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DarkAvenger

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Getting through that aquifer
« on: May 07, 2009, 02:45:14 pm »
Hey guys. I've been looking up on the wiki on how to get past that aquifer but I;ve been having problems. I'm trying the pump method. Water wheels apperiently do not work anymore. So when I try to to use dwarf power the water goes EVERYWHERE and then my dwarves cancel the pump job before I can even build one wall.

Any tips?
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SenorOcho

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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2009, 02:52:40 pm »
Can you show us your current pump design?
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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2009, 02:55:41 pm »
I assume you don't have any magma or are on a map that freezes over winter. Because then it would be easy: Dig, wait/pour magma on it, dig deeper.

But yeah, pump. Have you tried using windmills?
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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2009, 03:05:47 pm »
You could try the cave-in method. It's surprisingly easy to engineer.
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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2009, 03:13:50 pm »
Quote from: DarkAvenger on May 07, 2009, 02:45:14 pm
Hey guys. I've been looking up on the wiki on how to get past that aquifer but I;ve been having problems. I'm trying the pump method. Water wheels apperiently do not work anymore. So when I try to to use dwarf power the water goes EVERYWHERE and then my dwarves cancel the pump job before I can even build one wall.

Any tips?

Cave-ins work. Pumping the water back into the aquifer works too, to prevent the water from going everywhere. Water wheels will work, you just need a bit of flow: Try putting them in front of the pump outflow, for example.
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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2009, 03:43:27 pm »
here's your solution: magma pipe. it works
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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2009, 04:00:47 pm »
Quote from: DarkAvenger on May 07, 2009, 02:45:14 pm
... Water wheels apperiently do not work anymore...

Any tips?

Accept that if no one else is having problems, but you are, then it's probably... you?

The power transfer is not hard, but nor is it intuitive.  Easy to get it wrong and not realize it. 

As asked above, show us your design - exactly.

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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2009, 06:13:08 pm »
Windmills work just fine for pumps. You'll just need a lot of wood.
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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2009, 02:39:28 am »
Quote from: Rysith on May 07, 2009, 03:13:50 pm
Quote from: DarkAvenger on May 07, 2009, 02:45:14 pm
Hey guys. I've been looking up on the wiki on how to get past that aquifer but I;ve been having problems. I'm trying the pump method. Water wheels apperiently do not work anymore. So when I try to to use dwarf power the water goes EVERYWHERE and then my dwarves cancel the pump job before I can even build one wall.

Any tips?

Cave-ins work. Pumping the water back into the aquifer works too, to prevent the water from going everywhere. Water wheels will work, you just need a bit of flow: Try putting them in front of the pump outflow, for example.

They do not, however, work when the 'native tile' of the region is the Aquifer tile.

That was a nasty surprise.
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Re: Getting through that aquifer
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2009, 05:11:50 pm »
Are there any elevated areas which you could use to try and dig in a bit above it?
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