Heya!
To put it simple I need some designing help with my megaproject. I am planning do underwater fortress, lots of glass and metal domes. However while how to do it is quite clear, lots of cave-ins and plummeting most of landscape down design itself isn't not clear. Well, not exact design. I am however pretty sure about, aside from ruining idyllic obsidian sand beach these things:
1. Domes have eight walls, corners are in 45 degree angles. This wastes some space, but domes are domes. All walls are glass except for metal frames. From straight walls there are entrances to other domes through glass and metal tunnels.
2. At entrances there is bridge working as floodgate and in tunnels grates front of them. If somehow water enters into tunnels grates works as emergy buffers. Also if something is in tunnel it is washed towards dome, before automatic protection closes floodgate.
3. Automatic flood protection system. While grates works as buffers, they also have pressure plates down. These are linked system which sends close command to floodgate bridge. System should be resetable from command centre. Perhaps not useful function because floods may can be impossible to fix, but cool.
4. Waterfalls to create mist, artificial channel for power generation, underwater greenhouses, drowning chamber for whales and screw pumps. Lots of screw pumps. Probably pump tower to get rid of extra water.
5. Oh, also hospital, mental ward, daycare, arena and so many drowning chambers.
Now to design problems. Mainly it is how to place stuff into domes. Like workshops and rooms. Also I am not sure which material is most aesthetic there. For domes it is glass and copper. Why copper? Because it feels most aquatic metal for me. Anyway, main problem is already probably noted. I am just simple not sure how to put things in domes and make it look good. Also there is another problem too...
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How to make lots of fun stuff only using water. Sure some uses magma or spikes, but theme with this project must be aquatic, and horrible. Also if everything goes bloodlessly and no less horrible it is just bonus. Because my fun really begin after those domes are doned and land is crashed into sea. Probably with most of dwarves, maybe even with elven caravan. Its going be... beautiful...