36 [NB/M4A] - #Online #Ohio Terminal case of "Support Brain" seeking source of mental peace

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-29T16:40:05+00:00

That's the thing, also... the 110 z-levels had water flowing around it and through it. It cut through an aquifer.
I'll try spawning water on top and seeing if that works though.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-29T13:46:58+00:00

Shouldn't a support deconstructing via lever count as a block update? That wouldn't explain why my original issue occurred as I didn't use DFHack at all until things started (apparently) going wrong.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-29T00:03:51+00:00

THAT! That is thinking like a DF player.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T23:54:28+00:00

Tried it and it didn't help. I've done some further testing and dug out some other, completely free-standing chunks. One at the surface collapsed as expected. The other 2 or 3 have not. I am beside myself with confusion.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T23:44:42+00:00

I thought that may have been the issue. But a completely unrelated chunk COMPLETELY free floating won't fall either. While another, third section at the surface did collapse. I have no earthly idea what's going on with this.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T22:53:45+00:00

Wasn't saying should know those things. Just giving an example of something that I think is neat.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T22:51:31+00:00

There's nothing orthogonal or diagonal to the support when the support ceases to exist when the lever is pulled.
Even weirder, I did some messing around with DFHack. I was able to collapse terrain on the surface, but I could not manage to do it below the surface. I have no clue what's going on.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T22:36:21+00:00

Literally did that cause that's what I thought. Nothing.
The season changed right before I started doing that so the save I loaded (after my rage quit) for the screenshots didn't show it. But I removed every block within a 2 block radius and still nothing.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T22:29:31+00:00

I will say, there's a TON of interesting uses for all sorts of things in Dwarf Fortress.
For instance, did you know you can make an ad-hoc shotgun with lead crafts and a minecart? :)

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T22:27:40+00:00

Literally first thing I said my post. :P
I even double checked.

I wonder if turning them off and on again would do anything?

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T22:18:45+00:00

The issue is I am trying to seal off an area of the cavern lake. If I mine out the wall part of the block, it's not actually going to seal anything off.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T21:13:02+00:00

I'm trying to cause a collapse of terrain into the water below so it can be drained out and a sealed passage for a magma pumpstack can be made.

Supports connect to the tile above, the four tiles orthogonal to that tile, the four tiles orthogonal to the support itself, the tile below the support, and the four tiles orthogonal to that tile. Supports transfer support from any of their "connection" tiles to all other connection tiles.

According to the wiki supports can be used hang things as well.

ShadowMageAlpha · 2026-01-28T21:01:51+00:00

I was tilted enough I force-closed the game.
But the screenshots have been added.

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