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[Lumbajak]

It'd be nice when DF evolves to the point of underwater volcanoes actually creating new islands.

And an underwater volcano in a freezing climate would clearly have a Greater Disciple of Armok hidden within, trapped in his icy cage, waiting for the dawn of his release so that he may let the rivers run red with blood and fire in His name.

[darkrider2]

I don't even want to imagine what my FPS would be should the game calculate pressure for every tile.

[jaked122]

don't worry, if toady continues developing for the next 10 years, then by then all your calculations will run easily on the new computers of awesomenes.

[Karnewarrior]

If Toady continues programming for 10 years, DF will not only optimize your computer, but rub your feet, cook you breakfast, and give you the nuclear launch codes of every country on the planet. All the while nabbing you a hot, smart girlfriend and teaching you chinese while you sleep.

So, yeah, DF is awesome.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Yeah, it does. Where was the volcano in the world?

Here it is:



The island is a wilderness temperate conifer forest on peat and clay, with enough muddy pools to get started with fresh water.  The ocean is a wilderness temperate ocean.

As Jachim says (thanks Jachim!), be prepared for multiple collapses, as the ring of obsidian gradually moves inwards and seals off the magma in a vast flurry of steam.  For maximum awesomeness edit your announcements.txt to take out the pausing-and-recentering, then watch it happen from the surface.  When it's all over you have the ocean surface, then a z-layer of water, then the ocean floor with a sunken crater, then obsidian in the crater, then magma below the obsidian.   The volcano is just a vertical magma pipe going all the way down to the magma sea.  Oh yes, and instant adamantine, but can the king get to you since you're on a tiny island?? 

I'm trying to figure out how to build an offshore fortress above the magma.  The ultimate no-bridge method would be to dig down below sea level, tunnel under the seabed to reach the volcano, bring a magma channel back to shore, construct a pump-stack to pump it up to the surface, then start piping it out over the ocean surface to form an obsidian walkway.  Once over the cone, drop more magma to lay your foundations.  Then move all your dwarves over, and deconstruct the walkway behind you.  Voila, dwarves on a microscopic obsidian offshore island, sitting atop an active magma pipe.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

You have really, really strange symbols on your map... I can't make heads or tails of that.

[SpacemanSpiff]

You have really, really strange symbols on your map... I can't make heads or tails of that.

Yeah, sorry, that's Phoebus.  See the 4x4 embark square on the left?  Volcano is the red splodge at the top.  The rest is ocean, except for a narrow strip of forest shoreline along the bottom.  Hang on and I'll turn off graphics and go ASCIItastic for you.

Edit: here it is for all you ASCII fans

[denito]

I'm going to try generating this world with the min/max temperature set to make everything freezing.  I'm thinking that won't affect land features but might give me a frozen sea over the volcano.

[Orlist]

But wont that change how the world is created, making a world that doesn't have an underwater volcano? (or at least not in the same place)

[Eagle_eye]

if you use the same seed, I think not.

[Opirian]

bah! it seems my discovery was forgotten

or Im just going to assume outside the 2k views no one else saw it

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=53552.msg1148955#msg1148955

[gtmattz]

bah! it seems my discovery was forgotten

or Im just going to assume outside the 2k views no one else saw it

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=53552.msg1148955#msg1148955

I am glad I read all the way to the end before I replied, I was going to bring this up but see that you took care of it yourself

[Flaede]

bah! it seems my discovery was forgotten

or Im just going to assume outside the 2k views no one else saw it

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=53552.msg1148955#msg1148955

Hm... what's better than one embark option with an underwater volcano?
TWO options to embark with an underwater volcano!

[Jachim]

i'm glad I peaked peoples' interest. Sorry for not showing where it was.


also, neat that someone else found this too It's pretty cool.

[C4lv1n]

I've just started to gen this world, and I am wondering, how many rejections is there usually? So far I am at 32.