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Silverglazes
Submitted by: Mechanoid - 2007-11-17
Infinite *water* generator? Explain!
Unless you meant infinite *power* generator.
Submitted by: Veryinky - 2007-11-18
No, he means infinite water generator. It generates water. The pump has a loop (to the south) from which it pumps to which leads to where it pumps from. This somehow generates more water than there was originally in the system. This generates an effectively unlimited amount of "copied" water.
Submitted by: Markavian - 2007-11-19
Dwarf fortress has astounding physics!
Submitted by: Mechanoid - 2007-11-20
Please post on the wiki (or link to) a step by step tutorial as to how this glorious machine was constructed.
Submitted by: Sparksol - 2007-11-22
Ah, mechanisms. Helping dwarves create permafloods since who knows when.
Submitted by: nub - 2007-11-24
Wait, is that just a really bad aquifer powering it or do you mean something else?
Submitted by: Markavian - 2007-11-24
nub, its a 'feature' of DF: Screw pumps generate more water then they take out, meaning, its possible to introduce -new water- into the system, creating an infinite supply of water. Water that reaches 1 unit will eventually dissipate, but water pumped out of a pool will generate more then was originally there. That's the theory, try and put it into practice.
Submitted by: VengefulDonut - 2007-12-05
The infinite water is not created by the screw pump. You can get the same effect with buckets.
Submitted by: Markavian - 2007-12-06
VengefulDonut, not if you go wasting the water like I did... I emptied a murky pool into a water tower I'd built and all of the water dried up.