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Author Topic: Windmill Stacking?  (Read 871 times)

Schmaven

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Windmill Stacking?
« on: February 24, 2019, 12:41:11 pm »
I'm concluding that windmills cannot be stacked vertically as gear assemblies can be.

I need 448 power, and I'm only getting 20 per windmill on this map so I need at least 25 of them.  I tried getting dwarves to build 1 atop the other, but they seem to lack a mechanical connection going up from them like pumps have.

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It also seems like windmills are not very helpful for fps.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2019, 01:04:54 pm by Schmaven »
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PatrikLundell

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Re: Windmill Stacking?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2019, 01:07:29 pm »
Windmills need to have a clear access to the sky from its central tile. Other windmills only "shadow" a windmill below with the central tile only, so with a rather convoluted arrangement you can actually get wind power from every tile of the embark except the edge tiles, assuming you don't get issues with the air biome having a different amount of wind.
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