View Issue Details

Jump to NotesJump to History
IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003725Dwarf FortressSitespublic2010-11-24 11:092014-09-10 07:14
ReporterQuietust Assigned Touser6 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.31.18 
Summary0003725: Walls of human castles/fortresses made from implausible stones (e.g. native gold/platinum)
DescriptionI've encountered multiple human castles made from materials which are implausibly rare - pitchblende, tetrahedrite, rutile, periclase, even native platinum; for the case of native platinum, it's a very good thing that dwarves are not capable of embarking on top of castles...

Logically, such castles should only be built from layer stones, or possibly even stones that occur in large clusters (e.g. microcline or orthoclase) - any stones that occur solely as veins, small clusters, or single tiles don't make sense for building a massive castle.
TagsIntentional/Expected?

Relationships

related to 0003478 new Hamlets of destroyed civilizations have sand huts and unknown material doors 
related to 0005061 confirmeduser6 World gen constructions made of "rock" rather than a specific stone (roads, bridges, castles, sewers, catacombs, dungeons) 

Activities

user6

2010-11-24 12:05

  ~0014193

I've seen this too. My guess is that Toady didn't want to write anything fancy for picking the appropriate local stone, since it would just have to be rewritten again for Caravan Arc resource tracking.

user6

2011-04-05 14:13

  ~0017102

Does this still occur in 0.31.25?

Quietust

2011-04-05 14:32

reporter   ~0017103

Last edited: 2011-04-05 14:37

 Generated a 200-year world, and the first fortress I found was made of hornblende; a bit more searching turned up ones made of rutile, tetrahedrite, and garnierite.

user1294

2011-04-05 14:43

  ~0017104

It's still happening, yes. In a vanilla game I just checked I found a tetrahedrite fortress on the first try, and I've seen other valuable ores and minerals in my modded games, including a (supposedly) rare and valuable modded ore.

Coaldiamond

2011-06-16 09:38

reporter   ~0018003

My favorite implausible castles so far have been a purple pitchblende castle and a red petrified wood castle in a vanilla game.

Khym Chanur

2014-09-10 04:59

reporter   ~0030076

In 0.40.x I saw a keep with walls of coal.

smjjames

2014-09-10 06:44

reporter   ~0030078

Last edited: 2014-09-10 06:54

 I still see keeps and meadhalls with walls of pitchblende in 40.11, or just about anything that you can make into a wall in DF. Even saw a fortress entrance made of native gold, then again, maybe we can give Dwarves a bit of an exception.

ptb_ptb

2014-09-10 07:07

reporter   ~0030083

Native platinum block fortress.

smjjames

2014-09-10 07:14

reporter   ~0030084

Last edited: 2014-09-10 07:16

 @footkerchief: It was probably native gold blocks rather than native gold boulders, but still....

If it was made of gold bars, okay, I'd just assume that have shitloads of gold lying around, but native gold nuggets/blocks? Nah.

Add Note

Note

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-11-24 11:09 Quietust New Issue
2010-11-24 12:05 user6 Note Added: 0014193
2010-11-24 12:05 user6 Tag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2010-11-24 12:06 user6 Tag Attached: Fixed in 0.31.19?
2011-04-05 14:12 user6 Summary Human castles made from implausible stones => Walls of human castles/fortresses made from implausible stones (e.g. platinum)
2011-04-05 14:12 user6 Relationship added related to 0003478
2011-04-05 14:13 user6 Note Added: 0017102
2011-04-05 14:32 Quietust Note Added: 0017103
2011-04-05 14:37 Quietust Note Edited: 0017103
2011-04-05 14:43 user1294 Note Added: 0017104
2011-04-05 14:49 user6 Tag Detached: Fixed in 0.31.19?
2011-04-05 14:49 user6 Tag Detached: Intentional/Expected?
2011-06-16 09:38 Coaldiamond Note Added: 0018003
2014-09-08 14:58 user6 Tag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2014-09-10 04:59 Khym Chanur Note Added: 0030076
2014-09-10 06:44 smjjames Note Added: 0030078
2014-09-10 06:54 smjjames Note Edited: 0030078
2014-09-10 07:04 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-09-10 07:04 user6 Status new => confirmed
2014-09-10 07:04 user6 Summary Walls of human castles/fortresses made from implausible stones (e.g. platinum) => Walls of human castles/fortresses made from implausible stones (e.g. native gold/platinum)
2014-09-10 07:07 ptb_ptb Note Added: 0030083
2014-09-10 07:14 smjjames Note Added: 0030084
2014-09-10 07:16 smjjames Note Edited: 0030084
2015-01-14 18:00 lethosor Relationship added related to 0005061