Did they remove the water storage thing that kept plants alive?

[iwantsteaknow]

Just came back to the game after a while and I remember there used to be some sort of water tank above ground that would turn the sparse parts of the map green, meaning you could plant more trees/carrots even during droughts.

[bcrehore]

yes. most people get around it now by using dynamite to make holes, and then use the water dump to keep the holes filled with water.

[xelto]

Digging a hole at least big enough for a Lido or Swimming Pool is a better way to do the same thing. Although, unless you want to spend a lot of time toggling your water dump on and off, you also need to build an exit path for the water, with a dam at the end, so you don't end up with flooding.

Other common ways to build up irrigation reserves is to dam off streams (water will remain at about the 90% level when droughts begin), or to use levees to cordon off areas to dump water into. (Once again, some sort of path for excess water is needed for these approaches.)

[PhailRaptor]

Originally posted by xelto:

Digging a hole at least big enough for a Lido or Swimming Pool is a better way to do the same thing. Although, unless you want to spend a lot of time toggling your water dump on and off, you also need to build an exit path for the water, with a dam at the end, so you don't end up with flooding.

Not true. Both the manual Water Dump, and the Mechanical Pump, will fill the pool to the brim on the exit side. As long as the exit side is at the targeted height, it will not overfill.

[Governor]

I like to make a ditch under where I put my paths and then use platforms, it really helps when done right

[Dardomor]

Also, I believe dams overflow at 65%, so when droughts start its max 0.65 high, not 90%. Therefor, when 'damming' off streams, I prefer using floodgates, to keep higher water levels while still preventing flooding the surrounding land, plus having a better way to release the stored water if needed (when it gets contaminated). Can't do that with just dams.

[Wish Bear]

i dynamite a 3x3x3 cube and fill it with water....evaporates very slow hardly uses water for the plants

the water pump stops when the cube is full to the brim but not overflowing and pumps again when it needs it....it does tie up a beaver that hardly gets used though

[Ɲøƈ]

Haha dude's been building excess flood channels for fluid dumps, not realizing they stop on their own. Classic.

[PhailRaptor]

Originally posted by Ɲøƈ:

Haha dude's been building excess flood channels for fluid dumps, not realizing they stop on their own. Classic.

Given that none of the associated tooltips actually tell you that it stops without overflowing, it's understandable to be unsure. Laughing at that perfectly reasonable confusion is a lot less understandable.

[Alcator]

Before you unlock dynamite, you can also build a LEVEE frame around a 3x3 space, and put the water dump somewhere on that frame/wall, filling the insides of it with water, thus achieving pretty good irrigated area. You can of course also make it 3x5 and have it double as a Lido/Swimming Pool for your beavers.

[jaquig]

Originally posted by Governor:

I like to make a ditch under where I put my paths and then use platforms, it really helps when done right

update 5 did reduce the width of what is irrigated by a path / ditch system so not quite as effective now but yes it still works.

[Puppy Cat Underfoot]

The need to constantly refill the irrigation tower was annoying, and the water it provided didn't last long. At best, I considered it a temporary effort until you had better ways of manipulating water.

[bluesaka111]

Create an artificial lake with metal floor and you wont have to worry about losing water from water vapor. The metal floor from Update 6 is godsend for that.

[Dardomor]

Does metal floor prevent evaporation? Or only if you build platforms on top of the water level, with metal floors on it?

[Alcator]

Originally posted by Dardomor:

Does metal floor prevent evaporation? Or only if you build platforms on top of the water level, with metal floors on it?

There is no way to prevent evaporation.

[Puppy Cat Underfoot]

Originally posted by Alcator:

There is no way to prevent evaporation.

Short of stopping time itself. ;-)