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Author Topic: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?  (Read 1590 times)

Euld

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Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« on: December 19, 2009, 03:53:06 pm »
I plan on making a river of magma, but that will be a problem if the magma will just end up draining off the side of the map.
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Jim Groovester

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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2009, 03:54:50 pm »
If my recollection serves me correctly, magma does not flow off the edge of the map.
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2009, 04:10:21 pm »
Quote from: Jim Groovester on December 19, 2009, 03:54:50 pm
If my recollection serves me correctly, magma does not flow off the edge of the map.

Confirmed; that's just water.
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2009, 08:19:41 pm »
I think carving fortifications on the edge drains it.
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2009, 08:53:31 pm »
No, I don't think carving fortifications at the edge does anything either. Magma just doesn't flow off the map, period.
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2009, 08:55:46 pm »
Quote from: Jim Groovester on December 19, 2009, 08:53:31 pm
No, I don't think carving fortifications at the edge does anything either. Magma just doesn't flow off the map, period.
It's the truth.  The wiki has this, and it's been confirmed.
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2009, 10:16:52 pm »
Quote from: zchris13 on December 19, 2009, 08:55:46 pm
Quote from: Jim Groovester on December 19, 2009, 08:53:31 pm
No, I don't think carving fortifications at the edge does anything either. Magma just doesn't flow off the map, period.
It's the truth.  The wiki has this, and it's been confirmed.
Heh, so that's how I was able to fill an edge valley 5 z-levels full of magma. Man that lagged so hard.
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2009, 01:10:19 am »
Water drains off the edge of the map just fine.

Magma never drains off the edge of the map. Ever.

Proof:

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-6594-snaketributes
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2009, 01:14:11 am »
Quote from: Hyndis on December 20, 2009, 01:10:19 am
Water drains off the edge of the map just fine.

Magma never drains off the edge of the map. Ever.

Proof:

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-6594-snaketributes

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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2009, 01:25:52 am »
I wanted to have a fortress without a meeting zone, but my dorfs would keep on wandering to the edge of the map and being eaten by goblins.

So as a workaround I flooded the world with magma.   :D
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2009, 01:56:01 am »
Lava doesn't drain, ergo we must fill the map entirely with lava by milking a magma pipe...
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2009, 02:03:22 am »
what happens if you approach in adventure mode?
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2009, 02:07:37 am »
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Time for science?
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2009, 04:13:48 am »
Quote from: Christes on December 20, 2009, 01:56:01 am
Lava doesn't drain, ergo we must fill the map entirely with lava by milking a magma pipe...

You could eventually create a pillar of obsidian, and then carve your fortress from that obsidian tower dominating the landscape.

Fill the map with magma. Pour water on the magma to make obsidian, then repeat for each layer. You will need a brook and a magma pipe for this of course. Be sure to construct floors over the brook to protect it from the magma.

Also, it would be amazingly effective at keeping immigrant nobles away.   :D
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Re: Does magma drain out of the sides of the map?
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2009, 10:56:54 am »
Quote from: Hyndis on December 20, 2009, 04:13:48 am
Also, it would be amazingly effective at keeping immigrant nobles away.   :D
Or you could just give them a balcony.
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