Can you dam a river?

[sheen]

If so then will anything happen?

[SeVerin]

And if you block the river from reaching other side of the map (river's outflow), it will start a flood.

[Shealladh]

Originally posted by SeVerin:

And if you block the river from reaching other side of the map (river's outflow), it will start a flood.

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Just build a nice little ark first :P

Seriously though, you can fill in areas once you get used to the mechanics. ie. I diverted a river around a nice hill and created a nice plateau for my people, they love the riverside view

[Maljen]

Originally posted by SeVerin:

And if you block the river from reaching other side of the map (river's outflow), it will start a flood.

Has this been changed? I really want to damn the river and stop the flow temporarily at least, in order to get to some materials and divert some of the flow to other areas.

I should mention, I did a small 2-square wide damn on the upper level, but it didn't stop the flow of water down stream (made sure I was building on riverbed) and while it was only a couple of days in game, it did not flood behind it.

More info would be very helpful, either from devs or from those who have successfully made a dam, even a temp one,

[Shealladh]

Originally posted by Maljen:

Originally posted by SeVerin:

And if you block the river from reaching other side of the map (river's outflow), it will start a flood.

Has this been changed? I really want to damn the river and stop the flow temporarily at least, in order to get to some materials and divert some of the flow to other areas.

I should mention, I did a small 2-square wide damn on the upper level, but it didn't stop the flow of water down stream (made sure I was building on riverbed) and while it was only a couple of days in game, it did not flood behind it.

More info would be very helpful, either from devs or from those who have successfully made a dam, even a temp one,

I have split a river in to two parts, drained the water out to mine the gold and silver under there no worries.

EDIT: Just keep at least a square of river running around (like a 1 square stream).

Otherwise you will flood everthing just making a dam and completely try to stop it. If you can reach the side of map, river flow still happens ;)

[Maljen]

Originally posted by Shealladh:

Originally posted by Maljen:

I have split a river in to two parts, drained the water out to mine the gold and silver under there no worries.

EDIT: Just keep at least a square of river running around (like a 1 square stream).

Otherwise you will flood everthing just making a dam and completely try to stop it. If you can reach the side of map, river flow still happens ;)

Oooooo, good to know! Thanks! I will try that!

[Shealladh]

Originally posted by Maljen:

Originally posted by Shealladh:

Oooooo, good to know! Thanks! I will try that!

How did your attempt go?

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