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Mechanoid

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Combat the "Cold" with magma heating?
« on: December 07, 2007, 07:17:00 pm »
Quick question for anyone who's managed to find a [perminately] "Cold" local map that has the word "Cold" when you designate meeting zones, and has lava in the same area...

If you put magma directly beneath a room, does that room become heated by the magma enough so that the "Cold" warning on the 'i'nteractivity zones menu disappears?
I know that magma directly beneath glaciers, seperated by a stone floor WILL melt, so presumably if it raises that tile's temperature to above melting, then it should keep dwarves from freezing to death.

Something like this:

code:
########
#....C># <- "Cold" corner ...
#....CC#
#......#
#......# <- ... Non-freezing part of room ...
#......#
#≈....≈#
########
########
#≈≈≈≈#X# <- ... Non-magma corner ...
#≈≈≈≈###
#≈≈≈≈≈≈#
#≈≈≈≈≈≈# <- ... Magma central heating!
#≈≈≈≈≈≈#
#≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ -> To magma tube, to stop from solidifying
########

[Edit - Oh, and apparently, no matter how much wood you burn, wood furnaces NEVER raise the temperature enough to stop the "Cold" designation from disappearing... Somewhat disappointing IMO. Dwarves: "We need wood, or we're going to die!" Traders: "OK, but it'll cost you... kek"]

[ December 07, 2007: Message edited by: Mechanoid ]

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Re: Combat the "Cold" with magma heating?
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2007, 10:30:00 pm »
I can't find the "Cold" warning in the i-zones menu. I have temperature enabled. I have two fortresses in a freezing glacier with rooms carved out in ice that never melts. To date, not one dwarf has died or even complained of cold. What in Armok's name am I doing wrong?  :confused:

I know that all tiles adjacent to a magma tile become warm, just as they become wet when adjacent to water. Ice melts when in contact with those tiles and just as well water becomes steam. Such central heating should be enough to create steam traps (or at least magma bathhouses) so I don't see why it shouldn't help room temperature.

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Ralje

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Re: Combat the "Cold" with magma heating?
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2007, 10:41:00 pm »
The dwarf's beards must count as an extra coat.
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Re: Combat the "Cold" with magma heating?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2007, 10:50:00 pm »
quote:
The dwarf's beards must count as an extra coat.

Especially when they're on fire.

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Re: Combat the "Cold" with magma heating?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2007, 10:57:00 pm »
We just need to be able to light fires, and all will be well. Of course, magma could be a nice self-sustaining method, similar to what it does to metal working, but a fireplace would solve many problems.
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