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[AlwayzL3git]

I've been looking at tutorials and watching LPs for about... 1-2 weeks, and playing off and on. I haven't really gotten anywhere, because I get bored or I just don't really like the fortress. Never because I can't actually MANAGE it. Anyway, enough of my rambling.... I have started another Fortress and It's going quite well. I just cleared out space for a Large Farm, except for in the middle, because there was a little pool of water. I dug out all the walls, and the water spread out a bit. Some of the water evaporated, but a bunch of level 1/7 water tiles are still there. I think it is because it is underground and isn't "Outside." I was thinking about channeling through the layer above it, (the surface) but then I'd need to cover it up so there isn't a hole where I would build my Outside Fortress. But then I thought "Well... I don't want a random wooden floor in my courtyard..." I don't know if there is a way to get rid of the water without channeling, or if you could fill the channel holes back up with dirt? I really want to keep the grassy landscape.

Thanks in Advance--
AlwayzL3git

[WJLIII3]

Channeling won't do anything, it'll evaporate on its own. Also, you should be able to build on 1/7.

[AlwayzL3git]

Oop. It just evaporated. Took like... 30 minutes. Sorry :\ Well, to make up for it (?_?) I have another question! How can I get rid of water above ground (like a murky pool) Without having to build floors?

[Hans Lemurson]

Evaporation is random on a per tile basis and so the rate of evaporation is proportional to the number of 1/7 tiles there are.  This means that spilled water will disappear with a half-life, rather than a fixed lifespan. (not totally sure what the half-life is though, but magma has a longer one than water)

Fortunately, as was stated, 1/7 water poses no obstacle to construction or farming.