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Naraceaus

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Pumping water
« on: March 22, 2012, 08:37:24 pm »
Hi guys, I was wondering what would happen if I pumped water with three pumps into a "pipe" (a channel on the same z level as the pump) that is one tile wide. Will the water run quicker through the "pipe" to compensate or will the water build up behind?

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geail

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Re: Pumping water
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2012, 08:41:08 pm »
assuming you are pulling water from an infinite body of water that instantly fills up, the channel would fill more quickly than if you used 1 pump.
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rtg593

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Re: Pumping water
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2012, 08:43:20 pm »
You'd get a 7/7 wall of water shooting 11-some tiles before dropping a couple */7 down every few tiles, iirc. Basically a water cannon :p
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Re: Pumping water
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2012, 08:45:39 pm »
Its like a dwarven supersoaker
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Naraceaus

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Re: Pumping water
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2012, 09:59:44 pm »
awesome. The the water source instantly fills cause it comes from three pumps pushin it into a waterfall and the pumps will sit where the water lands pushing it back to the source of the orignal pumps.

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rtg593

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Re: Pumping water
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2012, 11:23:48 pm »
... Interesting design, if I'm imagining it properly. Are the 3 pumps a stack, or same z level... We all assumed same, but that last comment made it sound like a stack.

If your shooting 3 pumps into a waterfall, you'll get 3 things:

1.  A lot of mist

2. Crazy low fps

3. A lot of flooding.

In my experience ;)
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Naraceaus

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Re: Pumping water
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2012, 11:40:00 pm »
The three pumps are one the same Z level, i don't have much experience with "pipes" haveing more than one z level in height. I'm hoping to avoid the 3rd symptom hehe.
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Re: Pumping water
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2012, 01:47:06 am »
Quote from: Naraceaus on March 22, 2012, 09:59:44 pm
awesome. The the water source instantly fills cause it comes from three pumps pushin it into a waterfall and the pumps will sit where the water lands pushing it back to the source of the orignal pumps.

Thanks guys

Be aware that pumps move water *significantly* faster than gravity.

My suggestion: Whenever using pumps for waterfalls, insert a diagonal bend as the water is about to fall in order to kill the pressure from the pump. A single pump stack, with a good enough source, will easily provide the water for over a dozen such waterfalls.
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