Tomeholes - 1060 Mid Autumn by Zaltanek

Map Description:

This map started with only the brook and and a few small pools. I wanted to see what it would take to create a reservoir. It turned out to be far more difficult that I thought to generate enough water to flood the area.

Point of Interest: Pressure Reservoir

The construction and this reservoir started in 1057. It was completed in 1059. Filling in 1059. When it was determined that molasses and not water must be filling the reservoir, two additional z-levels were carved out while filing was underway. This empties out at the first and second aquaduct terminus. The hatches holding back the water should be opened soon. - Zaltanek

There are 2 comments for this map series, last post 2008-11-12

Add a Comment

Comments

Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-11-11 to 1060 Mid Autumn

mmmm water projects. I've been trying different ways to get more pressure and volume out of a brook. So far I've been able to get more pressure.
-Set the pumps one space above the path they'll be filling with water.
-Make sure the drop back down into the channel (below the pumps) is only one space deep otherwise pressure wont transfer.
-Water will fill the 2-level space immediately and thrust water due to 7/7 water pressure transfer.

The more the water backs up, the more pressure will be transfered.

It's in use on http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-3893-relicluster

[Message edited on 2008/11/11 at 06:04 by Dakira]

Submitted by: Zaltanek - 2008-11-12 to 1060 Mid Autumn

Thanks, will try that on another map. I opened the levers to the pressure reservoir and it worked like I had hoped. There was enough water in the reservoir to flood 1 zlevel of the plain. Unfortunately the FPS dropped to 2 so I think I may abandon this fortress. In order to finish the flooding I would need to refill the pressure reservoir which will take days at 2 fps. It took around 8+ hours at 6 fps.

Viewer Controls

g

SHIFT + Key doubles keyboard scroll rate.

Problems?

Do you only see a blank space?

Don't have Flash?
You can download the compressed map file: 2008-11/zaltanek-Tomeholes-region1-1060-25507.fdf-map but you will need the .NET version of SL's DF Map Compressor to convert to the .PNG image format.

Login: