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[Cajoes]

How can I make it so a waterwheel can be fashioned from steel bars? I need to do something extremely inadvisable with a magma current.

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[ May 25, 2008: Message edited by: Cajoes ]

[Dasleah]

Wrong forum.

And I assume yes. As far as I know, there's no set materials for anything, including Waterwheels. Although I don't know how good Magma is for generating power, as it flows rather slow and doesn't carry pressure, which may be what drives a waterwheel. Hell, maybe it's just water alone that can drive them

Not sure if that answers your question or is even relevant.

EDIT: Looking at the Wiki, I may be wrong. It seems Wood and Wood only.

[ May 25, 2008: Message edited by: Dasleah ]

[Duke 2.0]

Perhaps steel logs?

Make a reaction that turns steel bars into a type of wood that has the same stats as steel?

[ May 26, 2008: Message edited by: Duke 2.0 ]

[Cajoes]

Ooh, that should work. Thanks Duke.  

[Jay]

Of course I don't think wood has the % tags that define the damage and block rating of that material like metal does.
So don't go around making Steel log swords, they'll be useless.

[Kagus]

You wouldn't be able to anyways...  The most you'd be able to make would be shields, since dwarves can't make wooden weapons.

[Jay]

quote:Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>You wouldn't be able to anyways...  The most you'd be able to make would be shields, since dwarves can't make wooden weapons.</STRONG>

I was just thinking maybe somebody reading the conversation might have modded their dwarves to be able to make wooden weapons...
But yeah, steel log shields wouldn't be effective either.

[Kagus]

You can't mod dwarves to make wooden weapons, only elves and other WOOD_PREF critters can have them for when they're trading with you.  You can't make wooden weapons in fort mode.

Except for crossbows, of course.

[Jay]

quote:Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>You can't mod dwarves to make wooden weapons, only elves and other WOOD_PREF critters can have them for when they're trading with you.  You can't make wooden weapons in fort mode.

Except for crossbows, of course.</STRONG>

Okay, so I'm a XxModderxX.  That much we've established.
But my original point still stands in that the PERC tags don't work for wood.

[Cajoes]

A little moot point, since I'm making a waterwheel from steel, not weapons from wood.

In any case, a useless weapon would be handy for sparring, no?