Machine component - Revision history

68.104.21.9: /* Pressure plates */

2026-01-29T07:49:28Z

Pressure plates

69.224.227.109: /* Building/connection limitations */ Turns out windmills can connect to other windmills on the same z-level, at least. Tested pretty thoroughly on my current save.

2024-12-15T15:27:29Z

Building/connection limitations: Turns out windmills can connect to other windmills on the same z-level, at least. Tested pretty thoroughly on my current save.

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Zippy at 23:21, 5 March 2022

2022-03-05T23:21:59Z

Silverwing235: Rule G

2021-11-30T11:28:49Z

Rule G

64.17.71.72 at 08:53, 15 March 2019

2019-03-15T08:53:24Z

64.17.71.72 at 08:52, 15 March 2019

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68.82.224.203 at 20:55, 7 February 2016

2016-02-07T20:55:22Z

Larix: /* Unusual windmill behavior examples */ Explained different mill behaviours. Removed #3 and #4 due to complete pointlessness.

2015-04-09T09:14:00Z

Unusual windmill behavior examples: Explained different mill behaviours. Removed #3 and #4 due to complete pointlessness.

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 ====Pressure plates====
-A pressure plate works like a lever, but is based on either being stepped on, or fluid reaching a certain depth.  The triggering process (and problems) are the same, but you have some variables you can designate when placing the plate - whether friend/foe triggers it and what size they must be (min and max), or fluid depth (1/7, 2/7, 7/7), etc.
+A pressure plate works like a lever, but is based on either being stepped on, or fluid reaching a certain depth.  The triggering process (and problems) are the same, but you have some variables you can designate when placing the plate - whether friend/foe triggers it and what size they must be (min and max), or fluid depth (1/7, 2/7, 7/7, etc.).
 A pressure plate is placed with {{k|b}}uild {{k|T}}raps/Levers {{k|p}}ressure plate, and is otherwise identical to the lever - one mechanism, two more to link it, etc.

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 :* '''Stable Foundation''' - The machinery is built on top of a floor, either natural or constructed.
 :* '''Hanging''' - The machinery is built attached to another piece of machinery, typically on top of a gear assembly (to transfer power further down or out horizontally) or a pump. No additional support is required (except for [[screw pump]]s, which have their own requirements for support - see below). The supporting machinery needs only to have been designated for the hanging machinery to be built - it doesn't have to be completed, but might need to be before the power-connection is complete (depending on your design). If the supporting machinery is canceled, disabled, or removed the hanging machinery will collapse to base materials.
-*'''Windmills''' may only connect to machinery directly below their center tile.
+*'''Windmills''' may only connect to machinery directly below their center tile, or to adjacent windmills.
 :* Windmills built on floors sometimes transfer power through them, but it seems to depend on the build order - for maximum reliability, channel out the floor.
 *'''Water wheels''' may only connect to machinery on either side of their center tile.

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	[[File:gears_icon.png\|130px\|right]]'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in ''Dwarf Fortress'', but although they can be [[User:BaronW#The_Almighty_Dwarven_Calculator\|infinitely complex]], no fundamental part is very complicated. There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K\|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K\|b}}uild menu. These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.		[[File:gears_icon.png\|130px\|right]]'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in ''Dwarf Fortress'', but although they can be [[User:BaronW#The_Almighty_Dwarven_Calculator\|infinitely complex]], no fundamental part is very complicated. There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K\|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K\|b}}uild menu. These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.

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-'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in ''Dwarf Fortress'', but although they can be [[User:BaronW#The_Almighty_Dwarven_Calculator|infinitely complex]], no fundamental part is very complicated.  There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K|b}}uild menu.  These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.
+[[File:gears_icon.png|130px|right]]'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in ''Dwarf Fortress'', but although they can be [[User:BaronW#The_Almighty_Dwarven_Calculator|infinitely complex]], no fundamental part is very complicated.  There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K|b}}uild menu.  These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.
 In the order listed in the machine components sub-menu, these are:

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-'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in Dwarf Fortress, but although they can be [[User:BaronW#The_Almighty_Dwarven_Calculator|infinitely complex]], no fundamental part is very complicated.  There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K|b}}uild menu.  These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.
+'''Machines''' are an advanced concept in ''Dwarf Fortress'', but although they can be [[User:BaronW#The_Almighty_Dwarven_Calculator|infinitely complex]], no fundamental part is very complicated.  There are several different types of '''machine components''', all available from the {{K|M}}achine Components screen in the {{K|b}}uild menu.  These components can be used to create custom-designed '''machinery''' of more or less complexity, depending on the situation and the player's design.
 In the order listed in the machine components sub-menu, these are:
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 Attached to a [[support]], the support crumbles (and brings down whatever it was supporting, ~IF~ that was in fact the last thing connected to it!)  Attach to a [[cage]] or [[chain]], it releases its occupant(s).  These are both single-use.
-Connected to a barrier - a door, a hatch, a floodgate, or a bridge - it becomes the sole means of activation for those.  Dwarfs cannot open or close doors/hatches that are linked (and cannot open/close floodgates or bridges without one).
+Connected to a barrier - a door, a hatch, a floodgate, or a bridge - it becomes the sole means of activation for those.  Dwarves cannot open or close doors/hatches that are linked (and cannot open/close floodgates or bridges without one).
 :Main Articles: '''[[Door]]''', '''[[Hatch]], [[Floodgate]]'''

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 :* [[Gear assembly]]
 :* [[axle|Horizontal and Vertical axle]]
-:* [[Rollers]]
+:* [[roller|Rollers]]
 Another important component to most machines are [[lever|levers]], but they are not, technically, "machine components", nor are they needed for many "always on" machine designs.  (But a way to turn a machine off quickly, "just in case", is often a good plan.)

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 Another important component to most machines are [[lever|levers]], but they are not, technically, "machine components", nor are they needed for many "always on" machine designs.  (But a way to turn a machine off quickly, "just in case", is often a good plan.)
-In order for the machines to operate, you must have a [[power]] source (either wind or [[water]]) of some kind.  Power can be transferred to machine parts which require it by a system of [[axle]]s and [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]].
+In order for the machines to operate, you must have a [[power]] source ([[Windmill|wind]], [[Water wheel|water]], or [[Pump operator|dwarf]]) of some kind.  Power can be transferred to machine parts which require it by a system of [[axle]]s and [[gear assembly|gear assemblies]].
 Machines are mostly used for pumping [[water]] or [[magma]], or running [[minecart|rail systems]]. Some complex [[trap design]]s incorporate machine components.  You do ''not'' need machinery of this complexity to operate retractable [[bridge]]s, [[bridge#Drawbridges|drawbridges]], [[Lever#Linking|linked]] [[door]]s, [[hatch]]es or [[floodgate]]s, or simple one-tile [[trap]]s, nor to manually operate [[pump]]s.

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 ====Unusual windmill behavior examples====
-In the diagram below, brown is the windmill and the floor it stands on, black is floor from another level, the star is a gear assembly:
+In the diagram below, brown is the windmill and the floor it stands on, black is floor from another level, the star is a gear assembly. Windmills offer power only to the tile immediately below their central spot.
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 ==See also==