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Author Topic: Waterwheel over a brook?  (Read 965 times)

rrroach

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Waterwheel over a brook?
« on: April 27, 2011, 11:53:40 pm »
So I installed a waterwheel on a brook tile. No power. I read the wiki, and it said I had to channel out the tile to get it to work. I tried that but instead of working, it said I couldn't even build there! I was building a wall one Z level up, but my entire fortress flooded and I abandoned. Was I on the right track?
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Re: Waterwheel over a brook?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2011, 01:01:31 am »
You need to channel out the brook and build a waterwheel connected to an axle/gear. You cannot build it in the air without any support.
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Re: Waterwheel over a brook?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2011, 01:14:29 am »
Okay. That's probably why it was building on the brook 'tile' but not over a channeled brook without the axel support. Many thanks.
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