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...when someone used the word 'orthoclase' in a dictionary game, I was the only person who already knew what it was.
What if you used a pneumatic magma cannon? I read a thread about some guy who pumped magma into a reservoir, then carved an enormous cylinder and dropped it in to force the magma up instead of creating a massive pump stack. The pillar would have to be cast from obsidian in your case, but It'd be worth it, if only for the !!science!!, to see if we can shoot magma around the map without building a grid.
Will a pump make magma shoot out, or will it lose its pseudo-pressure as soon as it leaves the barrel? I'm thinking about doing a 2-floodgate system for a smaller gun (4-6 small ones, one giant one) where they stagger open/close, one at the front of the barrel, one at a reservoir a few z-levels below. I figure at best, the magma will shoot out until the pump runs out of magma, then it'll drip out.
I've been drawing up plans on graph paper and transferring to the computer using Courrier New so the symbols always line up. Is there a better way to do this, perhaps?
It will have pseudo pressure, but you'll need an awful lot of pumps to get it to do more than just drop, and even thenmost of itjust about all of it will still just drop.
It would be better just to realize that it's just going to drop and just put the end of the barrel over the only entrance to your fortress.
