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[LMeire]

So uh, I caved-in some ice to make water, and I can't unpause my game now.  It just keeps falling, freezing and then falling again before anyone can make a move to stop it. I'm going to quit the map, but in the meantime, does anyone know what went wrong and how I can avoid this issue in the future?

[smjjames]

Go to your main DF directory > data > init , open the announcements folder, find the cavein announcements, then remove the P and R in the tag following it. If the reports are too spammy, you can also remove the D_D to turn off the ingame announcements. Then when you are done, put the settings back to where they were.

That'll stop the annoying pause and recenter.

[Garath]

I don't really understand what is happening but it sounds funny. Can someone clarify this behavior in the game?

[smjjames]

Sounds like the water is trying to freeze, but the tile that is freezing has no support, so cavein. Or something is stuck in a loop.

I've never done a glacier embark, so I don't know.

Try turning off temperature temporarily (long enough to stop the flow or whatever is going on) and see if that ends the loop?

[Quietust]

Sounds like this bug - what's happening is that you didn't drop the ice far enough, so the force of the cave-in cause the water to splash up into the ice layer and re-freeze, triggering another cave-in.

[Garath]

permanent ice fountain... kind of cool

[Icefire2314]

permanent ice fountain... kind of laggy

fixed

[Quietust]

If you turn off temperature, it should allow the current cave-in to complete without creating any additional ice; once everything settles, you should be able to turn temperature back on.

[LMeire]

Already quit the map, but for future reference: Is there a set number of floors I have to make it fall? Or does it depend on how many floors of ice I'm caving in?

[Quietust]

For maximum safety, you should drop the ice far enough that there's at least 1 or 2 Z-levels of stone above it afterwards.