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ShadowDragon8685

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Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« on: June 12, 2008, 11:40:00 pm »
I'm finding that my brook's water level often falls below the 7/7 I would very much like to keep my water level at. If I mine the brook tiles out, making them Open Space, will the Brook become a river?
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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 11:43:00 pm »
No, at least I don't think so. The only purpose for brook tiles, if I remember correctly, is so that there can be walk-over-able water.
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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 11:45:00 pm »
Damn. It's no good to me if it depletes, or gets low. I need a STRONG infinate water source!  :(
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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 11:56:00 pm »
..why?
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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2008, 12:02:00 am »
Why not?
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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2008, 12:08:00 am »
Existentialism!
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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2008, 12:12:00 am »
I guess if you drained enough water out of it at once, it would stop the flow. But generally, you only need a single-square tube to direct away enough water to fill a fortress' usual power and water requirements.
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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2008, 12:23:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by ShadowDragon8685:
<STRONG>Damn. It's no good to me if it depletes, or gets low. I need a STRONG infinate water source!   :(</STRONG>

Well, brooks ARE infite water sources, they just don't seem to deliver as much water as a river or even a major river.

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ShadowDragon8685

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Re: Can I get more water out of my brook by mining it?
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2008, 12:27:00 am »
Ah... See, I built a castle directly atop the brook, and channeled out from the walls to form the moat. I wanted it to be full all the time, and I could use it for things like drowning traders and such.

I guess I'll just settle for an underground river and pump upwards, then.  :)

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