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Question on magma pressure

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Samoorai:
Say I had an area like this: (side view)
P~
  ~  W      W
~~~W  _  W
~~~~~~~~

P= pump
~= magma
W= wall
_= channel in floor

The magma won't rise up through the channel, right? Or has that changed? I'd check the wiki but it's a bit cactus.

immibis:
No. Magma is never pressurized unless it passes through a screw pump (in which case it rises up to the level of the pump)

Urist McCyrilin:

--- Quote from: immibis on April 08, 2010, 02:47:23 am ---No. Magma is never pressurized unless it passes through a screw pump (in which case it rises up to the level of the pump)

--- End quote ---

He is using a pump though.

JujuBubu:
The question to this answer came to me in a fun way :)

As long as the pump is turned on, magma is pressurized and will rise to the level of the pump.
So if you turn the pump off nothing will happen :)

Samoorai:
Okay, here's another one: (side view again)
      ~
      ~
_    ~    _
      R
    RWR
  RWWWR

~= magma
R= ramp
W= wall
_= floor

Will this splash onto the floors? Or will it run nicely down the ramps?

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