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Author Topic: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?  (Read 1423 times)

chaos985

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IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« on: June 24, 2009, 10:12:24 pm »
just took over a fort and well, i think the question explains it all.
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2009, 10:19:11 pm »
I think all doors will hold back anything until they are opened. Non-magma safe doors will be destroyed if opened. I think...
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2009, 10:36:30 pm »
so as long as the doors arnt opened, everyhting is ok?
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2009, 10:42:57 pm »
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2009, 11:44:12 pm »
Magma will only melt an object if it is in the same tile as the object.

You can use a wood floodgate to hold back magma and it'll be fine, however.


Just don't expect that wooden floodgate to be reusable! Its a one time deal. If you open it, it will vaporize.
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2009, 11:50:19 pm »
And anything hooked up to a non-magmasafe mechanism will become deconstructed if magma occupies the same space, even if the object itself is magmasafe.
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2009, 07:42:38 am »
Quote from: Derakon on June 24, 2009, 11:50:19 pm
And anything hooked up to a non-magmasafe mechanism will become deconstructed if magma occupies the same space, even if the object itself is magmasafe.

Didn't know that, thanks mate.
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2009, 12:03:30 pm »
It's a bug, I believe.

I always wondered why Obsidian wasn't magma-proof, considering it's always holding the magma in.
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2009, 12:08:39 pm »
because obsidian is to magma what ice is to water
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2009, 12:50:54 pm »
Every rock is to magma what ice is to water Psychoceramics.
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2009, 06:46:43 pm »
Quote from: Shadowex3 on June 26, 2009, 12:50:54 pm
Every rock is to magma what ice is to water Psychoceramics.
True in reality but not in DF, technically, since no rock (not even obsidian) ever turns into magma (melted rock simply disappears). :)
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2009, 06:55:30 pm »
Quote from: Psychoceramics on June 25, 2009, 12:08:39 pm
because obsidian is to magma what ice is to water
Actually, in reality, ice is to water what most other, non-obsidian rocks are to magma. Obsidian is an amorphous rock, a glass, which has cooled too fast to gain crystalline structure, while regular ice does have one. (there are of course more than one kinds of ice, but amorphous ice requires some crazy-ass acrobatics to be grown)
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Re: IMPORTANT: How long can obsidian doors hold back magma?
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2009, 07:34:28 pm »
Quote from: Grendus on June 25, 2009, 12:03:30 pm
It's a bug, I believe.

I always wondered why Obsidian wasn't magma-proof, considering it's always holding the magma in.

It's not a bug.

There is a qualitative difference between a thing being "immersed in" a substance, and being "in contact with" a substance.  Including substances that can melt that object.

Steel can hold molten steel for almost indefinite periods.  etc., etc., etc.

That, and it's a game, not RL.
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