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DogsRNice

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how do i unfreeze a river?
« on: December 16, 2013, 07:50:35 pm »

i embarked in a "temperate" biome and the river never unfreezes and the only water is in the caverns 150 z below is there any way to unfreeze it?
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Re: how do i unfreeze a river?
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2013, 07:53:03 pm »

only with magma which is probably deeper still. 
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Re: how do i unfreeze a river?
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2013, 08:57:04 pm »

A temperate biome should unfreeze it in spring/summer. Maybe you have Temperature turned off? You'd have to switch it on for a bit, wait for the thaw then turn it back off.
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Re: how do i unfreeze a river?
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2013, 02:25:18 pm »

like toomanysecrets said, it won't unfreeze if you turned off temperatures, otherwise it should unfreeze unless you changed things in the raws. You might just not have waited long enough if temperatures are on.
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Re: how do i unfreeze a river?
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2013, 12:49:41 am »

If it really is never unfreezes even with temperature on (it's off by default in LNP) then just make a secure well to the caverns.

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Water flows up through a U-bend to one level lower than it started. A grate that cannot be destroyed from below protects the water supply from forgotten beasts. You may want a couple of wells, and a way for the unfortunate miner who breaches the cavern sea to get out that you can seal up once this is done.
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