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I'm setting up a shower outside my dining hall.  You know dwarves, you've gotta force them to shower 'cause they won't on their own

Z1: the waterfall's source.  dig holes in the floor above the coridoor.
Z2: the coridoor.  build grates over holes in the floor.
Z3: the catch.  pump water that falls through the grates up to Z1.

Construct everything in such a way that a waterwheel on Z1 will perpetually power the two pumps.  Designed it, about to dig it .  Hatches at the source can be closed to turn it off.

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Alternatively, dig a channel (keep ramps intact) in a coridoor somewhere.  Create a two-floodgate lock system to flood every tile in the channel with 2/7... not enough to impede movement, too much to evaporate.  Do the maths to figure out how many channel tiles to have and how many water tiles to release into it.  Remember that the floodgate destroys any water on it when closed. 

Dwarves will merrily slosh through it, cleaning themselves on the way through.  The blood in the pools is cleaned by the dwarves every so often and it's a quick chore.

Quote from: duckInferno on November 19, 2010, 04:59:00 am

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That's what I ended up doing. Wasn't sure what all the extra numbers were at the end of the standard world gen text, but when I added it all in the world generated fine around attempt #508.

The site indeed is entirely on an aquifier, and I just discovered that the brook in the center is /not/ a safe place to stand when the thaw hits (especially if your wagon and 19 dogs are situated directly in the middle of it). Also the lava in the volcano is one Z level lower than the canyon floor.

However, those little snags could lead to an interesting fortress, and it has all the tools except flat space necessary to make a truly epic, long-term fortress.

The numbers are custom elevation/etc maps.  Mine gen'd on 508, too... too many volcano peaks for a small region, hehe. 

I had a sneak peak using reveal (as the cavern screenie shows) and there's crap all soil, so aquifiers shouldn't be any hassle.  Probably a blessing, slightly safer than tapping the brook.

The cliffy nature could make for a neater fortress than flat, if you're patient

You know, I thought that a haunted forest would be fun, but those skeletal foxes and wolves are bloody annoying. I'm gonna give this map a try.

I know what you mean.  I keep thinking "cool, undead!  they'll attack my fort".  And then all I get are a bunch of annoying wandering brainless entities interrupting jobs.

It's a bushism :3

Grrrr. Grammar in the poll sentence annoys me. Hidden Fun Stuff stuff? Thanks. 


Postscript: For those of you who are exceptionally sensitive, it's a JOKE/gentle reminder!

You'll live :p

I could have been referring to the Highly Fun Situation stuff

Added a poll option just for you, though ^^

What graphics pack are you guys all playing with? I'm really digging the above font.

Pheob's, with truetype turned on.

Makes sense, thanks.