1) Dig a tunnel from where you want the water to end up (e.g. your well cistern) off to an unused portion of the map. Be sure to dig a one-tile-wide diagonal segment in this tunnel so water that will eventually flow through the tunnel is depressurized.
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"2) From the end of that tunnel, dig a staircase straight up to the z-level just below the lowest aquifer level. Also dig the staircase down one z-level."
"2) From the end of that tunnel, dig a staircase straight up to the z-level just below the lowest aquifer level. Also dig the staircase down one z-level below the tunnel level."
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"3) From the bottom of the staircase (the z-level below where the water will flow to your cisterns), dig a straight, one-tile wide tunnel to the edge of the map. Smooth the map edge tile and carve a fortification. The water can flow through the fortification and off the map, allowing the dwarves to dig out the aquifer tap without drowning."
"3) From the bottom of the staircase (the z-level below where the water will flow to your cisterns), dig a straight, one-tile wide tunnel to the edge of the map. This is your drainage tunnel. Smooth the map edge tile and carve a fortification. The water can flow through the fortification and off the map, allowing the dwarves to dig out the aquifer tap without drowning."
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4) Place a lever-controlled floodgate in the drainage tunnel and open the floodgate.
4) Place a lever-controlled floodgate in the drainage tunnel and open the floodgate. Place the lever somewhere else in your fort so that it will remain dry and accessible.
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"5) If you care about how nice things look, haul away any boulders and smooth the tiles. You won't be able to access any of this area once it fills up with water!"
"5) If you care about how nice things look, haul away any boulders in the tunnels and smooth the tiles. You won't be able to access any of this area once it fills up with water!"
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"6) Apply this blueprint (quickfort run library/aquifer_tap.csv -n /dig) to the z-level above the top of the staircase, inside the lowest aquifer level. Do not unpause until after the next step."
"6) Apply this blueprint (gui/quickfort library/aquifer_tap.csv -n /dig) to the z-level above the top of the staircase, inside the lowest aquifer level. Do not unpause until after the next step."
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"7) Damp tiles cancel dig designations if the tile is currently hidden, so to avoid having to re-apply this blueprint after every tile your dwarves dig, position the cursor straight up (north) of the left-most tile designated for digging and straight left (west) of the topmost designated tile and run the following commands in the DFHack console:"
tiletypes-command f any ; f designated 1 ; p any ; p hidden 0 ; r 23 23 1
tiletypes-here
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"8) Unpause and dig out the tap. If you care about appearances, haul away any boulders and feel free to remove the ramps (d-z). The water will safely flow down the staircase, through the open floodgate, and off the map until you choose to close the floodgate."
"8) Unpause and dig out the tap. If you care about appearances, haul away any boulders and feel free to remove the ramps (d-z). The water will safely flow down the staircase, through the open floodgate, down the drainage tunnel, and off the map until you choose to close the floodgate."
"9) Once everything is dug out and all dwarves are out of the waterways, close the floodgate. Your cisterns will fill with water. Since the waterway to your cisterns is depressurized, the cisterns will stay forever full, but will not flood."
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A pump stack is useful for moving water or magma up through the z-levels.
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To use these blueprints:
"These blueprints can be used from the quickfort commandline, but are much easier to use with the visual interface. That way you can check the vertical path interactively before you apply. Run gui/quickfort pump_stack"
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1) Measure how many z-levels the pump stack should span.
"1) Select the ""dig"" blueprint and position the blueprint preview on the bottom level of the future pump stack. It should be on the z-level just above the liquid you want to pump."
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"2) Position the cursor on the bottom level of the future pump stack. It should be on the z-level just above the liquid you want to pump. Run ""quickfort run library/pump_stack.csv -n /dig2SN"" to see where the suction hole will end up. Replace ""run"" with ""undo"" in the previous command to clean up."
"2) Enable repetitions with the ""R"" hotkey and lock the blueprint in place with the ""L"" hotkey. Move up the z-levels to check that the pump stack has a clear path and doesn't intersect with any open areas (e.g. caverns). Increase the number of repetitions with the ""+"" or ""*"" hotkeys if you need the pump stack to extend further up. Unlock the blueprint and shift it around if you need to, then lock it again to recheck the vertical path."
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"3) If you need an East-West pump stack, or if you need the staircase in another spot, use the ""--transform"" commandline option to alter the blueprint to your needs. For example: ""quickfort run library/pump_stack.csv -n /dig2SN --transform rotcw,fliph"". If you use a transformation, be sure to use the same option for the remaining commandlines."
"3) If you need to flip the pump stack around to make it fit through the rock layers, enable transformations with the ""t"" hotkey and rotate/flip the blueprint with Ctrl+arrow keys."
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"4) Once you have everything lined up, run ""quickfort run library/pump_stack.csv -n /dig2SN --repeat up,20"" to designate the entire pump stack for digging. Replace that last ""20"" with the height of your pump stack divided by 2 (since each repetition of /dig2SN is two z-levels high). If the height ends up being one too many at the top, manually undesignate the top level."
"4) Once you have everything lined up, hit Enter to apply. If the height ends up being one too many at the top, manually undesignate the top level."
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"5) Since you do not need to transmit power down below the lowest level, replace the channel designation on the middle tile of the bottom-most pump stack level with a regular dig designation. Likewise, replace the Up/Down staircase designation on the lowest level with an Up staircase designation."
"5) Since you do not need to transmit power down below the lowest level, replace the channel designation on the middle tile of the bottom-most pump stack level with a regular dig designation. Likewise, replace the Up/Down staircase designation on the lowest level with an Up staircase designation. Otherwise you might get magma critters climbing up through your access stairway!"
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"6) After the stack is dug out, prepare for building by setting the buildingplan plugin material filters for screw pumps (b-M-s-M). If you are planning to move magma, be sure to select magma-safe materials."
"6) After the stack is dug out, prepare for building by setting the buildingplan plugin material filters for screw pumps (b-M-s-M). If you are planning to move magma, be sure to select magma-safe materials (like green glass) for all three components of the screw pump."
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"7) Finally, position the cursor back on the access stairs on the lowest level and run ""quickfort run library/pump_stack.csv -n /build2SN --repeat up,20"" (with 20 replaced with your desired repetition count and with your --transform command, if any)."
"7) Finally, position the cursor back on the access stairs on the lowest level and run the ""build"" blueprint with the same repetition and transformation settings that you used for the ""dig"" blueprint. As you manufacture the materials you need to construct the screw pumps, your dwarves will build the pump stack from the bottom up."
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"Sometimes, a screw pump will spontaneously deconstruct while you are building the stack. This will reduce the efficiency of the stack a little, but it's nothing to worry about. Just re-run the /build2SN blueprint over the entire stack to ""fix up"" any broken pieces. The blueprint will harmlessly skip over any correctly-built screw pumps."
"Sometimes, a screw pump will spontaneously deconstruct while you are building the stack. This will reduce the efficiency of the stack a little, but it's nothing to worry about. Just re-run the ""build"" blueprint over the entire stack to ""fix up"" any broken pieces. The blueprint will harmlessly skip over any correctly-built screw pumps."
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See the wiki for more info on pump stacks: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Screw_pump#Pump_stack
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