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lwCoyote

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Dam?
« on: September 20, 2012, 01:21:06 pm »
Is it possible to dam rivers? If so, how? I can't figure it out, since the dwarves wont built in water, and I cant think of any way of diverting an infinite water source.
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This is an exceptional obsidian statue of Daral Darkscab.
The item is an exceptionally designed image of Daral Darkscab the dwarf and a slag bar (massive) in obsidian by Ksoth Lolorumril. Daral Darkscab is raising the slag bar (massive). The artwork relates to the masterful slag bar (massive) created by the dwarf Daral Darkscab for the Corridor of Matyrs at Monstergores in the late spring of 312.

I'm so glad my masons have chosen to memorialize the really important events.

SeymoreGlass

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Re: Dam?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 01:24:59 pm »
This has been covered time and time again. The wiki covers the topic in detail: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Dam, not to mention the many threads already in existence.
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Re: Dam?
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2012, 01:26:04 pm »
Pumps.  Or wait till it freezes.
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Re: Dam?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2012, 01:35:51 pm »
You can also channel off the top layer or the river and drop magma into the water from a reservoir you built 100 z levels above the ground after constructing a 260ish z level magma pump stack to pump magma from the magma sea with magma safe materials powered by an immense windfarm. This should only take 2000+ stone blocks for the reservoir and walls of the pumpstack, about 300 wood for the windmills and axles (depends on on the wind speed of your embark), 260ish magma safe enormous corkscrews, 260ish magma safe tubes, a handful of magma safe mechanisms for the lever and bridge (or floodgate) activation, a magma safe floodgate and/or magma safe blocks for the bridge.

If you don't have a particularly difficult embark you could get this done in a few years, but that damn river will stay dammed.
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lwCoyote

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Re: Dam?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2012, 01:54:11 pm »
SeymourGlass > thanks for the link. I somehow didnt even think of checking the wiki >.> bad yote is bad
Pisskop -> as with the wiki link, it didnt occur to me to try it with a frozen river either. I usually d ont embark in cold areas, so that might be why
varnifane -> Im not sure if I have the energy for that much pumping >.>
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This is an exceptional obsidian statue of Daral Darkscab.
The item is an exceptionally designed image of Daral Darkscab the dwarf and a slag bar (massive) in obsidian by Ksoth Lolorumril. Daral Darkscab is raising the slag bar (massive). The artwork relates to the masterful slag bar (massive) created by the dwarf Daral Darkscab for the Corridor of Matyrs at Monstergores in the late spring of 312.

I'm so glad my masons have chosen to memorialize the really important events.

PaleBlueHammer

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Re: Dam?
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2012, 02:17:13 pm »
Quote from: lwCoyote on September 20, 2012, 01:54:11 pm
varnifane -> Im not sure if I have the energy for that much pumping >.>

I hear that happens in your 40's or so.
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lwCoyote

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Re: Dam?
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2012, 04:58:04 pm »
I'm getting there, lol
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This is an exceptional obsidian statue of Daral Darkscab.
The item is an exceptionally designed image of Daral Darkscab the dwarf and a slag bar (massive) in obsidian by Ksoth Lolorumril. Daral Darkscab is raising the slag bar (massive). The artwork relates to the masterful slag bar (massive) created by the dwarf Daral Darkscab for the Corridor of Matyrs at Monstergores in the late spring of 312.

I'm so glad my masons have chosen to memorialize the really important events.

EvilBob22

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Re: Dam?
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2012, 05:24:32 pm »
Quote from: PaleBlueHammer on September 20, 2012, 02:17:13 pm

I hear that happens in your 40's or so.
Nonsense!  (Speaking as someone in their 40s or so.)
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Re: Dam?
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2012, 07:40:13 pm »
Wait until it freezes the floodgate that bitch Urist!
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