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alway

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Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« on: June 10, 2009, 12:13:38 pm »

I am constructing a large, cast obsidian pyramid on one of my maps. However, when I removed the walls used as scaffolding, the top of the obsidian beneath them had turned into soil! Is there any way to get rid of it and revert it back to the obsidian which it should be?

W= wall
O= obsidian floor (top of obsidian tile)
o=cast obsidian tile
S= soil floor

W
OOO
ooo

turns into

SOO
ooo
« Last Edit: June 10, 2009, 12:16:13 pm by alway »
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Scruga

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Re: Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2009, 12:27:32 pm »

No, this is a known bug i'm afraid. But other people might come up with an alternative for the walls.
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alway

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Re: Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2009, 12:36:39 pm »

Ugh... Armok will not be pleased that there are PLANTS growing on his temple.  :'(

I guess I will just have to pave the soil with gold then!  ;D
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Re: Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2009, 12:45:28 pm »

Or just construct an obsidian floor there...
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Re: Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2009, 12:47:48 pm »

Or just construct an obsidian floor there...
Good idea... *facepalm*
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Re: Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 01:13:37 pm »

oh that's nice =)
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Re: Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2009, 05:22:53 pm »

You could have just cast it bigger than needed and carved it down to the proper size.  That would have avoided the issue also.
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Re: Casting Obsidian, Need help!
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2009, 06:14:58 pm »

True, but it has a 60 by 60 base... That takes forever to fill, and depletes just about all the magma pipe down to the intake tunnel by the time it is full.
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