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Author Topic: Exploratory shaft to magma sea  (Read 398 times)

AlBravo

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Exploratory shaft to magma sea
« on: November 06, 2010, 07:56:02 am »

I am desperately low on fuel.  So I've decide to dig down to the magma sea I've heard about.  I've heard a lot about spiral ramps.  But I'm having a hard time visualizing this.  Can somebody show me a small diagram of how to build one?  And is this the best way to dig this shaft?
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Syreniac

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Re: Exploratory shaft to magma sea
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2010, 08:09:22 am »

If you just want to dig down as fast as possible, the quickest way would just be a stair case.

d-j is a downwards stair
d-i is an upwards and downwards stair
d-u is an upwards stair

Basically, you want to place a downwards stair case at the top of the shaft, and then just place more and more up/down stairs until you reach the bottom, where you place an upwards stair.

Hopefully, that makes some sense...