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Sulvor

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Magma Swimming
« on: December 26, 2009, 12:03:09 am »
My metalsmith who works at my magma forge will leap into the magma every so often (I save scum to recover him). I have given my dwarves the [SWIMS_INNATE] tag, but I don't understand why he will leap into the magma and burn to death. I've already tried restricting the traffic in the area.
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Quote from: magic dwarf on March 06, 2010, 12:06:59 pm
Sulvor has created a backpack (made out of dwarven babies) and is now a legendary leatherworker

silhouette

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Re: Magma Swimming
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2009, 12:06:43 am »
they sometimes trip or dodge.
stupid dwarves.
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# PowerGoal49, SCREAM BALL, (Future): Trolls take the captives and see if they can throw them all the way over the chasm to each other.
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Sulvor

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Re: Magma Swimming
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2009, 12:12:22 am »
Would building a floor over a section of the magma then walling it off work? Assuming they don't fall in during the construction of it.
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Re: Magma Swimming
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2009, 12:13:53 am »
You can floor or grate over magma and it will be safe.

I usually channel it a Z-level below, and then only open a single hole, and the build the forge such that an impassible part of it is over the hole, and it works great.
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Re: Magma Swimming
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2009, 12:23:26 am »
Just finished walling it off (took me a couple times cause the fire man popped up and torched my dwarves).
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Quote from: magic dwarf on March 06, 2010, 12:06:59 pm
Sulvor has created a backpack (made out of dwarven babies) and is now a legendary leatherworker