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Noobazzah

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Cave-in trap produced magma!
« on: June 02, 2012, 10:17:56 am »
Ok, so I had this simple cave-in trap set up, a fire clay floor (it was the closest at that time) kept hanging by a support. It was in a trench, along with upright spike traps. These were all linked to a single pressure plate. So, when the next siege came, a troop of trolls tried to take the trench path (had a nice door as a bait there). The first one stepped on the plate, ran onward a second, and then the fire clay floor came crashing down on the rest of his pack. I laughed maniacally (my first "complex" trap) and then looked at the combat log. I was suprised by the fact that one of them had "troll has been caught in a cloud of boiling magma". There was no magma involved in the trap, and I hadn't even found any. Is this normal wíth all cave ins, or a by-product of fire clay?
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weenog

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Re: Cave-in trap produced magma!
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2012, 10:23:09 am »
It's just a bug.
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Listen up: making a thing a ‼thing‼ doesn't make it more awesome or extreme.  It simply indicates the thing is on fire.  Get it right or look like a silly poser.

It's useful to keep a ‼torch‼ handy.

MarcAFK

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Re: Cave-in trap produced magma!
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2012, 10:23:43 am »
Definately a bug of some kind, awesome one at that.
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Noobazzah

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Re: Cave-in trap produced magma!
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2012, 10:28:05 am »
Yeah, propably it was :D. Altough, could the strong pressure caused by the narrow pathway heat the sandy clay dust into a high temperature?
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weenog

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Re: Cave-in trap produced magma!
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2012, 10:32:38 am »
You could set something like this up to happen for real, if you wanted it that badly.  See magma piston.
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Listen up: making a thing a ‼thing‼ doesn't make it more awesome or extreme.  It simply indicates the thing is on fire.  Get it right or look like a silly poser.

It's useful to keep a ‼torch‼ handy.

Noobazzah

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Re: Cave-in trap produced magma!
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2012, 10:45:17 am »
Hooray! Goblin BBQ party!
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