Nice trap. I'm considering building something similar for my next fortress (my current one has its entrance bridge directly across an open magma pipe, so I tend to just retract the bridges and drop entire sieges into the magma).
Unrelated question - what's the "River jumpstarter"?
The river jumpstarter is a lever that activates a pump that takes little bit of water out of the river at the source. Rivers apparently shut down after they haven't produced any water for a while (e.g. when dammed) and the water level has to decrease near the source to get them going again. It's the one that I ordered to be pulled twice.
(edited for clarity)
[Message edited on 2009/10/14 at 05:03 by goffrie]
Interestingly enough, my fortress has a lever which performs the exact same function on my underground river, though it uses a door instead of a pump. I considered putting one in my last fortress (to restart the brook), but got tired of the lag.
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Submitted by: Devin - 2009-10-14
That trap is AWESOME! :O
Submitted by: Quietust - 2009-10-14
Nice trap. I'm considering building something similar for my next fortress (my current one has its entrance bridge directly across an open magma pipe, so I tend to just retract the bridges and drop entire sieges into the magma).
Unrelated question - what's the "River jumpstarter"?
Submitted by: goffrie - 2009-10-14
The river jumpstarter is a lever that activates a pump that takes little bit of water out of the river at the source. Rivers apparently shut down after they haven't produced any water for a while (e.g. when dammed) and the water level has to decrease near the source to get them going again. It's the one that I ordered to be pulled twice.
(edited for clarity)
[Message edited on 2009/10/14 at 05:03 by goffrie]
Submitted by: Quietust - 2009-10-14
Interestingly enough, my fortress has a lever which performs the exact same function on my underground river, though it uses a door instead of a pump. I considered putting one in my last fortress (to restart the brook), but got tired of the lag.