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[Markham]

I built this huge water container over the past few versions, and I finally got to the point where I could fill it up.  However, it doesn't seem to fill past the first level, which is full 7/7.  The whole thing is about six stories deep, constructed with floodgates on one side, rock wall on the opposite, and the other two walls are glass windows.

[Kagus]

Which level is your water source on?

[Keldor]

Falling water doesn't stack on top of water filled tiles - this is to prevent things like piles of water from forming at the base of waterfalls.  If you want to make a deep pond, you'll have to make the water flow down to the bottom with some sort of ramp.

[Troas]

I do have to ask the obvious question (because it happened to me the first time I tried something like this) - is there a channel or unhatched stairway between the levels of your tank?  If not the water is being stopped from flowing down by the floors between levels.

[Sowelu]

Keldor: Not sure that makes sense...  What happens to the extra water then?  Does it just go away?  I mean, with the current U-bend bug we can pull water out of nowhere, but if you dump water on top of other water, does it really just vanish?

[Anjey aka PM]

quote:Originally posted by Sowelu:
<STRONG>Keldor: Not sure that makes sense...  What happens to the extra water then?  Does it just go away?  I mean, with the current U-bend bug we can pull water out of nowhere, but if you dump water on top of other water, does it really just vanish?</STRONG>

it will fill level above

[Toady One]

Is the lower level an aquifer?  Water should stack if it has nowhere else to go.

[Jothki]

Are you trying to pump in water from the bottom? Water pumps just generate water on the tile they pump to instead of creating a true flow, so no pressure will be generated and water won't be pushed upwards.

[Keldor]

My experience is that if you dump water on top of other water, it does indeed vanish if there is already 7/7 water there.

[randomjgj]

quote:Originally posted by Keldor:
<STRONG>My experience is that if you dump water on top of other water, it does indeed vanish if there is already 7/7 water there.</STRONG>

Huh.  That's not been my experience.  Not if you're dumping into an enclosed chamber anyway.  

If an aquifer is involved, that will soak it up.  Probably a river will too.

[Puzzlemaker]

quote:Originally posted by Keldor:
<STRONG>My experience is that if you dump water on top of other water, it does indeed vanish if there is already 7/7 water there.</STRONG>

Thats not my experience either...

[JoRo]

I haven't done it myself, but I know I've seen videos in the archive of people filling multi-level chambers with a stream of water from above.