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Bytyan

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Candy spike through magma sea
« on: January 10, 2012, 02:40:42 pm »
I have exactly one spike on my map, and it begins and seems to end in the magma sea. How do I mine it? Is there a way I can cool or remove the magma that isn't super labour intensive?
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2012, 02:43:33 pm »
All I can think of is finding some way to pour water around the spike to turn the magma into obsidian. Which... would be pretty labor intensive.
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2012, 03:21:49 pm »
It's not that much work actually. Exploit the fact that water flows through stairs. Dig out a large rectangle of down or up/down stairs above the spire, pour water onto the spire and it'll spill off the sides and turn the magma sea into obsidian. If you want to mine the next layer down, then dig down or up/down stairs into the big rectangle of obsidian, and release more water. Rinse and repeat to go as deep as you want - but you'll need to start with a large enough rectangle.
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2012, 04:05:41 pm »
With what Nan said, it's actually quite easy to do since water flows downwards without any sort of intervention on your part. The hard part is getting water to flow upwards, and to limit how much water you're pouring down there.
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2012, 09:19:10 pm »
Or, if you want to be dwarfier, pump the magma away from the spire!
With dwarf-powered pumps!
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2012, 11:45:49 pm »
Quote from: Flare on January 10, 2012, 04:05:41 pm
With what Nan said, it's actually quite easy to do since water flows downwards without any sort of intervention on your part. The hard part is getting water to flow upwards, and to limit how much water you're pouring down there.

Can be done easily with mechanisms and water pressure >:D
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2012, 06:04:01 am »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on January 10, 2012, 11:45:49 pm
Quote from: Flare on January 10, 2012, 04:05:41 pm
With what Nan said, it's actually quite easy to do since water flows downwards without any sort of intervention on your part. The hard part is getting water to flow upwards, and to limit how much water you're pouring down there.

Can be done easily with mechanisms and water pressure >:D

Reading this has inspired me to tunnel through the magma sea in my own fort  :D The candycane can go to hell, real dorfs tunnel through magma!  8)
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2012, 10:05:08 am »
The problem is going through the semi molten rock without the spoilermetal spire.
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Re: Candy spike through magma sea
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2012, 12:25:53 pm »
Quote from: Jelle on January 11, 2012, 10:05:08 am
The problem is going through the semi molten rock without the spoilermetal spire.

Find slade. Possible to dig through with exploits. Possibly even semi-molten rock, though I doubt it.
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