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100 screw pumps whooo!
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I don't, I still use volcanoes, pools, etc
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I make a burrow for all my forge dudes all the way down there
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Meh, too much hassle, CUT DOWN EVERY TREE FOR FUEL!
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Author Topic: How do you utilize magma 100 zlevels down?  (Read 6410 times)

beorn080

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Re: How do you utilize magma 100 zlevels down?
« Reply #45 on: May 12, 2010, 01:23:49 pm »
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I find a good volcano to embark on.  With some custom worldgen params, I can even find one with a stream, sand, and flux.  This gives me an exposed magma pipe I can tap safely for all my magma needs.

Sounds sensible, I rolled one of those by acident, then had a green glass titan smash everything to hell before I finished magma traps.

Otherwise, do caravans only go down ramps (not stairs) still?   ...I'd really love a lift/elevator  system. The idea of lowering an elven caravan to the gates of hell in a vast stone and copper cage makes me cackle
Its actually fairly simple.

Step one: Build a 5x5 floor supported by a single support.
Step two: Access 5x5 floor with a 5x X bridge.
Step three: Build trade depot on 5x5 floor.
Step four: Dig 6x6 shaft under floor, leaving support attached to wall via floors.
Step five: Hook support to lever.

There's your own personal elevator for elves.
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Urist Imiknorris

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Re: How do you utilize magma 100 zlevels down?
« Reply #46 on: May 12, 2010, 01:27:29 pm »
An elfevator?
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Re: How do you utilize magma 100 zlevels down?
« Reply #47 on: May 12, 2010, 01:36:57 pm »
Wow I'm actually getting so much darned bitumous coal and lignite I'm not even bothering with the magma till I nearly run out.  Dang minerals are abundant O.O
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Re: How do you utilize magma 100 zlevels down?
« Reply #48 on: May 12, 2010, 02:00:56 pm »
Quote from: Frumple on May 09, 2010, 06:06:17 pm
then have glass folks make the walk to the sand... or set up a few non-magma glass furnaces to do the sand gathering. The caverns themselves (or a dug out soil layer or two) work fine for trees, once I've finished walling off the entrances.
Collapse some sand down a shaft to bring it to your magma.  ;D
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