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Trekkin

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Getting rid of water
« on: August 11, 2010, 02:23:51 am »
I recently had one of my waterfall forts flood from the bottom because the retracting bridges I had set up to atom smash the water away failed to retract- they fell, the pressure plate set to open them on water of 0 to 5 was suddenly in 1/7 water, and they stayed fallen until the entire level flooded completely and the water went up to wash my dwarves out onto the surface. No dwarf pulled the profile-free lever that would manually open them no matter how many times I queued the job up, but that's a separate problem.

I can only assume there's a better way to make such a water destroyer, and so I ask-- what is the most reliable method for continually removing water from below its source, other than pumping it off the edge of the map?
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Vertibird

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Re: Getting rid of water
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 02:27:29 am »
magma
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Trekkin

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Re: Getting rid of water
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 02:30:09 am »
Care to elaborate? Do I simply let it fall into magma and form obsidian that will then cave in onto semi-molten rock and be destroyed, or is there a craftier method?
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slothen

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Re: Getting rid of water
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2010, 02:41:45 am »
find a cavern that has water adjacent to the map edge.  Dump the water there.
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Re: Getting rid of water
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2010, 02:53:54 am »
Quote from: Trekkin on August 11, 2010, 02:23:51 am
I recently had one of my waterfall forts flood from the bottom because the retracting bridges I had set up to atom smash the water away failed to retract- they fell, the pressure plate set to open them on water of 0 to 5 was suddenly in 1/7 water, and they stayed fallen until the entire level flooded completely and the water went up to wash my dwarves out onto the surface. No dwarf pulled the profile-free lever that would manually open them no matter how many times I queued the job up, but that's a separate problem.

I can only assume there's a better way to make such a water destroyer, and so I ask-- what is the most reliable method for continually removing water from below its source, other than pumping it off the edge of the map?

I know you said you don't want to pump it off the edge of the map, but why not do the old carve fortifications on the edge of the map trick? Works perfectly for me every time. Or even just pour it into a cavern that goes off the edge of the map?

I'd advise for anything with water going down to always have a floodgate at the top no matter how devoid of risk the project may seem!
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