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Author Topic: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire: Forest fire questions.  (Read 1980 times)

Duke 2.0

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Re: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire: Forest fire questions.
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2009, 12:24:29 pm »

 Interesting update on the stockpile thing. I know for sure they still mess around with mining, but I didn't know they don't effect fire anymore.

 Still, paving a barrier of ground around the splash zone should not be too much of a problem.
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Re: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire: Forest fire questions.
« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2009, 01:15:35 pm »

Aluminum melts at a pretty low temperature, so yeah. Not like any sort of road would do much to stop magma anyhow.

Magma, no. Fire, yes. Paved stone roads stop wildfire very effectively. I'd suggest making the paved road border more than 1 thick in case the heat conducts past the road enough to ignite more grass.
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Re: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire: Forest fire questions.
« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2009, 01:18:23 pm »

Wait, it DOESEN'T burn trees and shrubs?

I just need to stop this torching my dorfs and bait animals.
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Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

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Re: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire: Forest fire questions.
« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2009, 11:53:46 pm »

You say that like setting the world on fire is a bad thing...



I just want to start a flame in orc heart.
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Re: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire: Forest fire questions.
« Reply #19 on: April 14, 2009, 12:18:27 am »

Wait, it DOESEN'T burn trees and shrubs?

I once had a tree growing in my outdoor magma (aka lava) tube. I was anxiously awaiting the puff of smoke from the magma turning the tree into ash... but was sorely disappointed. The tree actually stopped the magma flow. So I had to turn off the pumps and wait for a 10-tile stretch of 7/7 magma to simmer down :-[

I shoulda just left the pumps going and turned a peasant into a woodcutter...
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