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[palin88]

As the title says, I made a little building above ground and channeled some water from the river into a holding pool inside. Come winter though, the water inside the building freezes along with the rest of the river, but I notice the tiles that go underground are still liquid. Is this the way its supposed to behave? Buildings don't regulate temperature at all?

If that's the case I'm going to have to figure out something elaborate in order to get some underground running water from the river, probably involving some pumps.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Only subterranean areas count for temperature regulation. Once an area loses subterranean status, there's no way to restore it, at least not until the principle behind rewalling is reworked. All you can do is undermine the frozen river, and channel summertime water into some underground reservoir.

[axus]

Well it sort of makes sense, the dwarves don't heat their buildings, so the temperature is going to be close to that of outside.

[palin88]

Hmm, so in order to keep the water fresh, I'll have to have it connected to the river. And also it's going to have to be in a pool at z-2 so that the dwarves can access it at z-1 without it freezing. At z-2 I'll have to deal with water pressure issues though, since it will try to flood up to z-1 (river level.) Maybe if I kept a pump running at z-1 that constantly removed any water that flows vertically?

[axus]

Does it have to be connected to the river to be drinkable?  I know I've been able to fish from unconnected man-made pools before.  I guess you can make a well in the next version, or get lucky and find an underground pool.

Hey, try designating a pond ( d P), I havent done that before but it sounds potentially drinkable, after its bucket filled.

[ November 15, 2007: Message edited by: axus ]