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[Momaw]

Floodgates getting pulverized by river and magma critters is extremely annoying. And potentially catastrophic, depending what they destroy...

So the question is, are river and magma creatures smart enough to follow channels?  In other words, will a layout like this keep floodgates from being ruined?

code:

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Or, failing that, what about creating a small barracks right next to the gate?

code:

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Dogs on chains?

code:

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Discuss

[ February 16, 2007: Message edited by: Momaw ]

[Eiba]

Well, I don't know if magma men can walk through channels, but the miner who digs that channel is probably toast...

I've never had this issue, simply because I always leave the floodgate next to the magma down, and have another floodgate wherever I want to use magma (near the entrance usually), the magma man isn't going to walk all the way through my fortress without being stopped by something.

Though come to think of it, if magma men can walk through lava, nothing would stop them from walking all the way though my fortress... hmm...

[Slartibartfast]

IIRC river creatures can travel through water channels and magma creatures can travel through magma channels.
If they can attack the floodgate while underwater/undermagma (I'm guessing they can), then no setup is immune.
Except maybe if you created a small junction between the water channel leading water to the floodgate and a magma filled channel that will create steam and kill every water creature that goes through, I'm not sure what will happen to magma creatures though.

[Silveron]

code:

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#####~^^^~#^..~~
#####~~~~~#...~~
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Or this if you want to stick to traps. I normally ad an access bridge to the enclosed trap island for trap cleaning.

[Genuine]

quote:Originally posted by Silveron:
<STRONG>

code:

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###########^..~~
____X~^^^~~][~~~
#####~^^^~#^..~~
#####~~~~~#...~~
###########...~~

Or this if you want to stick to traps. I normally ad an access bridge to the enclosed trap island for trap cleaning.</STRONG>

This is what I use to keep the floodgate destroyers away. Because the enemy AI always seems to make a beeline for what they can destroy, they always run headlong into the traps, keeping the floodgates safe from destruction. Highly recommended if you don't want a broken floodgate ruining your fort.

[Maximus]

You can also install backup floodgate(s):

code:

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___X____X____X~~
..._...._.....~~
###########...~~
###########...~~

That way you can put one floodgate right next to the magma to keep your miner from burning up when the channel connects directly to the magma.

You do have to line the subsequent floogates with a channel on all sides so they don't flood magma, instead of feeding it into the next channel segment.

If you keep them from all being in a straight line and add some traps, you're likely to catch "beeliners":

code:

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###########^^^~~
___X_^^^_____X~~
^^^_____X_^^^^~~
###########...~~
###########...~~

[ February 18, 2007: Message edited by: Maximus ]