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Kire93

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Waterfalls
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:04:38 pm »
I am trying to make a water fall in my fortress, ending with rivers flowing through my grand dining hall but don't know what to do with the water lol what are some ways to drain/deal with the water?
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pisskop

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Re: Waterfalls
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 02:06:43 pm »
Take it off the map.  Drop it down a bottomless chasm.  Carve fortifications in rock and drain it off map.

 :P Pour it into a cavern you care little about.  (dont do that... fps hell)
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Re: Waterfalls
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2012, 02:15:34 pm »
Where are you getting the water from? Just pump it back into the source. 
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Re: Waterfalls
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2012, 02:16:16 pm »
Quote from: Kire93 on September 20, 2012, 02:04:38 pm
I am trying to make a water fall in my fortress, ending with rivers flowing through my grand dining hall but don't know what to do with the water lol what are some ways to drain/deal with the water?

I do it like this: mine out a passage all the way to the edge of the map (any direction).  You won't be able to mine out the last square.  (s)mooth that last wall and the carve a fortification into it.  Any water flowing through that passage will flow through the fortification and off the map.

I usually don't have much water flowing for waterfalls so 1 tile width is fine for me, but if you're diverting a river or something you may want two or more.  I'm not sure how backpressure will add up, depends on your plumbing.
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Re: Waterfalls
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2012, 06:54:16 pm »
Quote from: zahmir on September 20, 2012, 02:15:34 pm
Where are you getting the water from? Just pump it back into the source.
I like this plan myself, especially if you add a DWR at some point to self-power the pumps needed to move the water back up to the starting level. When completed it can be a completely self contained system.
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Kire93

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Re: Waterfalls
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2012, 06:57:46 pm »
I am diverting a spring, so I think I am going to try smoothing and carving a fortification! Thanks for the suggestions!
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Re: Waterfalls
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2012, 07:09:45 pm »
You can use a floodgate to block off the spring once you have enough in the system for your needs.  Having it flow out works just as well, however. :D
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Re: Waterfalls
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2012, 10:08:44 am »
If you want rivers flowing through your dining area, be sure to channel out the floor and grate over the top of it, or what you have is called a mess. ;)
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