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0000556Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Flowspublic2010-04-05 20:052016-07-22 21:09
Reportershadow_slicer 
Assigned ToLoci 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformWine (wine-1.1.31)OSUbuntu Linux 2.6.31-20-genericOS Version
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000556: Pumping from ocean to cistern, ocean drains, cistern never full.
DescriptionI've encountered this in my three most recent forts. I pump from the ocean (other water sources not tested) directly to a hole (open space) 1 or more floors above the cistern. The cistern consists of an empty room with a floodgate on one side leading to the farming area and is connected via a diagonal to another tile which is below a well.

When the pump is active, it pumps water from the ocean to the cistern. If the cistern's lower level has 7/7 water, the pump still consumes water from the ocean, but does not add additional water at the output (on top of the 7/7 water from the lower level).
Steps To ReproduceBuild cistern described as follows and fill.

Key: W=Wall _=Channel %%=pump X=floodgate o=Well ~=Ocean Water Tile

Top Level

  WWW o
~%%_W <= The water level on this floor is always 0/7!
  WWW

Lower Level
      WWW
   WWWW W
   W WW
   W X
   WWWWW
Additional Information
TagsNo tags attached.
Relationships
duplicate of 0003161resolved Toady One Vertical hole only filled up to absolute z-level 0 by falling water 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-05 20:05shadow_slicerNew Issue
2010-04-05 20:10shadow_slicerNote Added: 0001314
2010-04-05 20:10shadow_slicerNote Edited: 0001314bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0001314#r418
2010-04-05 20:11shadow_slicerNote Edited: 0001314bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0001314#r419
2010-04-05 20:13QuietustNote Added: 0001317
2011-04-04 15:48GreenSpinachNote Added: 0017070
2011-04-04 19:36danarisNote Added: 0017072
2016-07-22 21:09LociNote Added: 0035676
2016-07-22 21:09LociRelationship addedduplicate of 0003161
2016-07-22 21:09LociStatusnew => resolved
2016-07-22 21:09LociResolutionopen => duplicate
2016-07-22 21:09LociAssigned To => Loci

Notes
(0001314)
shadow_slicer   
2010-04-05 20:10   
(edited on: 2010-04-05 20:11)
The diagram was butchered, but you probably can get the idea. If not, copy the butchered diagram and paste it somewhere that uses a fixed width font...
(0001317)
Quietust   
2010-04-05 20:13   
I'm reminded of a similar issue back from 0.28.181.40d - see http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=42571.0 [^]
(0017070)
GreenSpinach   
2011-04-04 15:48   
With that forum post in mind, it seems like there is a feature to allow the ocean to absorb water like an aquifer can. If there is such a feature, maybe it is being incorrectly applied to artificial ponds, when it should be applied only when pumping into the ocean.
(0017072)
danaris   
2011-04-04 19:36   
I noticed this too, in 0.31.23.

I tried to make a cistern to purify water from my tiny corner of haunted ocean, and made sure that I built walls around the level where the pump was—that being the level above the ocean, obviously—and when the pump filled up the lower z-level of the cistern, it just kept briefly putting water on top of it, which would then instantly disappear. Had to deconstruct the walls around the upper z-level to use it as a water source.
(0035676)
Loci   
2016-07-22 21:09   
This sounds like 0003161.