Fountain with no water???

[garyp156]

Before I start this thread, yes I think I built the correct one.
The wiki said there was 2 types of fountains; one was "Decorative", and the other was a container.
I built the container one.

I googled why I can't select a flask and Fill it. No answer. I waited the required 15 min, and when I open it, it's empty.

What am I doing wrong? Should I have built a well near my crafting station and not a fountain?
I'm cementing the mine floor that is flooded and that's my water source if I don't want to go to the lake.

[Zzabur]

You need to build your fountain over a water source !

Is there a water source on the tile you built the fountain? If you don't know what i am talking about, then i guess you build it on a random tile, fountains or wells won't fill themselves there.

If you want to check which tile got a water source : https://www.wurmpedia.com/index.php/Water_divining

[JuGGis]

You need to find a water source by a pendulum :D

[JuGGis]

Haha, same time

[garyp156]

Need do do what???
The thing is sprouting water but it gives no water.

[Selenity Rose]

Follow the step by steps in this youtube vid to make sure you have set up the fountain correctly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSvH9kuS-hc&index=88&list=PLz9VeMQzouzS0qqEAK5hoWjoZR-VeKq1B Part 2 will play automatically after this link.

If you have placed it on a water tile which will auto fill the container that you can then activate your flask and then right click the water and fill or drag the water and drop into your flask. If you've placed it on a water tile when you open the fountain a droplet with the word water will be inside the opened fountain.

If you haven't, then you'll need to go and collect water from another source and drag and drop the water you've collected manually into the fountain. (Which if you're going to the trouble of going to a water source to fill the water I highly recommend bringing amphora jugs to fill and placing them in an amphora rack. :)

[garyp156]

OH!!! Gamster4life. I've been watching his videos. Thank you kindly for the link.

This was all because when I first mined, I dug into the cliff, the initial shaft went down and not in. Could have been my mistake, ya think?

So there's water at the entrance and the cart refuses to go any farther. So I figured I'd mix some concrete and fill the corners, but then I'd loose my near water source.

You should have seen it. I had 11 fires going, waiting for them to die so I could get the ash. It must have looked like the forest was on fire. No mosquito's around me that night I'll tell you. :)

So I figured if the water was 1 square down, and me being soooo new, I could make a fountain. LOL. Guess I was wrong.

Thanks again Selenity Rose, and the other guys too. :)

[bob_2059]

This was all because when I first mined, I dug into the cliff, the initial shaft went down and not in. Could have been my mistake, ya think?

The water shooting up from the fountain and water ON a tile are visual effects. Not related to a
tile being a "spring" tile which is what a fountain or well needs to be on in order to auto-fill.

So there's water at the entrance and the cart refuses to go any farther. So I figured I'd mix some concrete and fill the corners, but then I'd loose my near water source.

A cart can go into water that's up 8 "dirts" deep. So you CAN raise the floor to a point that it's shallow enough for the cart, yet still deep enough to drink from. Maybe.
Maybe, because you can't make the overall cave height too low. You may have to raise the ceiling in order to raise the floor. Depending on terrain contours, you may not be allowed to raise the ceiling.

[Myst Leissa]

bob_2059님이 먼저 게시:

This was all because when I first mined, I dug into the cliff, the initial shaft went down and not in. Could have been my mistake, ya think?

The water shooting up from the fountain and water ON a tile are visual effects. Not related to a
tile being a "spring" tile which is what a fountain or well needs to be on in order to auto-fill.

So there's water at the entrance and the cart refuses to go any farther. So I figured I'd mix some concrete and fill the corners, but then I'd loose my near water source.

A cart can go into water that's up 8 "dirts" deep. So you CAN raise the floor to a point that it's shallow enough for the cart, yet still deep enough to drink from. Maybe.
Maybe, because you can't make the overall cave height too low. You may have to raise the ceiling in order to raise the floor. Depending on terrain contours, you may not be allowed to raise the ceiling.

It's kinda ironic that people still think you can get water IN a fountain from being IN water on the surface

and I admit it's kinda deceptive to have a fountain that's not got water in it spewing a fountain of water :/

[garyp156]

Yeah Nysch, it's deceiving for sure, especially for a new player. Every time I thing I got something figured out, I learn more. This game is really deep.
Yesterday I learned you CAN plant too many crops. ha-ha.
I think I need to play with another person. I have over 120 pumpkins, and potatoes, and almost as many corn. I'll eat for a year on this.

I need silver or gold for this little dude, so I might just dig a hole, as the water is 2 tiles down for now.. lol

[Wyndwalker]

This actually appears to be an issue on all containers for at least the creative server. It was patched in wurm online but doesnt appear to be fixed in unlimited unless there is a manual update i havent found.

I know how to divine for water, did so and got nothing in the fountain after an hour. Cant fill a barrel waterskin flask or anything else from any of the water tiles either. Definately a bug here.