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[nekoexmachina]

Has anyone tried subj?
I mean, start with big lake or something, then somehow (may be, magma-way) border it out, and them pump all the remaining water out of the map. Could it even work somehow?
As i understand, it needs really special map with some downhills on the edges.

[Nonsapient]

make a point lower on the map be the drain, and then use fortifications on the edge.  It's totally do-able.

[Zaranthan]

I believe you can also simply build an aqueduct to the edge of the map on the surface and the water will disappear.

[Bricks]

I believe you can also simply build an aqueduct to the edge of the map on the surface and the water will disappear.

I don't think you can build to the very edge of the map.

[Zaranthan]

I believe you can also simply build an aqueduct to the edge of the map on the surface and the water will disappear.

I don't think you can build to the very edge of the map.

You can with bridges.

[Dave Mongoose]

If it's static water, then yes. Something like a river or sea might not be permanently drainable because it can refill from the edge of the map... Also, the lag you would get from the flow if you were trying to drain a section of sea would be huge.

Hmm, thinking about it - does the sea stop above the cavern layers, or continue to the bottom of the map like it did in older versions? If there is a cavern underneath it, you could drain it from below...

[LordSlowpoke]

I believe you can also simply build an aqueduct to the edge of the map on the surface and the water will disappear.

I don't think you can build to the very edge of the map.

You can with bridges.

You might as well atomsmash the water when you're at it. Your point?

[Eric Blank]

If it's static water, then yes. Something like a river or sea might not be permanently drainable because it can refill from the edge of the map... Also, the lag you would get from the flow if you were trying to drain a section of sea would be huge.

Hmm, thinking about it - does the sea stop above the cavern layers, or continue to the bottom of the map like it did in older versions? If there is a cavern underneath it, you could drain it from below...

I've noticed that the sea is fairly shallow in this version, at least around the shore, where you can actually have a fortress. You could very easily drain it to the caverns, and since it's shallow it shouldn't be too laggy. (but still too laggy for me to want to do it.)

[Dave Mongoose]

If it's static water, then yes. Something like a river or sea might not be permanently drainable because it can refill from the edge of the map... Also, the lag you would get from the flow if you were trying to drain a section of sea would be huge.

Hmm, thinking about it - does the sea stop above the cavern layers, or continue to the bottom of the map like it did in older versions? If there is a cavern underneath it, you could drain it from below...

I've noticed that the sea is fairly shallow in this version, at least around the shore, where you can actually have a fortress. You could very easily drain it to the caverns, and since it's shallow it shouldn't be too laggy. (but still too laggy for me to want to do it.)

A single shaft connecting the caverns to the the sea from below was enough to drain it down to just one z-level (although some of it may have actually been draining into the aquifer halfway down - I'm not sure), but there was quite a lot of lag: I think it would have been better if I had funnelled the water off the map rather than letting it just spread everywhere. I made the mistake of trying to drain that last z-level with a 4x4 vertical shaft, and that dragged my FPS down to less than 1... but it did flood the cavern so was quite awesome to watch until the game crashed.

Still, if you were careful and didn't mind quite bad lag then I think this method could be used to drain a large section of sea so long as you set up a floodgate, door or hatch with lever control so you could turn off the drain once you'd built the necessary walls and floors.

[Meteorswarm]

Dropping a bin of burning coal into the ocean will evaporate it away, as will a magma man (try it in the arena!).  Of course, getting the magma man to stay put is a little tricky, you might have to come up with a solution for that, and the bin won't burn forever.

Be prepared for the lag of a lifetime when you do this, though.