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Fossaman

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Interesting river site
« on: April 01, 2009, 05:33:18 am »
http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-5266-inkedenter

Perfect for the lazy underwater fortress builder. None of that pesky lake draining, just single layer rivers. The waterfall from the stream flowing in means I should be able to fill a reservoir formed by blocking off the canyon ends quite easily.

I might get ambitious and construct a set of pumps to move the water from the major river source over the top and let it crash down at the other end to flow out of the map. We'll see how it goes.

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EDIT: Hm, for some reason I can't make that reproduce the region. Odd. If you can get it to work, the site's down in the southwest corner of the map; it's on the major river and has no aquifer, so it shouldn't be too hard to locate.
« Last Edit: April 01, 2009, 05:37:16 am by Fossaman »
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2009, 08:50:56 am »
looks intresting, keep us updated how you use this nice feature.
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2009, 01:25:21 pm »
Interesting...
You really ought to make a dramatic bridge going over the river. With iron pillars and suspension cables.
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2009, 01:56:10 pm »
And Retract it so that anyone on the bridge.. Preferably elves drowns
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2009, 02:01:23 pm »
Make it high up in that case, with good timing you could turn the entire river red!
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2009, 04:33:43 pm »
are those g's in the river goblins? or is there a fish whose symbol is a g
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2009, 04:49:53 pm »
I've never seen a river that big, wow. A lot of pretty interesting stuff you can do with it, I'm sure. It's been said, but I'd like to see updates as well.
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2009, 05:25:39 pm »
I don't think I'm going to have permanent fancy bridges. The dams themselves will probably bridge the river, and I suppose I could make them wide enough for a roadbed and some statues...

Anyway, yeah, this site has some very good potential. The fact that it doesn't have a pesky aquifer makes it much better in my view.
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2009, 05:28:02 pm »
Quote from: yaklin on April 01, 2009, 04:33:43 pm
are those g's in the river goblins? or is there a fish whose symbol is a g

Those are longnose gar.
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2009, 05:37:15 pm »
:o That is a big river.
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2009, 07:35:06 pm »
Quote from: Fossaman on April 01, 2009, 05:33:18 am
EDIT: Hm, for some reason I can't make that reproduce the region. Odd. If you can get it to work, the site's down in the southwest corner of the map; it's on the major river and has no aquifer, so it shouldn't be too hard to locate.

I've managed to find it, for I greatly like the look of this site. ^^

On the major river in the southwest, two tiles southward (I think) from where there is a nearby forest retreat, where a marked brook joins the river from the east. Oddly, this brook doesn't show as one after embarking, but that's the location.
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2009, 08:31:49 pm »
Confirming the world gen info works.
 Will play when I can get the framerate above 50. Damn river ate my FPS...
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2009, 09:01:10 pm »
I found the region. That is a small zone with no aquifers, I must say.

2 words: Hydro-electric Dam!

edit: Also, no carp  ;D
« Last Edit: April 10, 2009, 09:40:42 pm by Vieto »
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2009, 03:26:25 am »
Erm, location of said major river, please?

And I see bauxite!

EDIT: Shit, a stream makes a water fall into it! Erg, what is next, a natural magma river?
« Last Edit: April 11, 2009, 03:28:14 am by Foa »
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Re: Interesting river site
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2009, 08:59:57 am »
Any magma or anything like that in the site? Aquifer?

I'll probably end up using a site like this for a "hollow mountain" fortress, since the steepest cliffs I tended to get using my personal settings were only a few Z-levels.

Edit: Never mind the aquifer bit. I can't read this early in the morning.
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