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Nate879

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Caveins
« on: February 23, 2008, 07:51:00 pm »
I had the following situation when the cavein started.  (F=floor, W = wall)

code:

F  F  F
W     W
W     W
WFFFFFW

It ended up like this:

code:

F     F
W     W
W     W
WFF FFW

Why did the floor on the bottom level disappear?

[ February 23, 2008: Message edited by: Nate879 ]

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Re: Caveins
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2008, 08:01:00 pm »
IIRC, if the floor is only one level thick, caveins will smash through it.
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Re: Caveins
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2008, 08:01:00 pm »
Falling stuff will smash through floors, sometimes more floors than that one little piece of floor ought to fall through, in my opinion.
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Re: Caveins
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2008, 08:01:00 pm »
The floors that seperate z-levels are thin, and cave-ins will punch right through them. Cave-ins will keep going until they hit a layer of solid rock, usually collapsing several levels in the process.
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Re: Caveins
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2008, 08:02:00 pm »
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Re: Caveins
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2008, 08:03:00 pm »
Behold the awesome power of the TRIPLE SIMUNINJAS!
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Re: Caveins
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2008, 08:06:00 pm »
It would be fun to make a huge 1-floor thick tower, then let it smash some nobles below.
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Re: Caveins
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2008, 10:01:00 pm »
For this reason (and to save on construction materials), if you're building a tall tower, it makes sense to offset the walls: walls will stop a cave-in of any size.  Floors will be smashed by a cave-in of any size.
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