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Atlas

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Endless Rain?
« on: July 13, 2009, 04:27:05 pm »
Is there any way that i can create endless rain on my map?

Rain just started on my map, if i turn off weather, will it keep raining, allowing me to have an endless supply of water?
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Re: Endless Rain?
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2009, 04:30:57 pm »
I think so, but the only way to know is to try it out.

I've had a few embark sites where it rained almost continuously, and that was just the local climate.
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Re: Endless Rain?
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2009, 05:08:15 pm »
Quote from: Atlas on July 13, 2009, 04:27:05 pm
Rain just started on my map, if i turn off weather, will it keep raining, allowing me to have an endless supply of water?

Yes, this is the way. 

Nothing will "overflow" by itself, unless you've tapped murky pools and have them draining off into lower reservoirs.

Note that dwarfs working in rain will get a minor bad thought - hardly a dealbreaker now, but later it might be a consideration.  If you build some UG cisterns you should soon have enough water that you can turn the weather back on and let the rain come naturally - the only time you'll really need it is for wounded and your initial irrigation projects.
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