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LuckyNinja

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[31.25] Building into the ocean?
« on: July 11, 2012, 01:24:06 pm »
Hello there, ran into a bit of a problem just now, and given the (relative) time for the failure to occur I'd like to ask the forum what I did wrong.

I've started on a small island on a map largely populated by water. Now the coastline was aquifier-free so I was able to dig down and set up a nice fort, but now I want to expand my above-ground efforts, my project being a water-based fort. Before I committed to it fully I did a test run involving one of the bases for the tower. I found a spot of the ocean that was only 2 tiles deep, and correspondingly built a 4-block tower over it. This was my intention.



However the actual result turned out like so:



I can't quite figure out what went wrong, being as it's similar to one of the methods for breaching an aquifier layer, so I can't figure out what went screwdaddles. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: [31.25] Building into the ocean?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2012, 01:30:04 pm »
constructed blocks return to their constituent parts when caved in. natural wall retains its shape.
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Re: [31.25] Building into the ocean?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2012, 01:49:48 pm »
Bugger.

Is there any way of building into the ocean?
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Re: [31.25] Building into the ocean?
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2012, 02:12:51 pm »
poor magma over the ocean.  Or, instead of using the ocean water, you can cast a tower of magma in midair above the ocean, then drop THAT, then dig it out.
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Re: [31.25] Building into the ocean?
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2012, 06:17:54 pm »
There's a slightly easier way to deal with it. Build pumps out in a ring pumping out, and power them, ensuring the inside ring is large enough to contain a second set of pumps. Once the first set has cleared out inside, set up a second set of pumps to draw out the second layer of water. Now you can lay down a foundation and rise up two levels and have your sea tower.
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