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Captain_Action

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Free ashes?
« on: September 10, 2006, 11:17:00 pm »

My master miner met an fire imp. After the smoke had cleared, I noticed that in some spots the imp's missed shots left piles of ashes. (No! I don't mean the burnt bodies of my fallen dwarves!) Can these be converted into fertilizer?
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odd2k

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Re: Free ashes?
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2006, 11:29:00 pm »

Countdown until someone makes an automatic imp farm.
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Mechanoid

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Re: Free ashes?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2006, 11:43:00 pm »

Ash is ash, isn't it? Of course it can be used in fertilizer!

And an "automatic" system wouldn't really be possible, unless pressure plates were hooked up to floodgates. Hey, that just gave me another idea for something using mechanisms...

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Captain_Action

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Re: Free ashes?
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2006, 07:49:00 am »

I could see one way. If an imp were placed in a square surrounded by arrow slits. Then the imp could shoot and not move. Collection would be still be a problem.
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Shinjin

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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2006, 10:47:00 am »

If only you could make metal shutters and place them over the arrow slits and link them to a lever.

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Aquillion

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Re: Free ashes?
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2006, 11:14:00 am »

Place floodgates on the external parts of the fortifications?
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Valkun

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Re: Free ashes?
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2006, 12:21:00 pm »

Make 2x1 raising bridges against each opening and link them all to the same lever?
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« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2006, 12:54:00 pm »

imps getting their ashes hauled..

and there were people advertising porn in here?

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