even now, a work in progress...

...despite wanting to have finished the entire level a season or two ago.

The only finished segment is the northern portion. The east is about 98% complete save for the roof. The south and west segments...ugh...Really wish I could speed up the obsidian farms. - Ashery

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Submitted by: magic dwarf - 2009-01-03 to 204 Early Spring

Nice design. I hope you finish it soon.

Your obsidian farm looks dangerous, I don't think its up to DOSHA (dwarven Occupational safety and health administration) standards

Submitted by: Ashery - 2009-01-03 to 204 Early Spring

I've had a couple minor issues, but as I'm using "Restricted" pathing for the bottom level, dwarves rarely walk down into the pit unless they're picking up raw obsidian.

I've had a couple dwarves sidestep into the pit in order to avoid going prone, but even when that happened during a refill, the dwarf got out in time (There were two adjacent tiles with magma at the time).

Pets, however, ignore the designation...

...now I just have to hope a cat wanders into the pit.

[Message edited on 2009/01/03 at 07:33 by Ashery]

Submitted by: Ashery - 2009-01-03 to 204 Early Spring

Just had my first injury with the obsidian farms...A mangled left foot from someone who sidestepped into the pit as it was filling.

Submitted by: magic dwarf - 2009-01-03 to 204 Early Spring

I'm afraid that we are gonna hafta shut your farm down due to safety concerns. You get two weeks to get it up to code and get your act together. If you don't comply we're not hesitant to bulldoze your cruel and usual death trap.

Submitted by: Ashery - 2009-01-03 to 204 Early Spring

Do I need to add that, thanks to a careless oversight, I completely flooded my east farm and had to seal it off completely for the time being? ;p

Had to cut off the river supply at the source (I neglected to install any backup control systems on my main level) so will have to wait an incredibly long time for it to drain into the chasm so that I can clear out the flooded farm.

Submitted by: Unbeltedsundew - 2009-01-04 to 204 Early Spring

Your fort is already looking pretty fantastic, cant wait to see it further along.

I find that with plumbing I often spend 10 times longer fixing my mistakes and draining it then it took to build in the first place. Its teaching me to be even more meticulous in the initial stages.

Submitted by: Ashery - 2009-01-04 to 204 Early Spring

The only thing I wish I had added earlier is a bridge right before the fork in the water supply to my farms...That would've allowed me to cut off the feed and quickly drain the flooded part of my farm into my eventual cistern.

Ah well, fixing one's screw ups is one of the joys of DF, XD

Submitted by: syhr - 2009-01-05 to 204 Early Spring

can you please explain the pump system you used for all that water because it seems very space efficient although i cant figure out how you did it because of your tileset

Submitted by: Qjet - 2009-08-13 to 207 Early Spring

@shyr

Pump system

Submitted by: starcannon - 2009-10-30 to 207 Early Spring


Holy cow. How is that you accomplished so much, in so little time??

Submitted by: Ashery - 2010-01-03 to 207 Early Spring

Excessive micromanagement, heh.

Which, amusingly enough, is also why I burn out on the game after only a few years and take an extended break from DF.

Considering taking it up again, but with the new release coming soon I might just start anew with that.

Submitted by: ajr_ - 2010-02-05 - Removed

Submitted by: ajr_ - 2010-02-05 to 208 Early Spring

I can't believe this was built in only 7 years but it looks true. Just amazing work. ++++dwarf karma

Submitted by: ClsfdKidd - 2010-02-05 to 208 Early Spring

Holy crap yes! This fortress looks amazing!

There is so much to love here. Great work!

Submitted by: Demonic Spoon - 2010-03-02 to 212 Early Spring

Lovely map, especially the sandy bit near the magma pipe.

Gorgeous fortress, love it. Awesome design, really, really nice.

Submitted by: Vermadus - 2010-03-05 to 213 Early Spring

Oh wow, this design is brilliant. I'm suprised you did all this with such a tiny obsidian farm though. Nice work!

Submitted by: Ashery - 2010-03-05 to 213 Early Spring

Thanks, and while there are definitely changes I'd make to my magma duct/farm design, the size of the farm is not one of them.

Yea, it's a pain to do a couple new batches every month, but it's efficient as all hell for my dwarves. My masons just grab the obsidian right from the farm and, once they run out, they spend a bit of time helping construct the tower while I produce another batch.

[Message edited on 2010/03/05 at 10:39 by Ashery]

Submitted by: Retro - 2010-03-31 to 213 Mid Winter

Oh my XD It looks like you've run into a little bit of trouble. hopefully it won't put the fort's finish date too far back. Bladeshoots continues to looks better and better.

Submitted by: Stromko - 2010-04-02 to 214 Early Spring

That is a work of art and dedication. I'm bookmarking this for inspiration. Even though I don't think I have the patience to work out such a steadfastly fractal design I admire it immensely.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2010-04-02 to 214 Early Spring

Dwarves build the best towers

Submitted by: Eric Blank - 2010-12-07 to 214 Early Spring

I love this! Very beautiful design, a grand role model for us all.

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