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doomdome

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On the mining of... certain blue metals... without initiating Fun
« on: October 03, 2010, 02:40:05 am »
So yeah, it's there in the title...
I'm already being OCD about carving fortifications first, but this is my first time, so anyone have advice?
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Re: On the mining of... certain blue metals... without initiating Fun
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2010, 02:45:29 am »
Some things can pass through fortifications.  What I do is I wall the section off, leaving one miner down there with a small storeroom and a bed for him while I mine with the fortification trick.
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Re: On the mining of... certain blue metals... without initiating Fun
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2010, 03:05:24 am »
What passes through fortifications?!?!?!! Other than magma, I mean. Also, if you don't have an engraver down there, doesn't it take forever?
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Re: On the mining of... certain blue metals... without initiating Fun
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2010, 06:02:46 am »
Quote from: doomdome on October 03, 2010, 03:05:24 am
What passes through fortifications?!?!?!! Other than magma, I mean. Also, if you don't have an engraver down there, doesn't it take forever?
Spirits for one?

I usually dig first layers of blue stuff until i accidentally puncture. Then build a wall. Or prepare a cave-in in advance to block the tunnel.

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Re: On the mining of... certain blue metals... without initiating Fun
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2010, 06:16:54 am »
And once you breach hell and immediately seal it with a cave-in, you reveal where the hollow parts are in all the other adamantine in the map?
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Re: On the mining of... certain blue metals... without initiating Fun
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2010, 06:22:17 am »
When I find a chunk of blue stuff I'll dig all around it as deep as I can go with out digging any of it out. Once done I can usually estimate where any hollow areas would be as they are usually only 2x2 per level. So far I've been able to get plenty with out any risky digging.
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Re: On the mining of... certain blue metals... without initiating Fun
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2010, 07:15:39 am »
Thing with fortifications and blocking it off afterwards is that it still rapes your fps.

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