[Question] Z-Levels

duke455 · 2013-11-18T19:37:15.000Z

I would like somebody to explain what z-levels are.
I heard of them on many topics but never really understand what really are (or are planned to be).
Thank you very much!

Sanarr · 2013-11-18T19:44:56.000Z

Z-levels means “Z coordinate level” or height above/below ground. Implementing Z-levels would give us multi-story buildings, deep dungeons etc. Maybe a possibility to dig yourself underground house (or fortress… dwarf fortress ) ). Or meet some kind of flying (or underground dwelling) Zed.

duke455 · 2013-11-18T19:46:57.000Z

I got it now! Thank you very much, when implemented I will start to use dressers as bombs

FunsizeNinja123 · 2013-11-18T20:19:29.000Z

I wonder what happens if you leave a live grenade inside a container…

duke455 · 2013-11-18T20:23:31.000Z

i2amroy · 2013-11-18T21:14:58.000Z

If you want a good example of a system we’ll be looking at, take a look at the Dwarf Fortress implementation (though we’ll be shooting for a more “fortress mode” style implementation then their adventure mode style).

HS1342 · 2013-11-18T21:27:16.000Z

[move]MAN I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG I CAN WAIT FOR THEM Z-LEVELS CAUSE I’M GOING TO BUILD SO MUCH F***ED UP S*** AND THEN BLOW IT UP[/move]

FunsizeNinja123 · 2013-11-18T21:54:02.000Z

HS1342:

MAN I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG I CAN WAIT FOR THEM Z-LEVELS CAUSE I’M GOING TO BUILD SO MUCH F***ED UP S*** AND THEN BLOW IT UP

MO FUGGIN TREEHOUSES

EkarusRyndren · 2013-11-18T22:43:08.000Z

Suddenly I have a mental image of destroying a town in CDDA and watching it all fall down from the distance…

…Are we gonna get hills?

vultures · 2013-11-20T06:47:17.000Z

You can think of it this way:
With no Z-levels you can lose your golden ring to some gooey precipice in the ground. Once you manage to get down there, your precious has vanished for all eternity, stuck in-between the debugger’s bits and bytes.
With Superb Awesome Z-Levels (SAZ-L) you get to drop your ring, but you can never lose it. Nevertheless it shines more brightly so you’re blinded with the wish to explore the depths of the Mighty Z-Dungeon. However, the goblin that took your ring was a mere toothpick for the Great Wyrm nesting there, so your Z-Levels actually are:
Great_Wyrm>>Your_Pile_Of_Bones>>Goblin_Toothpick>>GoldWish

And yet another trivia - if Sauron had no Z-Levels, Frodo could’ve been the new Dark Lord.