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[vadia]

I have a map that has been low fps from the start, but I have reason to keep going, so when I hit the magma level I found that there was a large section of magma that would flow up then right then down then up and then left I think that may be causing much of the lag

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rather than the 1244 z levels of adamantine towering over the world

How can I remove the crazy flow?

[0x517A5D]

Download DFHack.  Unpack it.

Start Dwarf Fortress, load your fort, leave the game paused.

Open the DFHack folder, start dfliquids.exe.

Type this cryptic stuff into the dfliquids window:

Code: [Select]

m
7
f-
s.
block
Go back to Dwarf Fortress, locate the affected magma.  Resume the game for a little bit, mentally note the affected areas of the map, pause the game.

Then repeat these steps:

• in Dwarf Fortress, move the k cursor close to an affected area.  You don't have to be exact.
• In the dfliquids window, press Enter.

dfliquids will do its work in 16 by 16 blocks, but you can't choose where the block start.  It's probably best to work around the perimeter of the affected area, then do one or two near the center.

Then resume Dwarf Fortress and see if the problem is gone.

It's possible I missed a step here; if this doesn't work please report what happened including a copy-and-paste of the entire contents of the dfliquids window.

[SquidgyB]

DFLiquids has a range feature now too, so you can easily wipe all the liquid content on an entire Z-level in one go if you want.

Just type "range" and it'll ask you for width/height. iirc 255*255 was enough for a 3x3 embark.

[Syreniac]

DFLiquids has a range feature now too, so you can easily wipe all the liquid content on an entire Z-level in one go if you want.

Just type "range" and it'll ask you for width/height. iirc 255*255 was enough for a 3x3 embark.

If your embark is bigger, you can work out the size as each square on the embark location chooser is 48 ingame squares. So a 3x3 embark is 144x144 ingame squares.

[SquidgyB]

Thanks for that - I was too lazy to do the research/simple maths

[vadia]

DFLiquids has a range feature now too, so you can easily wipe all the liquid content on an entire Z-level in one go if you want.

Just type "range" and it'll ask you for width/height. iirc 255*255 was enough for a 3x3 embark.

At that point I turned a whole layer into magma -- fortunately I have a backup.

Unfortunately, it pushes the folw to the edges.

[Greiger]

Does tweak's For Each Tile still work?  If I remember it was rather trivial to make an if statement like

If is magma
{
     fluid level == 7
}

(disclaimer: Not actual for each tile code, I forget the syntax)
That would make sure every tile on the map that already has magma would be full without having do find any fancy locations

[vadia]

Does tweak's For Each Tile still work?  If I remember it was rather trivial to make an if statement like

If is magma
{
     fluid level == 7
}

(disclaimer: Not actual for each tile code, I forget the syntax)
That would make sure every tile on the map that already has magma would be full without having do find any fancy locations

I thionk magma is flowing on and off from mostright now I removed the liquid and it still seems to flowe
 directions
Over piles of semi molten mud,  how praytell do I get rid of that without giving up on all water?

[Igfig]

Just so you know, it's a lot more likely that your lag is because of the 1200 Z-levels.

[vadia]

Just so you know, it's a lot more likely that your lag is because of the 1200 Z-levels.

Yeah, it seems to have made only minimal difference.  but after having gotten ride of the majority of flows it might be going faster.

[Kaos]

sorry, posted in wrong thread