How many layers can a lite aquifer be on.

[Blue knight78]

Started my fort on lite aquifer next to an ocean so far have gotten through 9 layers and seems to be more to go be for caverns and be able to drain flooded parts of the fort, so how many at most should i expect?
(I'm running mods but they should't affect aquifers)

[McFuzz]

As many layers as it feels like lol.

To be honest, I think you just have to keep going til you get through the Dirt Layer and the first Rock Layer (which usually lasts for about 5-10 layers or so). I tried this yesterday, and still got aquifers well into the claystone.

Right now aquifers are significantly more tedious than they ought to be, because you can't ignore damp rock notifications

[Blue knight78]

Originally posted by Frank McFuzz:

As many layers as it feels like lol.

Right now aquifers are significantly more tedious than they ought to be, because you can't ignore damp rock notifications

yep on layer -25 and still getting damp stone notations, but so far on dealing with it i lost several dwarfs flooded the main stairs, and have to make a second set stairways to de-flood the first.

[Blue knight78]

If modmaker can or tarn when he has time could make building under constructions called shaft construction that allows you to build into walls.

My idea is way to have dwarf semi-auto deal with aquifer and add few other bits too. So when you select this option you get a few adjustable parts, you can make it either vertical or horizontal, stairs or ramps, mine cart track(either vertical weave or horizontal),roller and axles if you want, supports for decor, and option for flooring/ smoothing&engraving. so how should this work is not a instant solution, but one that focuses the dwarfs attention.

When you click the option auto replace damp walls when the miner dwarf encounters wet stone they don't cancel the build, but goes and grab free miners and citizens to help. citizens will make temp stock pile of all the rock needed to replace all the wall on the blueprint, and once that done a temporary burrow will be made forcing all miners and needed free dwarfs to the area then the miners mine out the area while the citizens will place new walls where the old damp ones where mine out.

This reduces wait time to make the stairs and walls by making so you don't manually designate them more than once, and still allow water to seep in while your dwarfs work so if try to do to many layers at once you might flood you'er self.