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Author Topic: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe  (Read 1616 times)

William

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Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« on: July 28, 2008, 12:06:37 am »

Here is the message that leads me to believe that they are trying to fish in a magma pipe. Just to let you know that I turned off the heat option.
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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2008, 01:31:25 am »

Aren't there magma eels or something that can be legitimately fished out of magma? I dunno, don't usually mess with that stuff. Have a tendency to re-route it into the living quarters by accident.
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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2008, 04:10:32 am »

Aren't there magma eels or something that can be legitimately fished out of magma? I dunno, don't usually mess with that stuff. Have a tendency to re-route it into the living quarters by accident.

But they fish with their bare hands..... in magma? ouch.
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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2008, 04:59:36 am »

With the temperature off, fishing in magma with their bare hands would be the equivalent of fishing in really chunky red water.
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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2008, 12:52:00 pm »

Lava fish would definitely be an interesting addition. Perhaps they could be processed into iron or something, such that fisherdorfs could provide a slow but endless supply of metal if you have access to magma. Of course, there's also assuming that the whole bursting into flames thing is taken care of.


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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 09:39:16 pm »

Were there any swamps near the magma pipe that a fisher dwarf might have been standing at?  It might have gotten confused about the location.
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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2008, 03:33:32 pm »

Yeah, the area is full of pools.
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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2008, 10:08:30 pm »

Okay, I'll have to make it more careful about the announcement, though with the tile flags it should be able to get things right down to the tile.  Perhaps I was silly and just used the map block or something for the announcements.  I'll have to check at some point.
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Re: Dwarves Apparently Trying to Fish in a Magma Pipe
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2008, 10:15:30 pm »


 Could you please add magma fish?

 Perhaps it would be better if there were horizontal magma pipes, similar to how underground rivers are made. Heck, empty magma pipes near volcanoes.

 Adventurers exploring old magma pipes? Hell yea!
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