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ERoberts

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Betrayed by Lava!
« on: December 09, 2007, 03:26:00 pm »
ARRGH!
Why didn't someone tell me that you can't close a floodgate after it lets lava through!!!
Now I have a pit that used to be an aquafer slowly filling up, and I can't channel any water in because my miners went to sleep!

So I'm just slowly watching the red numbers creep higher...

Oh well, at least its a memorable death.

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AlanL

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2007, 03:35:00 pm »
It's not that it can't close, it's that it melts the mechanisms after it opens.
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FFLaguna

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2007, 04:08:00 pm »
Not if temperature is off before you open the floodgate...  :)
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Wolfius

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2007, 11:21:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by ERoberts:
<STRONG>ARRGH!
Why didn't someone tell me that you can't close a floodgate after it lets lava through!!!</STRONG>


You never asked.   :p

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Vengeful Donut

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2007, 01:25:00 am »
Well, depends on what the mechanism is made out of.
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Wolfius

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2007, 01:31:00 am »
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Originally posted by Vengeful Donut:
<STRONG>Well, depends on what the mechanism is made out of.</STRONG>

Aye - bauxite(sp?), raw adamantium, maybe a few other things. Also, Graphite and coal stone will burn, producing smoke, but AFAIK will still last a while.

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Eagle of Fire

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2007, 03:03:00 am »
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ARRGH!
Why didn't someone tell me that you can't close a floodgate after it lets lava through!!!

Well, we did... At least half a dozain times now. It's starting to get a little redundant...  ;)
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Core Xii

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2007, 06:53:00 am »
Remember, iron doesn't melt in magma anymore. Make iron mechanisms.
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Wolfius

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2007, 08:19:00 am »
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<STRONG>Remember, iron doesn't melt in magma anymore. Make iron mechanisms.</STRONG>

Unless this is something new, you can only make mechanisms out of stone.

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2007, 03:32:00 pm »
I think at your forge you can do meatal ones
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Core Xii

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2007, 08:15:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Wolfius:
<STRONG>Unless this is something new, you can only make mechanisms out of stone.</STRONG>

Oh? Didn't remember that, my mistake.

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2007, 08:16:00 pm »
You can also make it out of the ORES
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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2007, 08:27:00 pm »
Someone with access to the raws should probably check, but I would guess that the ore would not be magma-safe, even if the metal from it is.
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Nil Eyeglazed

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Re: Betrayed by Lava!
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2007, 05:04:00 am »
The ores have default melting points, in general.  I doubt that hematite/magnetite/native platinum would withstand magma.
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