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Jachim

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Underwater volcano!?
« on: June 10, 2010, 07:58:39 pm »
Hey guys, new to the forums but have been playing for at least a few months now.


I decided to challenge myself and embarked on a volcano island in the middle of an evil sea (lol)

Quickly, I realized that the volcano was IN THE OCEAN on the embark screen. I figured it was actually above it, BUT NO!

The TOP of the volcano was technically under the water. After 'discovering' a magma sea, some adamantium -150z down, and all sorts of gems/ores/etc the volcano quickly paused my game and said 'A section of the cavern has collapsed!' repeatedly! I tried to zoom in at the top of the volcano... low and behold, it was quickly being covered over by water/stone as I assume the magma was forcefully being cooled, and repeatedly collapsing due to it being a flimsy cover for tons and tons of ocean that wanted inside?

Steam is spewing everywhere around the volcano and it doesn't seem to want to stop collapsing in on itself, so its just spamming/freezing my game to point me to the random spot in the lava that collapsed. o.O

Is it a lost cause?
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smjjames

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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2010, 08:03:37 pm »
Screenshots please! :)

It would be cool if you've got an 'erupting' volcano, or even the first actual underwater volcano in DF!
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2010, 08:11:17 pm »
PLEASE upload that save!
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2010, 08:11:55 pm »
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2010, 08:13:18 pm »
Yea, its one of those rare things that makes DF so awesome. Even if it IS a glitch. :)
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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2010, 08:34:01 pm »
Quote from: smjjames on June 10, 2010, 08:03:37 pm
Screenshots please! :)

It would be cool if you've got an 'erupting' volcano, or even the first actual underwater volcano in DF!

AFAIK you're the first person ever to find an underwater volcano, Jachim!  That's awesome.
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2010, 08:37:43 pm »
Where's the embark group? Is there land elsewhere on the map?
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2010, 08:48:34 pm »
The collapse is because there's obsidian being formed but there are no adjacent tiles to support it. It'll stop doing that once the edges solidify and move inward.
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2010, 08:48:57 pm »
Give it to us nao.
If you want two see if it eventually stabilizes, go to announcements and make it so cave-ins don't cause pausing.
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2010, 09:50:56 pm »
That is pretty awesome.
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Urist McDepravity

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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2010, 09:56:40 pm »
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so its just spamming/freezing my game to point me to the random spot in the lava that collapsed. o.O
Go to announcements.txt and remove pause/center for collapses, like this:
[CAVE_COLLAPSE:A_D:D_D]

Quote from: denito on June 10, 2010, 08:34:01 pm
AFAIK you're the first person ever to find an underwater volcano, Jachim!  That's awesome.
I definitely did read about such issues before.

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« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2010, 10:10:58 pm »
Quote from: Urist McDepravity on June 10, 2010, 09:56:40 pm
Quote from: denito on June 10, 2010, 08:34:01 pm
AFAIK you're the first person ever to find an underwater volcano, Jachim!  That's awesome.
I definitely did read about such issues before.

I've heard of volcanoes in oceans before (or attached to caverns), but not underneath the oceans surface. So it's kinda new I think.
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« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2010, 10:21:38 pm »
A Dwarf Fortress Surtseyan eruption! Too bad it won't form an actual island. :(
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« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2010, 10:26:34 pm »
Quote from: elizar on June 10, 2010, 10:21:38 pm
A Dwarf Fortress Surtseyan eruption! Too bad it won't form an actual island. :(

Then we'll have to engineer one!  Volcano + pump stack = new island FTW!
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Re: Underwater volcano!?
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2010, 10:36:56 pm »
The last sighting of this phenomenon was back in 40d.
That's a long, long time. Lock this moment in your mind, forever.
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