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[puke]

so im playing the latest version with a world made in this build, and a brand new fort.  i have a double floodgate, a hallway, a fortification, and more empty space on the other side.

the flood isnt passing the floodgate.  is this a feature or a bug?  i didnt see it in the dev notes.

[w]

It still works for me (as of the latest version).

However, I've never done exactly what you seem to be describing: It seems like you're using flood water (i.e. after a double floodgate).  I've only ever used river overflow water to go through fortifications.

Does anyone know if flood water ever went through fortifications? I don't.

[Angela Christine]

No, I once tried flooding as a last ditch part of my entrance defence, and was quite surprised (and pleased) that it didn't pass through the fortifications into a nearby barracks that still had a couple injured dwarf inside.  It's funny that shallow overflow water passes through fortifications and deep flood water does not, but there you go.

[w]

quote:Originally posted by Angela Christine:
<STRONG>No, I once tried flooding as a last ditch part of my entrance defence, and was quite surprised (and pleased) that it didn't pass through the fortifications into a nearby barracks that still had a couple injured dwarf inside.  It's funny that shallow overflow water passes through fortifications and deep flood water does not, but there you go.</STRONG>

Ignoring the possibility of pumps and so forth, water is limited by the height of the river it's sourced from.  That's higher in the overflow case.

[Ancient Whale]

But dwarves can walk on overflow water without any problems, while they drown in flood water.

[w]

quote:Originally posted by Ancient Whale:
<STRONG>But dwarves can walk on overflow water without any problems, while they drown in flood water.</STRONG>

Well, then it seems like that's the thing that doesn't make sense.  The fortification thing is, at least, consistent with reality.

Just to be clear: I don't have much of an issue with this one way or the other.

[Draxxalon]

This is just one of the myriad cases where natural floods behave differently than dwarf-created floods.

[Pod]

quote:Originally posted by Ancient Whale:
<STRONG>But dwarves can walk on overflow water without any problems, while they drown in flood water.</STRONG>

Water in channels moves 3x faster than river water, doesn't it?
Therefor we can assume that the flood water is moving 3x faster than the trickling overflow water....

maybe.