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DoubleG

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Excavating my crimes
« on: May 13, 2021, 01:29:45 pm »

Have they changed obsidian casting at all in this new version? I swear it used to be that when you cast something in obsidian it gets destroyed forever. Now I'm digging under some old work I did some time ago and they keep on excavating bodies from the obsidian. Most of these guys have been dead for some time and appear to be fully skeletonised, so pretty sure these are the guys who were a little slow/stupid back when I was casting the medical entrance above. Pretty sure it used to be the were destroyed rather than encased.
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DoubleG

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Re: Excavating my crimes
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2021, 01:59:20 pm »

Some of their clothes are still wearable. Most are damaged beyond repair, but there's some that seem fine.
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DwarfStar

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Re: Excavating my crimes
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2021, 02:09:59 pm »

I believe this effect depends on how long it takes for the magma to turn to obsidian. Maybe it has to do with the ratio of water to magma. Anyway if the magma disappears before the items heat up and burn, they can instead become encased.
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PatrikLundell

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Re: Excavating my crimes
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2021, 03:36:47 am »

Encasing items in obsidian hasn't destroyed the items since at least 0.40.X. However, if you add the magma first the items will suffer from the heat while in it (i.e. until water is added on top), while obsidianizing water with magma shouldn't result in any heat damage.
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