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This was the best idea I've ever had
« on: May 28, 2010, 08:06:06 pm »

So, I embarked on a random volcano on the world map, not thinking much about it. When I arrived and scouted out the map for the first time I came across a ridiculously tall volcano (40 or so z-levels.) Most of which was jutting out from the side of a mountain, using all of my dwarven ingenuity I decided to poke a hole in it, filling the valley below.

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-8866-anvilfastened

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Re: This was the best idea I've ever had
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 08:09:58 pm »

I lol'd.

Is that a consistent covering, or just sometimes a full cover?
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Re: This was the best idea I've ever had
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2010, 08:12:55 pm »

I lol'd.

Is that a consistent covering, or just sometimes a full cover?

What exactly do you mean by that? Like, is it always been poured? Then yes.
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2010, 08:15:17 pm »

Haha I did the same thing.  In my current fort it doesn't even serve any purpose, I just like the flowing lava for the ambience.

Even more fun is let it loose on a glacier (melts the ice).  Unfortunately I lost both my miners that time, due to the water getting on them and then refreezing.
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Re: This was the best idea I've ever had
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2010, 11:30:33 pm »

It would be fun to wall off the bottom part of the map and make an enormous magma lake for your fort to sit in :)
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Re: This was the best idea I've ever had
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2010, 01:41:37 am »

I did this once too.  Why don't the trees catch on fire?
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2010, 02:44:27 am »

I did this once too.  Why don't the trees catch on fire?
Toady hasn't gotten around to it yet.
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Re: This was the best idea I've ever had
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2010, 05:26:03 am »

I did this once too.  Why don't the trees catch on fire?
Because they're protected by the same magic that prevents elves from catching on fire when stealing magma.
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Re: This was the best idea I've ever had
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2010, 04:43:59 am »

I did this, but chanelled it into a massive and terrifying magma moat, with overflows to unused caverns.
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2010, 05:39:54 am »

lol, that's a random volcano, just a huge free-standing caldera. Above ground magma-pipe.

And yeah, who needs trees? Not like you need the charcoal with all that magma :D.

Tress should burn and turn into charcoal bars.
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Re: This was the best idea I've ever had
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2010, 06:15:01 am »

I like it, but it needs more elfmurder.
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