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[numerobis]

I found a magma pipe (red squiggle on the local map) in exactly the kind of place I wanted to be (seashore, sand, flux), and embarked.  To my surprise, there was no magma pipe to be seen!  However, I dug to where the local map said there'd be magma, and found it.

So, bug or feature?

[Yourself]

This happened to me quite a long time ago as well.  I didn't really know what I was doing back then so I never worried about it and just started a new fortress.

[Zara]

We had some discussion on this on the wiki. If you have a magma pipe that you have found using regional prospector it might or it might not be visible on surface. However, if you have a volcano that you can see on the embark map anyway, you should always have magma visible from the surface.

[numerobis]

No utilities, no mods (except a few settings in init.txt).

[beorn080]

Sometimes a pipe has a layer of obsidian floor or an actual obsidian layer over it.  On almost any map where this occurs you can tell where the pipe is by the patch of stone instead of the grass. I've noticed that it typically occurs in colder climates.

[numerobis]

quote:Originally posted by beorn080:
<STRONG>Sometimes a pipe has a layer of obsidian floor or an actual obsidian layer over it.  On almost any map where this occurs you can tell where the pipe is by the patch of stone instead of the grass. I've noticed that it typically occurs in colder climates.</STRONG>

Nope; it's dirt on top.  With trees and shrubs, all elf-like.

[GRead]

I had this happen once to me.
Funny thing though? I had about three worlds from that same seed at the time (I was prospecting for good locations for my community fortress and was embarking to get a look at the local wildlife) and I went to the same spot on another seed and the magma chamber was visible and not fully buried.
Didn't know what to make of that. Of course I didn't even use that spot in the end, but still, kinda weird.

[Zironic]

Basicly, magma will be there,just when generating the landscape, it happened to be to close to a hill or mountain and got swallowed.

[numerobis]

quote:Originally posted by Zironic:
<STRONG>Basically, magma will be there, just when generating the landscape, it happened to be to close to a hill or mountain and got swallowed.</STRONG>

Sure.  But then, should the dwarves be able to show me a map that has red squiggles on it?

[Lyrax]

If anyone can, it would be the dwarves.