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Digger

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Axle bug
« on: February 14, 2008, 01:58:00 pm »
basically you can connect an axle to any active mechanism in any perverted way, however if you disengage the mechanism the axle will fall apart, in my case i had the axle protrude 5 sqares into air off the z2 platfrom, and it was spinning! After i shut off the gears the axle fell apart into logs.
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Re: Axle bug
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2008, 04:03:00 pm »
I noticed this was a particularly quick way to dismantle 3 linked water wheels, and handily the wood was piled up neatly on the floor next to them (it didn't fall in the water)
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Re: Axle bug
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2008, 04:43:00 pm »
Disengage a mechanism, or disengage a gear assembly? A disengaged gear assembly has no connection to the axle - think of it as if the gears shifted and slipped off the axle. You need a "supporting" assembly to uphold any hanging mechanics, that can, in turn, be connected to a "clutched" assembly, resulting in a safe-to-disengage system.
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Re: Axle bug
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2008, 02:56:00 am »
Well, i only want Toady to know about it and decide whether it's a bug or not(imo it is), btw it's from 38a.
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Re: Axle bug
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2008, 03:01:00 am »
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Originally posted by Digger:
<STRONG>Well, i only want Toady to know about it and decide whether it's a bug or not(imo it is), btw it's from 38a.</STRONG>

it is NOT! any hanging machinery will fall if has nothing "solid foundation" attached to it. Disengaged gear is not attached to anything

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Re: Axle bug
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2008, 08:02:00 am »
But it does seem a bit random. Anyone who doesn't check the wiki or these forums would be unlikely to figure it out. I mean, how could a system that is active support something that an inactive system can't?
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Re: Axle bug
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2008, 01:33:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Align:
<STRONG>Anyone who doesn't check the wiki or these forums would be unlikely to figure it out.</STRONG>

Welcome to Dwarf Fortress.

I noticed the same thing yesterday.  And now, I know how to deal with it.  The physics of support are weird, but more or less self-consistent.

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