Greetz,
after I created a new world I wanted to make a few experiments. First of all I wanted to see how a human settlement looks like. So I embarked into a human town. Right on top of the roof. Great
But at least there was a staircase. All in all it seems like a cool idea to embark into a present settlement. Lot's of meatshields and I think FUN is guaranteed. My second experiment had something to do with drainage. I thought about how to drain a part of the sea. I thought something like this:
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w = water
X = Wall
F = Floor
As you may see I wanted to dismantle the floor to the right and sink the walls into the ocean. Then I could drain the inside with pumps and dig into the ocean. But my second experiment did raise some problems. Look here:
A thriving human settlement with some small houses. I digged away all the sand under the house and channeld away what was holding it.
But this turned out to be a bad idea:
Poor fella ~
I thought, this does not look good. Let's check the cellar.
LOT'S of wood. Sweet... But unfortunatly the building was gone.
So, does anyone know what would happen to an iron wall which becomes "caved-in" into the ocean? Will it turn back into iron blocks as well? I will have to do another experiment, but I thought I could raise the question before I try it.
If this would not work, do you guys see another possibility to drain a part of an ocean (which does not freeze)?