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Eskielidder

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Flaming bolts?
« on: August 21, 2011, 09:06:25 pm »
A question from a workmate, that I don't know the answer. It's such an awesome question that I needed to post it here to find out for sure...

Are you able to build a waterfall outside of a row of fortifications and have marksdwarves fire through it?

If so, can the same be done for magma?

If so.......does it set the bolts on fire?!?!?
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Iaksones

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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2011, 09:12:47 pm »
If it obstructs line-of-sight it would be a problem... but at least the marksdwarves would get a nice mist!

Edit: Lame. I read the wiki and apparently magma mist is only generated by cave ins (like a piston pump)
« Last Edit: August 21, 2011, 09:15:41 pm by Iaksones »
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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2011, 09:15:41 pm »
(un)fortunately, magma only generates mist when something caves into it. and the bolts may not be in contact with the magma long enough to ignite...

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Yeah.  Thus why I didn't make a trap.  In it's current state the fortress didn't need a trap, the whole damn fortress is a trap.

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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2011, 09:20:29 pm »
The bolts might not be in contact with the magma at all. Objects flying through the air usually "don't exist" in between the start and end points.
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2011, 09:21:07 pm »
I remember one gentledwarf theorizing about a flaming spear. The idea of modding a material which had an ignition temperature = body temperature got tossed around. If that's possible, surely that would ignite on contact with a goblins pancreas... if it didnt burn the bowyer!
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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2011, 09:34:34 pm »
Quote from: Iaksones on August 21, 2011, 09:21:07 pm
I remember one gentledwarf theorizing about a flaming spear. The idea of modding a material which had an ignition temperature = body temperature got tossed around. If that's possible, surely that would ignite on contact with a goblins pancreas... if it didnt burn the bowyer!
If it lit on body temperature, it'd be over 95 degrees. I doubt it would light up the archer, so that's the reasoning behind it. It would burn when it was INSIDE the enemy...

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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2011, 10:17:35 pm »
Soooooo... if I make a tree to burn at body temp, and turn it into bolts, and the bolts get lodged in a wound, will they catch fire?
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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2011, 10:29:42 pm »
Quote from: franti on August 21, 2011, 10:17:35 pm
Soooooo... if I make a tree to burn at body temp, and turn it into bolts, and the bolts get lodged in a wound, will they catch fire?
Mhm.

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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2011, 10:32:37 pm »
I believe you can do this with ballistas.
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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2011, 10:33:39 pm »
Dwarven APITFSDS bolts.
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Re: Flaming bolts?
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2011, 11:37:20 pm »
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=69205.0  found this in the modding section... don;t recall playing around with it much.
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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2011, 11:41:22 pm »
There are anecdotes of modded bolts turning buzzards into meteors! Nice!
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