whats best way to create a tall tower ?

[Grimr]

so I was thinking I would do a tall tower... however the idea got annoying at lvl2....
I would make a squarish shape.. make a tall stairs in the corner.. and then I told them to make a 2nd lvl walls....

however they plonked down a wall ether side of where they could get from the ladder and then rest were not reachable....

was hoping some one here has a much better way than placing each block one at the time for the next lvls...

[Juicy_Almonds]

I think "Twisted Logic" did a Youtube video on building upwards, I'll post a link if i find it

[Fel]

DFHack could help you but your best bet it to have a floor on each level before doing the walls.
You only need the 1 tile along the wall while building the tower itself but you will most likely have floors anyway later on.

As for the wall placement, if you have the floor in place you can set 2 opposite sides to be built at once, all the way to the corners.
If you don't want to do 1 level at a time, you can alternate the sides you build on each level (like north-south then east-west then north-south and so on).
That way the wall from the lower level will become a "floor" and allow you to place the corners as well.

All that's left is to build the remaining two walls once the corners are done.

Remember to leave the top level for a full "floor" as a roof to prevent flying creatures from getting in.

[Juicy_Almonds]

found that video for ya:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgmQp1rAtE0

[twitch.tv/edwin_fox]

DFHack's gui/design

[Grimr]

Originally posted by Juicy_Almonds:

found that video for ya:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgmQp1rAtE0

Awesome! :)
Thanks just what I needed.