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[Pnx]

Just figured i'd mension that i have a farm system thats a little wierd

code:

###_#_#######################~
OC__#_#######################~
O#..._#######################~
OF____#######################~
O#..#_#######################~
OCm.#E#########D#############~
##m##_A.....................#~
##m##_#.....................#~
#mm##_#.....................#~
#m###_#.....................#~
#m###_#.....................#~
#m###_#.....................#~
#m###_########..#############~
#m###_______________________B~
#m############..#############~

m is magma filled channels
A B C E F are floodgates (The two C floodgates are linked by the same lever)
~ river
D door out (I didn't bother with whats beyond that.)
O is where theres a channel to the outside river
_ channel
# stone wall
- mined stone

Anyway if i open floodgate B and A, then water comes from the cave river fills the farms. When I close the one leading to the river it creates an antiflood that jumps from the channel... So i get something like this...

code:

#~#~~~~~~~..~~~~~~~~#~
#~#~~~~~~....~~~~~~~#~
#~#~~~~~......~~~~~~#~
#~########..#########~
#~~~~~~~____________X~

[ January 09, 2007: Message edited by: Pnx ]

[Toady One]

If the antiflood didn't jump the channel, there would be water sitting in a square above the channel and not pouring into it, which would also seem wrong.  Antifloods are one of the more "gamey" aspects of DF, since it's not feasible to handle water volumes numerically.  The situation will change when I overhaul flows, but I'm not sure if this will be affected or not.