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40d:Building

2009-03-17T23:12:40Z

Yuravian: /* Building Technicalities */

A '''building''' is a structure that can be placed from the {{k|b}}uild menu. Some buildings are made with [[furniture]] from a [[workshop]], which can then be made into [[room]]s. Building tasks and preferences are changed with the building tasks/prefs command {{k|q}}.

==Building Technicalities==
:''This section is valid as of version '''40d.'''''

The current system works something like this: Tiles can have one of three states, wall, floor, and empty space, along with some attributes, like what items, buildings and constructions are in them, as well as their material. Toady hasn't implemented constructions that actually act as terrain, they are merely part of a "construction" attribute.{{verify}} When you build a down stair over a terrain down stair, for example, the down stair is added as a "construction" attribute. Tiles with a construction attribute of a tile type (as in wall/floor/empty space) identical to their terrain counterpart will hide the terrain counterpart, both in the view tile screen and when building something like a workshop over it, otherwise the construction simply imitates it's terrain counterpart.

The reason you can't build a wall on a constructed floor is that though the constructed floor is supposed to only overlap it's terrain counterpart, DF doesn't allow for having more than one construction in a tile, hence there's a conflict. Walls are a special case, you simply can't build anything in them, and you can only build floors, walls, and a few other buildings like wells in empty space. Constructed walls have some kind of floor on top of them which is linked to the wall, it seems that the wall-floors ARE constructions, but they don't overlap anything and don't conflict with other structures. It was likely a quick hack by Toady.{{verify}} Up/Down Stairs are identical to Down Stairs, as far as what can be built on them is concerned.

The table below details which building and constructions will prevent the construction of certain other buildings and constructions, since the system isn't always consistent. This table isn't necessarily complete, there's probably more buildings which are inconsistent.

Legend
{|{{prettytable}}
|Yes||Constructions can coexist
|-
|No||Constructions conflict
|-
|!!||Construction conflict, building in the tile will completely overwrite it
|-
|X||Not vertically supported by construction/terrain
|-
|Z||Not horizontally supported by construction/terrain
|-
|?||Untested, undetermined, or not applicable
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
! rowspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 | Workshop
! rowspan=2 | Other buildings
! colspan=5 | Natural
! colspan=5 | Constructed
! rowspan=2 | Open Space
|-
! Floor
! Up Stair
! Down Stair
! Up Slope
! Down Slope
! Floor
! Up Stair
! Down Stair
! Up Ramp
! Down Ramp
|-
! Workshop
|{{No}}(XZ)||{{No}}(XZ)||{{Yes}}(X?)||{{No}}(XZ)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)
|-
!Other Buildings
|{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)
|-
!Constructed Floor
|{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(XZ)||{{Yes}}(??)
|-
!Constructed Wall
|{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||!!(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(XZ)||{{Yes}}(??)
|-
!Constructed Up Stair
|{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(XZ)||{{Yes}}(??)
|-
!Constructed Down Stair
|{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(Z)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)*
|-
!Up/Down Stair
|{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)*
|-
!Ramp
|{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{Yes}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{No}}(??)||{{Yes}}(XZ)||{{Yes}}(??)
|}

*note that constructed down and up/down stairs must be constructed 1 z-level above an existing up stair if you wish to build them in open space.

== List of buildings ==


{{Buildings}}

[[Category:Buildings]]

User talk:Senso

2009-03-17T22:46:12Z

Yuravian: /* Something off on this page */

I used to go by the name Admin on the previous wiki.

Contact Info

- sensoz@gmail.com

- PM me on SA: Senso

== A request ==

Hullo! I've got a request that's fairly minor, though it's something only doable by an admin - copying the 'collapsible tables' code from Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js MediaWiki:Common.js] to [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] (or might have to be [[MediaWiki:Monobook.js]], I'm not sure if the configuration on this particular install is different). This would mainly be for the benefit of things like [[Template:Creatures]], to keep them as useful (go directly to related pages without loading a category page in-between) but without taking so much space on the screen. --[[User:Sukael|Sukael]] 15:50, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

: Done. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 16:20, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

:: Thanks! As you can see at [[Template:Creatures]], it looks to be working perfectly. --[[User:Sukael|Sukael]] 21:12, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

:::That's pretty fucking sweet. I didn't even know you could do that with MediaWiki. :)

== Wikipedia links ==

I've just noticed that when I'm not logged in, a link to a random Wikipedia help topic appears on every page in small font in the upper right. Is there any way to disable it? Most of the topics I've seen so far are pretty specific to Wikipedia and don't really belong here. --[[User:Peristarkawan|Peristarkawan]] 15:28, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

:Yes, it's annoying - I'll look into it. It seems to be well hidden into an obscure CSS file. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 16:33, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

:I don't know what's causing it, but putting this in [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css]] should hide it:
div#anontip{
display:none;
}
:--[[User:Valdemar|Valdemar]] 21:13, 15 March 2008 (EDT)

::Thanks, this seems to have fixed it. If you still see the links, do a full refresh. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 10:28, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

:::The wiki looks weird to me now. The page is rendered under the left toolbar, making it impossible to read and click links on that side.[http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/TurgidBolk/dfwikimessed.png screenshot]. It's with skins besides Monobook, and it looks fine in IE (but not in Opera). Is there some way I can fix it? If not, I could just live with another skin I suppose. --[[User:Turgid Bolk|Turgid Bolk]] 22:56, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

::::I have the same problem (I use Opera as my main browser), I fired off an e-mail to Senso so he can fix it. It's incredibly annoying right now. —[[User:Rick|Rick]] 02:23, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

:::::'''It should be fixed now''', my apologies. I had put the code in Monobook's main CSS file so I removed it. If you still have issues, clear your browser cache and refresh the website. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 08:37, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

::::I've removed it. It works perfectly fine in Firefox but since it breaks Opera, I'll try to find a permanent solution, in the monobook CSS files directly. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 15:48, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

::I've found out what's actually causing it. In [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] there's this line:
<code><pre>
document.getElementById("contentSub").innerHTML +='<div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:100px; top:0px;" class="metadata" id="anontip"><div style="text-align:right; font-size:87%">• <i>' + messageEdu[whichMessageEdu] + '</i> •</div></div>';
</pre></code>
::Just remove it (search for 'anontip') and the tips should go away. (Alternately, you could change the "messageEdu[x] = 'foo';" lines to Dwarf Fortress related lines =) --[[User:Valdemar|Valdemar]] 15:53, 23 March 2008 (EDT)

:::Well that seems to work! I've removed the line, logged out and refreshed - I don't see the quote anymore and the menus don't look broken. Can someone with IE and Opera let me know if everything is working correctly? --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 08:31, 25 March 2008 (EDT)
::::Confirming that Opera still works. —[[User:Rick|Rick]] 10:19, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

== Old Bloodline article in main namespace ==

There is probably an article named [[Bloodline:Outpost Ducimemal]] in the main namespace that redirects to Outpost Ducimemal, which in turn redirects to the Bloodline namespaced Outpost Ducimemal. This is causing some confusion on the double redirects page. Is there any way to fix this? I can't seem to get at the mainspaced article to fix the redirect (though it would probably best be just to delete it). --[[User:Shagie|Shagie]] 20:20, 6 November 2007 (EST)

:Thanks, I've deleted [[Outpost Ducimemal]], which was a redirect to [[Bloodline:Outpost Ducimemal]] since I added the namespace. I don't think [[Bloodline:Outpost Ducimemal]] redirects to anything. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 22:27, 6 November 2007 (EST)
:: It now shows up in [[Special:BrokenRedirects]]. This page exists from prior to the bloodline namespace being created and thus was in the main namespace but is now effectively masked by the bloodline namespace article. --[[User:Shagie|Shagie]] 13:32, 7 November 2007 (EST)
:::The MediaWiki manual has some instructions on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces#Dealing_with_existing_pages dealing with this]. --[[User:Peristarkawan|Peristarkawan]] 15:11, 7 November 2007 (EST)
::::Even easier: I've manually deleted the redirects in MySQL. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 15:35, 7 November 2007 (EST)

== Database wiredness ==

Since you've fixed this before...

[[Special:Special pages]] -> [[Special:Lonelypages|Orphaned Pages]] -> How do I stop my retarded miners falling in channels as they dig them?

This gets redirected to ''How do I stop miners from falling in channels as they dig them?'' - however, it is not the same one you go to if you hit that page directly or through the FAQ. --[[User:Shagie|Shagie]] 18:52, 6 December 2007 (EST)

:I'm looking into this. It seems that putting the '?' character in the title tends to break things.

== Vandal ==

We have a user blanking the main page and replacing it with racist slurs. [[Special:Contributions/spanky]]. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 11:25, 9 March 2008 (EDT)

Hi. [[User:Billdauterive]] ([[Special:Contributions/Billdauterive|contribs]]) keeps reverting the [[Goblin]] article to call them "pedophiles". Could you block his account or ban him, at least temporarily? After five edits it's just annoying. --[[User:Turgid Bolk|Turgid Bolk]] 14:35, 12 December 2007 (EST)
:I have reported it on [[SpamReport]] also, mirroring the old page on the old Wiki. If something like this happen again, should I come here to report it instead? --[[User:Eagle of Fire|Eagle of Fire]] 15:24, 12 December 2007 (EST)

::I'm watching both pages but I'd say [[SpamReport]] is better. I've warned the guy, I'll block him if he does it again. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 15:32, 12 December 2007 (EST)

Just to make sure that you were aware of it, please take knowledge of this matter posted on the main DF forum: [[http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=001513]]. --[[User:Eagle of Fire|Eagle of Fire]] 21:17, 1 January 2008 (EST)
:Seems to have been taken care of... --[[User:N9103|Edward]] 12:23, 25 February 2008 (EST)
::Yes, the day after this was posted. :) --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 11:50, 26 February 2008 (EST)

== SVG ==

I can't upload SVG images. Is this deliberate, or an oversight? --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 11:44, 5 February 2008 (EST)<br>
<font color=#eee><small>I don't actually have any SVG images to upload, but I expect that some diagrams will be SVG if possible.</small></font>

:I'll look into this but I think it's disabled by default. I'd need to install a plugin to have full SVG support. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 11:22, 7 February 2008 (EST)

== Wiki logo in upper-left corner ==

I just noticed that it is a resize, and shows, so I put together another version tile-by-tile with the tiles 5x8 (which isn't quite the 8x12 ratio; it is compressed horizontally by 6.25%). --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 15:05, 5 February 2008 (EST)<br>
[[Image:WikiLogo_4fa619.png]]

:Thanks, I've replaced the old logo. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 11:20, 7 February 2008 (EST)

== Odd. ==

[http://imgplace.com/image/view/50645bd2d36fb631cef55c91c6b4f016 This] shouldn't be happening.<br>
Not the strange colors - that's GIF. The left-hand menu is placed far below where it should be. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 10:45, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

:Here too, and it is really annoying --[[User:Nitem4re|Nitem4re]] 16:58, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

::Should be fine now, do a full refresh. Let me know if other problems remain. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 12:18, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

== Blank pages ==

During about midnight (CDT) last night the main page was loading as a blank page. I did some experimenting during that time and any page with the #expr parser function failed to load. This is very strange. Possibly a bug in the ParserFunctions extension. I tested it using <nowiki>{{#expr: 1 + 1}}</nowiki> which normally evaluates just fine to {{#expr: 1 + 1}}. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 02:40, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

:I've done some tests right now and it seems to work fine. Are you still experiencing that? It could have been an issue with my host. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 09:31, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

::It was a temporary problem. I'll keep an eye out to see if it happens again. If it's not a regular issue, we can probably ignore it. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 10:17, 18 April 2008 (EDT)
::(If it recurs, it will be really easy to notice because the main page won't show up) [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 10:19, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

:::I noticed the main page being blank at that time as well. The odd thing was that other pages besides the main page were still accessible at my end.--[[User:Richards|Richards]] 11:57, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

== Odd... not really a problem, but odd. ==

We have thirteen hundred registered users and one sysop. It hasn't been a problem (we only need a sysop for page deletion and spammer blocking), but I find it odd. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 15:48, 1 June 2008 (EDT)
: What are you suggesting? I don't mind delegating powers. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 10:31, 3 June 2008 (EDT)

== Italian not-quite-wiki ==

It seems someone is trying to add an italian wiki [[Dwarf_Fortress_Italia|INSIDE]] of the english wiki. Things could get very strange. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 11:34, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

:Personally, I don't mind it if they stick to 1-2 pages. I'll contact the author. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 09:16, 25 August 2008 (EDT)

== Common.js ==

Contains a code section called "Internet Explorer bug fix"; this is somehow being called on Firefox, causing it to fail (and halt execution of the rest of the javascript stuff) because the function attachEvent does not exist. [[User:Random832|Random832]] 17:06, 14 October 2008 (EDT)

On Wikipedia, the same code section is surrounded in
<pre>if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
{
...
}</pre> This is missing in the version here. [[User:Random832|Random832]] 17:09, 14 October 2008 (EDT)

:This should be fixed now. Let me know if you still have the problem. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 15:51, 23 October 2008 (EDT)

== Wiki modification requested (PSA) ==

Since GreyMaria can't be bothered to take good advice, please give some attention to the recent addition to the main page, and the [[Talk:Main_Page#PSA|discussion]] that has occurred *after* the change was made, (no discussion was initiated beforehand, and G.M. even added another pet peeve to the list after being told it was inappropriate.) --[[User:N9103|Edward]] 04:55, 22 October 2008 (EDT)

:Well excuuuse me for not noticing the discussion. My opinion on the matter still stands (though this is the first time it's mentioned): it's got to be posted SOMEWHERE where everyone will read it. Since I don't have the required permissions to modify certain pages (like the edit page) the only place that was possible was the Main Page.<br>Though it may have been dumb to just stick it there without a second thought or consensus. --[[User:GreyMario|GreyMaria]] 16:01, 23 October 2008 (EDT)

== Requested version update ==

I'm requesting a version update for mediawiki so that I can use <nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY}}</nowiki> for the version category pages to automatically include themselves in [[:category:version]] only if they are not empty. This would allow the category to automatically just display things that need to be worked on. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 15:56, 1 November 2008 (EDT)

Also, it seems there is an error in the current version of PaserFunctions. The mod operation for #expr is returning negative values for certain inputs. This is interfering with the (not very) random number system that chooses quotes for the front page. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 19:32, 20 November 2008 (EST)

:Yeah, I'll try to eventually update. But it was a chore last time I did it so I'm usually lazy when it comes to do it. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 16:52, 21 November 2008 (EST)

== Requested delete ==
I'd like to request deletes for the Gwalk#.jpg images I uploaded a few days ago. They're a lot more unworkable than I had initially expected, so I need to go back and do them over in .gif format and mess with some resizing and other crap. Since I'm going to do them in .gif I can't just overwrite them, so please delete them. --[[User:ThunderClaw|ThunderClaw]] 09:46, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:Done! --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 13:03, 19 November 2008 (EST)

== Remove main page heading ==

Adding:

body.page-Main_Page h1.firstHeading { display: none !important; }

to [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] will supposedly remove the "Main Page" heading from [[Main Page]], which would leave us with just "The Dwarf Fortress Wiki". Would you be willing to try it?--[[User:Maximus|Maximus]] 02:40, 30 November 2008 (EST)

:And it works! --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 15:19, 8 December 2008 (EST)

::Woot.--[[User:Maximus|Maximus]] 21:48, 8 December 2008 (EST)

== Something off on this page ==

Hello, [[Design Strategies]] does not seem to appear for me, instead I get: Fatal error: Maximum function nesting level of '100' reached, aborting! in /home/virtual/site152/fst/var/www/html/dwarf/includes/parser/Preprocessor_DOM.php on line 831. It appears in both FF and IE.[[User:Yuravian|Yuravian]] 22:46, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Senso

2009-03-17T22:45:52Z

Yuravian: /* Something off on this page */ new section