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===No retaining walls=== | ===No retaining walls=== | ||
− | So long as the fluid is not dumped onto a floor tile*, a pump stack does not ''need'' retaining walls to hold the fluid in as it gets moved up - a powered pump will suck 100% of the water in the tile below it up the instant it shows up there. So, as long as it's all powered '''and''' there's always room for the liquid to go, it's good. However, once the power is shut off | + | So long as the fluid is not dumped onto a floor tile*, a pump stack does not ''need'' retaining walls to hold the fluid in as it gets moved up - a powered pump will suck 100% of the water in the tile below it up the instant it shows up there. So, as long as it's all powered '''and''' there's always room for the liquid to go, it's good. However, once the power is shut off, all those tiles full of water (or magma!) flow normally. |
:''(* when a liquid is sitting on a floor tile, it has a chance to spread out to adjacent tiles)'' | :''(* when a liquid is sitting on a floor tile, it has a chance to spread out to adjacent tiles)'' |