Tomeholes - 1060 Mid Autumn by Zaltanek

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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: Trade depot

Underneath the haze of masima is the trade depot. I am always running out of place to store food so it tends to go bad when I am not paying attention. - Zaltanek

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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.

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Points of Interest

Δ 27. Pump system for the aquaducts
This pump system feeds the water to the the various aquaducts. There were two other pump systems at this location but they were dismantled. The brook does not provide enough volume of water for what I really wanted to do. I should reduce the number of pumps on the system, but that would require I shut them down for longer than I wanted to.
The left aquaduct is for the waterfalls that fall through the legendary meeting room.
The middle aquaduct was orginally created to fill the plains north of the city. It was later modified to fill a pressure reservoir.
The right aquaduct was an attempt to force more water into the flood plain. Unfortunately there was not enough water volume in the brook to allow this to happen. - Zaltanek
Δ 26. Pump power station and pressure reservoir gate
This was the third power station for the pump system. You can see previous power unit a little north. This had to be redesigned a few time to resolve evaporation issues. The water level would plumet until I place a wall underneath the pump. I had to create a secondary pump to reduce the water level below 7 in order to get the water wheels to start generating power. Too bad there is no wind on this map for wind mills, it would have simplified a great deal.

There are also hatches here in the path of the brook that open to fill a large underground reservoir. This will be used to build up water pressure to hopefully flood the plain with enough water that it doesn't evaporate. - Zaltanek
¶ 21. Main Entrance
This is the main entrance and where the dwarves initially started. I have been planning on making it more defensible, but goblin attacks have been nonexistant. I have kill a titan and captured a hydra.
Due to all the moving water my framerate drops to around 6. - Zaltanek
Δ 20. Barracks
This is where the champions muder everyone else... i.e. train. I have lost more dwarves to training accidents that monster invasions. However, I now have 8 champions to show for it. That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

The carrivans pass through the middle and can be showered with arrows if necessary. - Zaltanek
Δ 20. Chasm and Silk factories.
This chasm generates a nearly endless supply of silk. - Zaltanek
Δ 20. 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
Δ 19. Forges, Animal trainers, Glass workers, and the Dump
- Zaltanek
Δ 19. Pump station failure 1
I was hoping this pump station would allow me to multiply the water volume using pumps. Unfortuantely this was not the case. The water volume comming from the brook was not enough to keep the water wheels turning while the pumps were active. A reduction of pumps may have helped this, but a flood gate seemed to have been more benificial. The pressure reservoir above floods into this room. - Zaltanek
Δ 18. Aquaduct Terminus 1
This is the terminus point of the waterfall meeting room aquaduct and the middle aquaduct. Again the low water volume of the brook makes this a trickle rather than the deluge that it needs to be. The middle aquaduct plunges 8 z levels to the this terminus. The waterfall aquaduct is pulled using a pumps from the z-level below. The number of waterwheels is overkill, but power should be plentiful in this area for any future projects. - Zaltanek
Δ 18. Aquaduct Terminus 2
This is the terminus of the right most aquaduct. It was mainly a failure as the water pressure of the brook can not support the three aquaducts. This was 6 accross at one point and has been reduced to 3 wide to improve water pressure. - Zaltanek
Δ 18. Drink storage
Drink storage. - Zaltanek
Δ 18. Food Processing
- Zaltanek
Δ 18. Food storage
I currenly have around several thousand food and a few thousand seeds, and around 2k alcohol. I have been having to expand the food storage every few years. Even with all this food the dwarves still complain of starvation and not having anything to drink.

The farms are 1 zlevel up and the refuse pile is 1 Z level below. - Zaltanek
Δ 18. Legendary meeting room
Water is piped in through the aquaduct over a series of floor hatches. The floor hatches are tied into a pressure plate that opens when the water gets to a volume of 4. The gates open and the water falls and pass through the grates.
If I had to do this again I would create 1 extra z level below where the water could fall. I had the exit pumps fail a few times which caused flooding. The over abundance of doors throughout the complex was to reduce the effects of any flooding. - Zaltanek
Δ 18. Statue Garden
Statue garden. - Zaltanek
Δ 18. Trade depot
Underneath the haze of masima is the trade depot. I am always running out of place to store food so it tends to go bad when I am not paying attention. - Zaltanek
Δ 17. Furniture storage
- Zaltanek
Δ 17. Mill Pump station
This is the pump station for the Mill stones above. - Zaltanek
Δ 17. Workshops
- Zaltanek
Δ 16. Failed pump system 2
I was hoping that I could create a pump that would generate more water than it used. Unfortunately it did just the opposite. It consumed water instead of producing it. I tried a few configurations and all failed. It now languishes unattended in an off possition. - Zaltanek
Δ 16. Filling Dike
After several attempts at filling this Z level all at one time and failing, this was constructed. The hope is to fill the area behind this Dike to capacity and then release the floodgates. It is untested, and construction began after the pressure reservoir began filling. - Zaltanek
Δ 16. Levers for the Dikes
The engineers can stand behind green glass windows as the operate the levers. - Zaltanek
Δ 16. The Great Dam
In order to flood 3 z levels I needed a way to block the water. The construction of the dam lasted two years. I actually expected it would be more difficult to construct the dam than fill it. I was wrong.
Flooding the reservoir behind the dam has yet to be accomplished. I was able to flood the first z-level without too many problems. The next Z level had too much evaporation occuring to complete the flood. After pumping in water for two to three years in various configurations i started construction on the pressure reservoir. I am hoping if I can generate enough water quick enough, it will overcome the evaporation problems. - Zaltanek
Δ 14. Kings Tomb, noble tombs and dwarven graveyard.
I had constucted the large tome for the king that I was hoping to attract. Unfortunately as I was digging the tomb I hit adamantite. The king came in as a peasant...

Should he ever reveal himself he will be burried here. - Zaltanek
Δ Commoner Housing
- Zaltanek
Δ King and queens housing.
The king came as a peasant so there was no reason to continue to deccorate his chambers. - Zaltanek
Δ Noble Housing
- Zaltanek

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Fortress Name: Tomeholes
Map Year: 1060 Mid Autumn
Author: Zaltanek
Submitted by: Zaltanek
Date Added: 11/11/2008