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Zankaru

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Planet Dune
« on: August 10, 2009, 01:57:32 pm »
Was wanting to know what biome I needed to play in so I could have water, every map I have played on all the water has completely vanished after 2 years. Started a new one today, 'warm' temperature, and there were 14 very large lakes, alot of them over 30 tiles, with all of them being 7/7 and every drop of water vanished in the 30 minutes I played it.
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Simmura McCrea

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Re: Planet Dune
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2009, 02:02:32 pm »
Try embarking on a temperate area. The warm area is the reason for the evaporation.
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Demonic Spoon

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Re: Planet Dune
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2009, 02:03:22 pm »
You want temperate, warm and hot will evaporate the water, and if you really want water it's best to embark with a river/brook, endless water source. Be careful not to embark next to a ocean as then all water is salt and you have to have a elaborate desalination plant to make it drinkable.
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Re: Planet Dune
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2009, 02:41:38 pm »
By "elaborate desalination plant" he means "single pump dumping water into a cistern".

Also, was anyone else hoping this thread involved giant sandworms? :/
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Zankaru

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Re: Planet Dune
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2009, 02:44:53 pm »
Quote from: Sir Pseudonymous on August 10, 2009, 02:41:38 pm
By "elaborate desalination plant" he means "single pump dumping water into a cistern".

Also, was anyone else hoping this thread involved giant sandworms? :/

Sorry to dissapoint =)
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"Hesitation leads to disaster" - Kishimoto
"Courage imperils life, fear protects it" - da'vinci
"All warfare is based on deception" - Sun Tzu
"In death all things appear fair" - Homer
Quote from: XSI on August 07, 2009, 03:42:18 pm
At one of my older forts, I had a cat with a kobold kill to it's name, I locked a kobold into a small pit and then kept tossing cats in till it died.....For Science!

Scarpa

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Re: Planet Dune
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2009, 02:49:27 pm »
Quote from: Sir Pseudonymous on August 10, 2009, 02:41:38 pm
By "elaborate desalination plant" he means "single pump dumping water into a cistern".

Also, was anyone else hoping this thread involved giant sandworms? :/

That would be an awesome mod. Especially if the worms can dig into soil layers.
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Rvlion

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Re: Planet Dune
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2009, 02:51:16 pm »
Might be fun to play in a world with only underground water pools and after 7-8 sand layers comes rock... and not a tree in sight.

We might get some complaining elves because we cut to many trees.
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