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Shikogan

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Design Question
« on: July 24, 2008, 04:30:41 pm »
I'm in the process of completing a statue to my great dwarven empire, and one of the monuments i had in mind uses a raised drawbridge as a floodgate and i was just wondering if it would work.
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Re: Design Question
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2008, 06:57:45 pm »
Quote from: Shikogan on July 24, 2008, 04:30:41 pm
I'm in the process of completing a statue to my great dwarven empire, and one of the monuments i had in mind uses a raised drawbridge as a floodgate and i was just wondering if it would work.
raised drawbridges hold back water fine. you go ahead.
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Re: Design Question
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2008, 07:06:46 pm »
Aye, raised bridges act as walls. However, building destroyers can, well, destroy them.
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Re: Design Question
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2008, 08:21:52 pm »
Lowered bridges hold water as well, thus providing a removable floor for either drainage or traps.

I haven't tried it with a raising bridge yet, however, but I find the idea of flinging huge amounts of water across the map to be a bit dubious. Simple retracting bridges work fine as a floor for a water reservoir, however.
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