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Wahad

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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2009, 05:48:01 am »
Quote from: Leafsnail on May 31, 2009, 05:44:47 am
Do you actually need to strike the river (and flood somewhere) or just find it?  I've found an underground damp wall, but no random towercaps yet.

You need to get the message: ''You have struck an underground river'' or whatever it is. AFAIK, anyway - I don't bother with towercap farming.
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Leafsnail

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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2009, 05:52:17 am »
Nah, just got the "damp stone" message.  I think I'll check it out...
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« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2009, 07:21:43 am »
Quote from: Leafsnail on May 31, 2009, 05:52:17 am
Nah, just got the "damp stone" message.  I think I'll check it out...

Probably just an aquifer. Careful while "checking it out". Heh.

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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2009, 07:29:17 am »
Would be odd, since I have no sand on this map, and I've dug four z levels down without finding an aquifer.
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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2009, 08:37:31 am »
my dwarves are apparently anti-fungal, my tower caps never grow  :'(
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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2009, 09:42:22 am »
Quote from: jaked122 on May 31, 2009, 08:37:31 am
my dwarves are apparently anti-fungal, my tower caps never grow  :'(

you may need to think bigger:
http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-14584-undergroundarboretum
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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2009, 10:07:32 am »
Quote from: jaked122 on May 31, 2009, 08:37:31 am
my dwarves are apparently anti-fungal, my tower caps never grow  :'(

If I had to take a blind guess, you either haven't found your underground river, or you used Reveal, which corrupts that feature (along with several others.)

If not those, then you should dlete and reload DF, 'cause that ain't s'posed t' happen.
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« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2009, 12:21:40 pm »
Oh, I should add - if you want to muddy stone for a towercap farm - the water can come from anywhere. You can use brook water and the tiles will still grow towercaps - the water doesn't have to come from the underground river.
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« Reply #23 on: June 28, 2009, 09:57:02 am »
ok I have a good question i found the underground river (tiny little shit not very long) muddied a bnch of stone and a year later nothing. It's not blocked it's got open space it's just not growing and no I didn't use a mod I have no mods of cheats.
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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #24 on: June 28, 2009, 10:06:23 am »
Is the muddied stone underground? Towercaps and underground shrubs will only grow on subterrean tiles. Also, make sure the stone is still muddy, smoothing or engraving the stone removes the mud(though you can remuddy the stone).
« Last Edit: June 29, 2009, 12:39:54 am by Demonic Spoon »
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« Reply #25 on: June 28, 2009, 03:24:42 pm »
Does biome matter at all? What about weather conditions like temperature? What about magma, does this have any effect?
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Re: Towercap farms
« Reply #26 on: June 28, 2009, 06:01:33 pm »
Quote from: Leafsnail on May 31, 2009, 05:44:47 am
Do you actually need to strike the river (and flood somewhere) or just find it?  I've found an underground damp wall, but no random towercaps yet.

I'm pretty sure that damp stone is damp stone until you mine into it and get the message.
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