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qalnor

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lava floods
« on: October 20, 2006, 07:37:00 pm »

Has anyone experimented with what determines whether this happens or not? Is it a matter of piercing a hex adjacent to lava?

I have a Cunning Plan (tm) but it's a lot of work and if it fails I'll have wasted a considerable amount of time.

Thanks in advance.

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AlStar

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Re: lava floods
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2006, 09:54:00 pm »

Far as I've seen, it's completely random, just like the river flood is - just a lot more deadly.

Maximus

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Re: lava floods
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2006, 03:18:00 am »

You can turn off all mining except for one peasant when you think you're getting near the magma.  I can't think of much else to do about it.
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qalnor

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Re: lava floods
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2006, 09:09:00 am »

Well no, I want it to happen, getting out of it isn't the issue.
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Silveron

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Re: lava floods
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2006, 11:43:00 am »

Some say its a matter of the skill of the miner. Ive had legendary miners cause/not cause magma floods. (shrugs)
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