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[existent]

So, it took my diligent worker ants nearly four years, but finally, we've succeeded in turning the map into an artificial lake. Well... STARTED the long road to success, anyhow.

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I've built us up a nice, waterproof (fingers crossed) new fortress, to boot!

Cellar:

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First floor (farming):

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Second Floor:

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and then they continue up, so on and so forth, for about 10 z-levels, with drawbridges every couple levels. There's a third, hanging building t the south in the works. Now, if only that water would flow a little faster...

Also, the reason there's nothing in them is because I haven't moved my stuff from the old, underground site quite yet.

[Shogger]

Wait, so the fortress extends above the lake?

[existent]

Yes. It's like an artificial island fort, sort of.

[Tiny Adventure Captain]

YOU'D BETTER KEEP US POSTED. This looks cool c:

[existent]

YOU'D BETTER KEEP US POSTED. This looks cool c:

Uhh, okay, right now, umm, one guy went berserk and is killing dogs left and right, the water continues to flow.... slowly.... and I'm worried about our short-term food supplies, as well as a possible gap in the far retaining wall.

edit: Here's an overview of the water level right now:

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[lemon10]

Hm... seems awesome, but seems like flooding the world would cause huge fps issues, even with a low population. also won't it stop immigrants and merchants and so forth from coming to your fort (although i do see a trade depot on your second floor, looks like it goes underground somewhere, does it go out of the area to be flooded)?

does seem very dwarfy as well... dunno if it will flood the whole area, won't it just evaporate after going a while though when the water height at the edge of the flood is all ones?

do hope that it works out though, keep posting updates

[existent]

Hm... seems awesome, but seems like flooding the world would cause huge fps issues, even with a low population. also won't it stop immigrants and merchants and so forth from coming to your fort (although i do see a trade depot on your second floor, looks like it goes underground somewhere, does it go out of the area to be flooded)?

does seem very dwarfy as well... dunno if it will flood the whole area, won't it just evaporate after going a while though when the water height at the edge of the flood is all ones?

do hope that it works out though, keep posting updates

Yes, there's an underground passage to the "outside", which at some point I wanted to channel out and create a glass roof.

As for updates, well.... *ahem*.... I had to, of course, seal off my fortress from the flood water. However, I got so wrapped up in what I was doing, I forgot to make booze, and, well... they started dying of thirst. Then, since they were almost consistently idle when I wasn't building stuff, they tantrum spiraled.

I'm sure I'll go back and reclaim it, but for now, it seems my arrogance was my own downfall. Also, it was probably going to take 5 IRL hours to fill the area.

[einstein9073]

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As for updates, well.... *ahem*.... I had to, of course, seal off my fortress from the flood water. However, I got so wrapped up in what I was doing, I forgot to make booze, and, well... they started dying of thirst. Then, since they were almost consistently idle when I wasn't building stuff, they tantrum spiraled.

Couldn't you have built a well out on a balcony? It is fresh water you've flooded with, correct?

[existent]

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As for updates, well.... *ahem*.... I had to, of course, seal off my fortress from the flood water. However, I got so wrapped up in what I was doing, I forgot to make booze, and, well... they started dying of thirst. Then, since they were almost consistently idle when I wasn't building stuff, they tantrum spiraled.

Couldn't you have built a well out on a balcony? It is fresh water you've flooded with, correct?

The water was spreading so slowly, it hadn't reached the actual structures yet. It's not that it couldn't be saved,but I wasn't in that much of a mood to intervene.