Hey everyone,
I am new to this game, watched tons of tutorials and now my very first fortress is becoming a capitol. :-)
So I am planning to do some mega project work on this cap. It is basically a giant kind of pyramid made entirely of obsidian/orthoclase blocks with glass windows at the inner side of the walls (shiny decoration) and some self made engravings at the outside wall by placing some stones here and there, so that the pumped magma will have a path to follow and this will result in some kind of image then. However before I start this, I have some questions, which answers I cannot find in the wiki.
1. When I pump magma from the depths of hell, which seems to be infinite magma (from the edge of map) to the top of this pyramid/tower, it will get pressured by using pumps, meaning, this should be the armageddon for the entire world, shouldn't it?
2. If magma touches natural stone/mountains made of non-magma-safe material, will they melt away? Meaning, will almost everything on my local map melt away?
3. 9 years after settlement on this site, my dwarves noticed, that there is no flux stone and no sand. In order to encrust the bolts for better damage, I liked to make cut glass. If I use an atom smasher to smash a bag of sand, the sand will spread on the ground. On a tutorial video of an older version of DF, that guy said, that a floor covered with sand, will never ever become empty, meaning you will have infinite source of sand. Is this a way to get the large amount of sand I need? Does this work?
4. The entrance of this fortress will be a long road build at some higher level. It will mainly consist of draw bridges, which I can raise, if invaders are on them, so that they will fall into the magma. In case of an attack of a magma safe creature, I am planning to be able to fill this self-made magma sea with water. Will this kill the creature or will it get back to life, when I dig away the obsidian tile on it?
Hm... I think that's all for now. :-)
Thanks in advance!