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Flying Teasets

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Frost lines
« on: July 18, 2019, 01:25:40 pm »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_line. If this were added city wells could finally work properly during winter.
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Re: Frost lines
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2019, 02:57:13 pm »

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This seems sensible. Mechanics around cold and insulation are currently underdeveloped, which is why your dwarves don’t freeze to death when venturing outside in a snowstorm without coats. Whenever insulation is looked at, this should be part of those reworked mechanics.

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Re: Frost lines
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2019, 06:14:25 pm »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_line. If this were added city wells could finally work properly during winter.

Moreover, it could be a source of !!FUN!!: imagine crops being lost, or wood being scarcer, because the soil froze.
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