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Does anyone have a good estimate of the pump rate? It doesn't have to be accurate 7ths of a tile per step, but maybe enough to say "if you're building a waterfall that is x tiles across, and the fall is fed from a reservoir of y tiles, you need z pumps operating to maintain constant water flow, and z pumps operating to keep the upper reservoir full" or something... | Does anyone have a good estimate of the pump rate? It doesn't have to be accurate 7ths of a tile per step, but maybe enough to say "if you're building a waterfall that is x tiles across, and the fall is fed from a reservoir of y tiles, you need z pumps operating to maintain constant water flow, and z pumps operating to keep the upper reservoir full" or something... | ||
--[[User:Yidda|Yidda]] 00:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | --[[User:Yidda|Yidda]] 00:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | ||
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== Water Purifying / Desalting == | == Water Purifying / Desalting == | ||
Can someone better explain how exactly one must dig/build a water purifier to turn salt water into drinkable water? My last 3 tries have failed miserably...[[User:Kenji 03|Kenji 03]] 03:36, 26 July 2009 (UTC) | Can someone better explain how exactly one must dig/build a water purifier to turn salt water into drinkable water? My last 3 tries have failed miserably...[[User:Kenji 03|Kenji 03]] 03:36, 26 July 2009 (UTC) | ||
− | + | Ok, I just built an entire zone out of wood and stone, it stands free of all walls. I dug a chasm out for the entire thing, I even built the floor of the screw pump out of wood floor just to be safe. The moment I turned that pump on it was salt water (double ~) so I don't know how old this information is but unless I'm missing something you cannot de-salt water with a screw pump [[User:Kenji 03|Kenji 03]] 09:15, 26 July 2009 (UTC) | |
− | + | Alright, I figured it out. I added a video to make sure there is no confusion on how to do this for newbies. [[User:Kenji 03|Kenji 03]] 00:32, 27 July 2009 (UTC) | |
== "Natural" walls and floors == | == "Natural" walls and floors == | ||
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:Afaik, exactly what you have described. Did you have any "salt" water anywhere? (You didn't mention it, so I have to ask.) --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 07:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC) | :Afaik, exactly what you have described. Did you have any "salt" water anywhere? (You didn't mention it, so I have to ask.) --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 07:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
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== Water Containment == | == Water Containment == | ||
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Axles run into both sides of the pump. The impassible square of the pump prevents water flowing from the right (submerged) to the left (unsubmerged), while the pump transmits power from one axle to the other. I know this is a simple concept, but it took me a while to think of it - and when most of this system has to be submerged in pressurized water, it's rather nice to be able to block water entirely, and I think the concept merits a section on the page (whether it works or not, actually). | Axles run into both sides of the pump. The impassible square of the pump prevents water flowing from the right (submerged) to the left (unsubmerged), while the pump transmits power from one axle to the other. I know this is a simple concept, but it took me a while to think of it - and when most of this system has to be submerged in pressurized water, it's rather nice to be able to block water entirely, and I think the concept merits a section on the page (whether it works or not, actually). | ||
− | + | ('#'=stone wall, '='=dry axle, '-'=submerged axle, '%%'=pump, pumping from the left to the right (so active, but accomplishing nothing because the left is entirely dry)) | |
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I'm setting up for a test run; I'll report results shortly, I hope. | I'm setting up for a test run; I'll report results shortly, I hope. | ||
--[[User:Cowmage|Cowmage]] 17:25, 1 August 2009 (UTC) | --[[User:Cowmage|Cowmage]] 17:25, 1 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
:This does work, even under significant pressure. I'll add it to the 'alternate uses' section. --[[User:Cowmage|Cowmage]] 22:53, 1 August 2009 (UTC) | :This does work, even under significant pressure. I'll add it to the 'alternate uses' section. --[[User:Cowmage|Cowmage]] 22:53, 1 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
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==No Flow to Diagonals== | ==No Flow to Diagonals== | ||
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The the pump would not output to the diagonal level land, so I had to modify my plans somewhat. Should this be noted somewhere? [[User:Jaaz|Jaaz]] 17:30, 15 August 2009 (UTC) | The the pump would not output to the diagonal level land, so I had to modify my plans somewhat. Should this be noted somewhere? [[User:Jaaz|Jaaz]] 17:30, 15 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
:Your diagram is unclear, but if that's a side view then it's known (and noted) that water does not flow diagonally up or down. If that's a top view, it's ''clearly'' stated that a pump requires 4 tiles in a row - not in a diagonal.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 21:30, 17 August 2009 (UTC) | :Your diagram is unclear, but if that's a side view then it's known (and noted) that water does not flow diagonally up or down. If that's a top view, it's ''clearly'' stated that a pump requires 4 tiles in a row - not in a diagonal.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 21:30, 17 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
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