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[Jayfrin]

I think I've heard the awnser to this question but as of recently  can't be sure. Does water "push" objects I know it does characters but not so much for objects. I wish to create a system, since my chasm is the opposite side of the map to my fort I wanted to have a hole to drop stuff in and use water to push it across the map into the chasm.

[apache1990]

Yes, but I believe only the leading edge pushes.  Once the items are under all 7s, they're stuck until you drain and redo it.

[zagibu]

Yeah, this is what I've found out, too. Also, it wasn't working very consistently. Some items just couldn't be moved at all.

[Coke_Can64]

I think its got something to do with the weight of the object getting pushed.

[Tanelorn]

quote:Originally posted by Jayfrin:
<STRONG>I wish to create a system, since my chasm is the opposite side of the map to my fort I wanted to have a hole to drop stuff in and use water to push it across the map into the chasm.</STRONG>

Water at less than 7/7 pushes objects, and heavier objects need a higher level to move than lighter ones.

If you want to push objects into a chasm, I assume it is for disposal. You actually don't need the chasm to dispose of things : just the water is enough, because objects moved by water have a chance of being destroyed (bug or feature, I don't know. Feature I think, because tougher objects like iron armor doesn't get destroyed)

Read that post to know more:
"Flushing - a new method to manage goblin waste "
in the DF Dwarf Mode Discussion board

[Fooster]

Even magma pushes objects, which is really annoying when you are trying to destroy said objects.

[BurnedToast]

quote:Originally posted by Fooster:
<STRONG>Even magma pushes objects, which is really annoying when you are trying to destroy said objects.</STRONG>

or when the magma pushes 'molten gold' into your floodgate and now it won't close and everyone burns up.

[MuonDecay]

Sort of necromancy I know, but I know for a fact that magma pushes objects no matter how it flows. This may differ from water, but items long-submerged in 7/7 magma will float off in the direction of a flow when one is opened.

For example I had some dumped iron and steel things laying around in a magma pipe. I open a channel from it leading off to my magma industry. The resulting current in the main bulk of magma scatters the items toward the channel.

[lastofthelight]

Some glaring bugs aside (which I assume to be due to lack of being finished), I've found the fluid dynamics and minerology incorporated into Dwarf Fortress to be remarkably accurate.