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[gerkinzola]

i have been experimenting with creating an aquatic civ, has anyone had a successful attempt at this? would the aquatic tag override the AI's aversion to water?

[Jackrabbit]

It is impossible to build underwater, even if you could make an aquatic civ.

Of course, if you just want them to go swimming, I think that's entirely possible.

[gerkinzola]

lol i didnt think about that... all i wanted was to make a sort of underwater entrance to my fort... like i build ramps down to and entrance and make an airlock from the inside then flood it.

[Jackrabbit]

That, I'm fairly sure would work, if the lock was above water.

[gerkinzola]

that plus an easy way past aquifers... however it may provide challanges keeping the below aquifer level unflooded...

[Lofn]

Sorry broseph, but the pathing is dodgy as hell.  [AQUATIC] ignores flooded squares when pathing but the critter itself treats them as dangerous terrain and panics.  Same problem applies to playable fliers.

When Toady fixes this I will be a happy happy snakeman.

[gerkinzola]

lol well thats stupid but i guess at least my dwarves wont all drown when my deathtraps (which all involve either pushing enemies off a really big cliff or drowning them with water) go wrong and flood copious amounts of my fortress. which they inevitably do.

[Lofn]

One big issue I had was that if a creature with [AQUATIC] tries to drink from a water source they fall in, panic, cancel the job, get out, decide they need a drink again, fall in, panic, get out, so on and so forth.