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[lasserith]

Alright let's get to the point. If fluid pours onto a tile containing a minecart does it get filled with that fluid? If so imagine: Tunnel into the side of the magma vent and allow the magma to pour down a z level onto the minecart track, then through grates on either side after which it will go off the map. At any time a cart is accelerated through this tile it becomes filled with magma. This magma can then be dumped using the dump tiles into a magma reservoir, or of course sent crashing through would be invaders. A replacement for pump stacks? Quite possibly. Unfortunately at this time I can not do any dorfen research on the subject. I figured I would post the idea here to get some feedback, and maybe someone would test/find some other uses for this mechanic.

[Kestrel]

I could see the efficiency of a minecart-based magma transportation system being inversely proportional with the amount of magma you're attempting to move from Point A to Point B.

[koruth]

Idunno, it might be a lot less setup and hassle than an entire pumpstack, depending on how many rollers you needed to get the carts uphill (speed of setting that up and running it versus letting a dorf haul the cart if possible pending of course).  The hardest part would be programming the route so the cart doesn't fly off into your food stockpile and blow up your booze or something.

[Kestrel]

Once set up, pumping will work faster than minecarts will.  The set up is the problem, of course.

[Burmalay]

Is somebody tested can dorfs survive when they sit in minecart & going through magma?

[lasserith]

A lot of testing needs to be done on magma/cart interaction. For example can carts be sent through magma in order to melt down their contents (Like a smelter)?