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=== Flooding === | === Flooding === | ||
− | More fortresses have fallen at the hands of a flooding well than they have to megabeasts, sieges or | + | More fortresses have fallen at the hands of a flooding well than they have to megabeasts, sieges or demons. If you are going to be shifting water around in any form other than buckets, be prepared for the worst. |
There are several solutions to the flooding problem. | There are several solutions to the flooding problem. | ||
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* Emergency Auto-plug. You can make pressure plates sense water. If you set up a pressure plate beside your well, and connect it to a hatch or door blocking your reservoir, it will automatically seal the reservoir off from its flow source, should the thing flood. | * Emergency Auto-plug. You can make pressure plates sense water. If you set up a pressure plate beside your well, and connect it to a hatch or door blocking your reservoir, it will automatically seal the reservoir off from its flow source, should the thing flood. | ||
* No Exits. The safest and easiest way to do it, is to dig out the reservoir, ''but not the opening for the well itself''. This way, you can fill the reservoir completely, and because there's nowhere for it to flood out to, it simply WON'T! Then you can seal off the reservoir at your leisure and dig the opening without concern! (Though not without caution. Make sure you turned the taps off first.) | * No Exits. The safest and easiest way to do it, is to dig out the reservoir, ''but not the opening for the well itself''. This way, you can fill the reservoir completely, and because there's nowhere for it to flood out to, it simply WON'T! Then you can seal off the reservoir at your leisure and dig the opening without concern! (Though not without caution. Make sure you turned the taps off first.) | ||
− | * Cut the Pressure. Filling a reservoir from above is a good way to cause a flood. You can neutralize the excess [[pressure]] by including a diagonal passage in the aqueduct at or below the level of the well. | + | * Cut the Pressure. Filling a reservoir from above is a good way to cause a flood. You can neutralize the excess [[pressure]] by including a diagonal passage in the aqueduct at or below the level of the well. |
=== Monsters === | === Monsters === |