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Author Topic: Up/Down Staircases  (Read 432 times)

auris2

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Up/Down Staircases
« on: September 06, 2013, 12:58:02 am »
Are up/down staircases, both built and mined out, load bearing structures? Will they prevent cave ins just the same way supports and normal rock will?
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chris_strain

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Re: Up/Down Staircases
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2013, 02:22:22 am »
Yes they are.
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Snaake

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Re: Up/Down Staircases
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2013, 05:38:17 pm »
However, if a tile of any sort, even eg. a constructed floor, caves in above them (or above a floor tile in a dug-out area, that also has a dug-out area beneath it), they won't stop the cave in. Meaning if you eg. have a standard central staircase area going straight down, and you cave something down on it, the central staircase will suddenly transform into a central shaft.

So yes, they do support stone from caving in, but they won't halt a cave-in in progress like natural rock will.
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