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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: April 09, 2011, 07:34:03 am »Okay, managed to do a large-scale cavein and breach past the aquifer. Now... Is it possible to safely dig in the z-level below an aquifer? Because I don't want to abandon all of that hematite...
Are you using dfreveal to determine where the damp stone is?
Yeah, after I took care of the third level of aquifer and found more damp soil below it, I opened reveal to see how deep it went.
You've probably noticed, then, that the damp stretches to one z below the aquiferous soil or stone. Unfortunately, these tiles will spew water from above if dug into, so if your hematite is on that z level, I'm afraid you're out of luck. If, on the other hand, the hematite doesn't appear damp when viewed with dfreveal, then you can safely dig it out.
Of course, there are other options. You could make extracting the hematite into a sort of mega-project, establishing a giant machine on the surface for the sole purpose of boring into the waterlogged earth.
That's what I figured, but it never hurts to be sure. I've got fairly rich deposits of the iron ores though, so I probably won't bother unless I really start running out. Thanks!
