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BinaryBeast1010011010

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breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« on: March 10, 2012, 12:06:51 pm »
I've been through the wiki, then I tried the cave in method, only problem : my miner gets blasted by the dust and often fall in the hole, what can I do to prevent this?
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2012, 12:09:17 pm »
Using pumps is the safest way to go, but it takes a lot of effort and a river or brook to make it workable.
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2012, 12:16:16 pm »
Try this method :
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=98542.msg2881039
With the extra wall, your dwarf should be at safe distance when the cave-in happens.

Or you can remove aquifers from the world generation if they annoy you too much, but you'll lose the benefits of them too.
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2012, 12:22:16 pm »
thanks but I love aquifers, I did not embark on some site because I did not know any way to deal with them but now... lets get near this necro tower :P
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2012, 12:30:48 pm »
Quote from: Nirreln on March 10, 2012, 12:09:17 pm
Using pumps is the safest way to go, but it takes a lot of effort and a river or brook to make it workable.

Erm no?
You don't need a river or brook to breach an aquifer with pumps. These absolutely have nothing to do with one another.
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2012, 12:40:51 pm »
Quote from: martinuzz on March 10, 2012, 12:30:48 pm
Quote from: Nirreln on March 10, 2012, 12:09:17 pm
Using pumps is the safest way to go, but it takes a lot of effort and a river or brook to make it workable.

Erm no?
You don't need a river or brook to breach an aquifer with pumps. These absolutely have nothing to do with one another.
He meant as a place to dump the water you pump out, I think.  Myself, I pump it back into the aquifer, just off to the side of where I'm trying to peirce. ;)

Only problem I've had is the last two times i've gotten aquifer's, its been in soil layers, so I had to dig out more and build walls instead of just smoothing them.
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2012, 12:51:36 pm »
Quote from: krenshala on March 10, 2012, 12:40:51 pm
Myself, I pump it back into the aquifer, just off to the side of where I'm trying to peirce. ;)

yes, this.
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2012, 01:07:46 pm »
You can smooth the stone to block aquifers??

YAY.
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2012, 01:18:29 pm »
Quote from: zubb2 on March 10, 2012, 01:07:46 pm
You can smooth the stone to block aquifers??

YAY.
Just make sure it's just one z-layer deep. I used the "build walls" alternative since I hadsoil there, but then I noticed how there was a metric f-ton of aquifer layers. There was a whole aquifer cavern.
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Re: breaching an aquifer without losing dorfs
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2012, 02:05:45 pm »
If you use the cave in method just bring a few stones on embark and make mechanism and support for remote collapse.
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