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The_Final_Stand

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Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« on: February 17, 2011, 09:36:30 am »

So, having downloaded the newest version (0.31.19) I decided to build a new fort on some clay to make use of the new ceramics. Immediately, I dug down, built a farm, and was just beginning to open the floodgate to irrigate the farm from a murky pool when I noticed that I could already order my dwarfs to start planting. I am currently growing cave wheat on an unirrigated farm.

Bug or Feature?
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agatharchides

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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2011, 09:38:22 am »

It is intentional. Underground soil needing to be irrigated was actually a bug to start with. 
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2011, 09:41:24 am »

It is intentional. Underground soil needing to be irrigated was actually a bug to start with.

Aww! SWEET!
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2011, 09:42:59 am »

So, no more irrigation in underground soil?

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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2011, 09:45:09 am »

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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2011, 10:23:56 am »

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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2011, 10:38:30 am »

Who's bringing the Floating Guts Guts?
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2011, 10:51:18 am »

IT 000 cancels Lurk: Planting Seeds
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2011, 12:03:00 pm »

ElthMysterius, Overseer cancels Build Tedious Waterworks: Wait, what? Seriously?
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2011, 12:05:40 pm »

DeKnegt cancels being lazy: Goes to a no more irrigation party
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2011, 12:10:59 pm »

Whoa, something made easier in this update? 
You seriously mean I can set up a decent-sized farm even more early on? :o
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2011, 12:18:23 pm »

It is intentional. Underground soil needing to be irrigated was actually a bug to start with.

Not really, no. There were bugs associated with it, but it was (generally speaking) intentional.
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2011, 03:43:58 pm »

It is intentional. Underground soil needing to be irrigated was actually a bug to start with.

Not really, no. There were bugs associated with it, but it was (generally speaking) intentional.

I think there's a distinction being made here between needing to irrigate underground soil (bug) and needing to irrigate rock (feature).
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2011, 05:01:32 pm »

I always end up embarking into clay, this spell great news for my fortress, since we've just ran out of booze.
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Re: Clay doesn't require irrigation?
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2011, 05:08:28 pm »

Nice, no more spending my first month setting up my plumbing.
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