![]() ![]() You can shorten construction time by moving the materials to the site before starting construction, and by using blocks instead of rocks. Some magma-safe materials including iron have proven non-resistant (Needs further testing).īig bridges can take weeks or even months to complete. Material does not appear to influence dragonfire which will destroy bridges. You will need the number of tiles divided by four plus one ( Tiles/4+1 ) of material to build the bridge. Materials are placed on the list in order of distance, so simply make sure the primary material is the closest or at least closer than any secondary materials you wish to use. This will define the color of the bridge (and possibly how fire resistant it is, although this hasn't been tested extensively). When choosing materials, the order that they are presented on the list determines how the bridge will be labeled, NOT WHAT ORDER YOU PICK THE MATERIALS! The highest one up on the list is the core construction material. Before placing the bridge ensure that the bridge raises in the direction you want it to using w a d x or retracts using s. The bridge must be anchored to a solid surface on at least one edge. The size of the bridge can be altered with u m k h while placing it, up to a maximum size of 10 squares in each direction. They are first designed by an architect, then require a specialist worker for the material used (e.g. 5 More useful uses for a retractable bridgeīridges can be built ( b -> g) of metal, stone or wood.Bridges can also be used to control water flow rate, since you can Atom-Smash water with them as well as everything else in the tiles "under" them. Have yet to suffer any water-borne invasion attempts, but if those happen, even if I miss the incursion with the first bridge, I have plenty further down in each branch of the waterworks to lock down.īuilding destroyers can't break bridges, unlike floodgates. If you're doubly-paranoid, you can smooth the walls of the water hole.Īlways make sure you have several bridges in place to cut off parts of the system as needed. Having a well a few z-levels up also prevents climbers, even if you directly connect it to the main pressurized system. The regular water arrangement for my fortress (wells, waterfall) are all done with diagonal pressure-removers. It gives me pressurized reservoir I can tap into with multiple pumps without immediately draining it for when I need a lot of water fast (mostly for mass-scale obsidian casting). You can make entry to the first pump room building-destroyer-proof (they can't deconstruct forbidden hatches/doors overhead), everything else can just kiss the overhead grate. I tried installing grates, but the water freezes every winter and that seems to loosen the grates so that when the ice thaws the water washes them away.I always connect to brooks/streams/rivers through several z-level drops arrangement, then bring the water back up with a pump stack powered by perpetuum mobile waterwheel arrangement. I've got my water supply working, but have given up on protecting my dwarves and livestock. Originally posted by TheUltimateTeacup:Congratulations. I'm not experienced enough to handle persistently flowing river-fed waterfalls yet so for now it's the inefficient-but-safe route for me Gates must be closed before releasing the water.Įnough mist generates to cover the tavern area whenever it's time to pull levers, so everything appears to be working as planned with no hiccups. ![]() if the gates are open, the bridges are extended. I wouldn't want to leave the entire system open to the flow of the river. One opens the floodgates to the river, the other controls the bridges to release water downward. Takes two levers to operate so it's a little inefficient. Floor grates cover the holes dug all the way down, just in case. it holds at least four times the amount as the smaller one. i also built floodgates behind vertical grates to control the filling of the reservoir as well as keep any possible unpleasant, polluting stuff from being pushed in by the flow.īelow that level i dug holes in the floor directly under the bridges, down a handful of floors (~10) to a second, larger and deeper reservoir. Indeed, i seem to have succeeded in my small plan.Īt the top level of the river water i built a reservoir with small retractable bridges to serve as horizontal floodgates. I haven't had a chance to try grates, yet, but that's on my list of things to do. I tried vertical bars, but the water pressure seems to push objects through, trapping them in the water where they drown. Did you have any luck building what you intended? I ask because I was also trying to get water in to my fort and inadvertently created a water death trap that has claimed the lives of many dwarves and livestock. ![]()
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