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Author Topic: Option to find magma / water  (Read 617 times)

Vidalis

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Option to find magma / water
« on: July 29, 2008, 03:35:00 pm »

I've noticed the new options in DF to search for magma pipes/pools and water sources. Most of the time I'm searching for a place which has at least a running water source and some magma, whether it is a under or above ground river or a magma pipe or pool. Would it be possible to add the search options for "water" and "magma"? So the option water would match an underground river, a normal river, maybe even a pool. (Is that one endless? I don't think so, but can be wrong) and the option magma would match a magma pipe and a magma pool.

Another nice option would be to only select embarkable (Is that English ;) ) spots.
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Osmosis Jones

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Re: Option to find magma / water
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2008, 07:23:27 pm »

I'd just be happy to be able set priority for the features. For example, I have large smelting operations, so I need magma, but while I'd like flux, I can survive without it. Hence I'd like to be able to set magma to required, and flux to preferred but not necessary. Right now, they all have the same bloody weighting.
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Re: Option to find magma / water
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2008, 06:38:32 am »

I think most people don't care whether it's a magma pipe or a pool, so it would indeed be nice if you could do a general search for magma.
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