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[Terisuke]

So a room with 20 pumps all simultaneously trying to pump water through a small exit will work better?

What I'd do is have a situation like this:



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Side view, and assume the reservoir continues upwards for a long ways.

Make the exit narrow, and put about 5-6 pumps going out of the reservoir.

Your pressure should be astounding.

I don't think that'll have the effect you intend. Pumps reset pressure to their level, so even though you had a row of 5 pumps pushing out water, it wouldn't have the "weight" of the entire tower behind the pressure - the tower would just as act as the reserve.

Right, but if you're trying to pump out six pumps worth of water at once, the only way to supply the inflow with enough water is to have the water stacked ABOVE the inflow square.  If you try to have it flow in sideways, your pumps won't do much after the initial supply is gone. 

[Niveras]

Right, but if you're trying to pump out six pumps worth of water at once, the only way to supply the inflow with enough water is to have the water stacked ABOVE the inflow square.  If you try to have it flow in sideways, your pumps won't do much after the initial supply is gone.

Yes, your "supply" will longer, but I thought your intent was to try to use pumps to further pressurize the tower - which wouldn't work.

[Shrugging Khan]

What about an open tunnel with several pumps pumping water from reservoirs into it - will it flow out with pressure proportional to the number of pumps?

Or, alternatively, what about a reservoir several z levels high AND also very wide: would that one offer more pressure than one that's simply high without the width?

[noodle0117]

but really all I'm asking for is if I can achieve enough water pressure to blast a horde of goblins back 10 squares or so.

[Epacsten]

If you make the tower taller for more pressure, yes.