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jman650

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Project Idea
« on: October 31, 2010, 01:41:34 pm »
Although I use a macbook and the hotkeys for DF just don't work for me, so I don't play it, I had a good idea for a big project thing.

Get a map with a volcano that's really, really, really big. Somehow (suspension?) build a little capsulized city thing. Then remove the supports and it sinks into the lava, going down while everyone inside is living their lives.

Is this feasible and could anyone make it if so?
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Daetrin

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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2010, 01:44:15 pm »
Sadly, cave-in rules won't allow it.  People have, however, drained magma tubes, built their fort, and let it fill again.
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It is really, really easy to flood this place with magma fwiw.

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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2010, 01:53:53 pm »
similar experiments have been made
try searching "dwarven submarine", I believe
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2010, 02:26:42 pm »
I believe that if you obsidian cast it, it will work rather well, except when it hits the ground, everything that isn't natural wall will deconstruct.
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2010, 02:51:26 pm »
AFAIK. the sub falls at lightspeed, the Dwarfs? not so much, resulting in a lot of "Urist McMagmanaut has died after colliding with an object"
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2010, 02:57:17 pm »
Quote from: They Got Leader on October 31, 2010, 02:26:42 pm
I believe that if you obsidian cast it, it will work rather well, except when it hits the ground, everything that isn't natural wall will deconstruct.
It won't. SMR will annihilate everything on it that isn't magma (that includes cast obsidian).
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2010, 03:19:52 pm »
Quote from: Dariush on October 31, 2010, 02:57:17 pm
Quote from: They Got Leader on October 31, 2010, 02:26:42 pm
I believe that if you obsidian cast it, it will work rather well, except when it hits the ground, everything that isn't natural wall will deconstruct.
It won't. SMR will annihilate everything on it that isn't magma (that includes cast obsidian).
Oh yeahhhh
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2010, 04:26:22 pm »
Quote from: ISGC on October 31, 2010, 01:53:53 pm
similar experiments have been made
try searching "dwarven submarine", I believe
No, not really. It only leads to your post.
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2010, 04:57:26 pm »
Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on October 31, 2010, 04:26:22 pm
Quote from: ISGC on October 31, 2010, 01:53:53 pm
similar experiments have been made
try searching "dwarven submarine", I believe
No, not really. It only leads to your post.
I get plenty of hits
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not all of them are related, but some are
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2010, 05:00:16 pm »
If you use the Search function on this page, it will only search through this thread. To find the Dwarven Submarine thread you need to search while on the Dwarf Fortress board. Or if you want to search the entire forum, you need to search while on the index page.

Edit: The thread you are searching for is this one: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56305.0
« Last Edit: October 31, 2010, 05:03:31 pm by jellsprout »
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2010, 05:02:14 pm »
Quote from: jellsprout on October 31, 2010, 05:00:16 pm
If you use the Search function on this page, it will only search through this thread. To find the Dwarven Submarine thread you need to search while on the Dwarf Fortress board. Or if you want to search the entire forum, you need to search while on the index page.
Huh. That's weird.
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Re: Project Idea
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2010, 05:04:22 pm »
Not really, it's useful for searching long threads like the FotF thread.
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