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Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« on: October 29, 2010, 04:07:53 pm »
I was clear cutting my third cavern, when I got this message:

"You have discovered a downward passage"

What does this mean?
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2010, 04:13:19 pm »
Quote from: They Got Leader on October 29, 2010, 04:07:53 pm
I was clear cutting my third cavern, when I got this message:

"You have discovered a downward passage"

What does this mean?

I would assume you found a walkable passage from Cavern 2 to Cavern 3; it's always called a "downwards passage," even if it goes up from the location of discovery.  A passage heading down from Cavern 3 would be more... distinct.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2010, 04:15:49 pm »
Quote from: KillerClowns on October 29, 2010, 04:13:19 pm
Quote from: They Got Leader on October 29, 2010, 04:07:53 pm
I was clear cutting my third cavern, when I got this message:

"You have discovered a downward passage"

What does this mean?

I would assume you found a walkable passage from Cavern 2 to Cavern 3; it's always called a "downwards passage," even if it goes up from the location of discovery.  A passage heading down from Cavern 3 would be more... distinct.
So its a passage from cavern 2 to three?

Or potentially cavern 3 to cavern 4 (if I have one), but not to the fun stuff.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2010, 04:27:30 pm »
???

It could be from cavern 1 to cavern 2, or it could be from 2 to 3.

Things going down to cavern 4 are called "magma pools." They're much different things.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2010, 04:29:26 pm »
Quote from: Urist Imiknorris on October 29, 2010, 04:27:30 pm
???

It could be from cavern 1 to cavern 2, or it could be from 2 to 3.

Things going down to cavern 4 are called "magma pools." They're much different things.

Yeah, I know. I have had 4th caverns before. It was really small, but the game declared it another cavern...
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2010, 04:35:14 pm »
Quote from: Urist Imiknorris on October 29, 2010, 04:27:30 pm
???

It could be from cavern 1 to cavern 2, or it could be from 2 to 3.

Things going down to cavern 4 are called "magma pools." They're much different things.

[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT] accepts integers from 0 to 5 and defaults to 3. Neither the magma sea nor the Happy Emporium of Lyrics and Lullabies are caverns.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2010, 04:42:30 pm »
What. How did I not know this?
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« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2010, 04:43:46 pm »
Quote from: Artanis00 on October 29, 2010, 04:35:14 pm
Neither the magma sea nor the Happy Emporium of Lyrics and Lullabies are caverns.
Don't you mean the circus and the clowns?
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2010, 04:50:31 pm »
Quote from: niggy on October 29, 2010, 04:43:46 pm
Quote from: Artanis00 on October 29, 2010, 04:35:14 pm
Neither the magma sea nor the Happy Emporium of Lyrics and Lullabies are caverns.
Don't you mean the circus and the clowns?
He does. Thanks for the help, guys.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2010, 04:53:36 pm »
Quote from: Artanis00 on October 29, 2010, 04:35:14 pm
[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT] accepts integers from 0 to 5 and defaults to 3. Neither the magma sea nor the Happy Emporium of Lyrics and Lullabies are caverns.

Wrong - [CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT] only accepts integers from 0 to 3 in the Advanced World Generation Parameters screen. Attempting to set it higher than 3 (by editing world_gen.txt) won't work, instead just generating 3 cavern layers like normal. If you look at the raws that specify cavern depth, you'd know that cavern layer 4 is the magma sea and that cavern layer 5 is what's underneath the semi-molten rock.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2010, 04:59:06 pm »
Oh. Dammit.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2010, 05:32:26 pm »
Okay, well, this downward slope of mine goes down from cavern 3. So this means...?
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2010, 05:36:55 pm »
This means you send an explorer down post haste.
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Re: Downward Passage [Spoiler potential?]
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2010, 06:08:27 pm »
Preferably a Noble.
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« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2010, 06:50:29 pm »
Maybe some clowns got a copper pickaxe...
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