Metalloman
Steampunker
Well, hello all!
I need your help with an issue I'm having with lava pumping.
My problem so far:
While building an hellevator I encountered many lava pools so, as bucketing it away is a real pain, I decided to pump them in a dedicated Lava Containment Unit (LCU), featuring big containment pools, already considering the contingent liquid moltiplication that the Terraria engine makes possible (and somewhat unavoidable) and also looking forward for a possible obsidian farm.
After draining some pools with pumps I encountered this last one (not so big) which never drains out! I have my LCU almost full and I couldn't believe the amount of lava created with such a small pool...
Then I took in consideration some possible causes:
Options that I still haven't tried:
Other considerations/speculations:
Screenshots of the current situation:
Sorry, I had to put dropbox links as those screeshots are too big
Current Situation
Current Situation - Wiring
Close up - for those who enjoy some wirings
My world so far:
(link to dropbox folder)
Thats all: look at the screenshots and, if you can, give me enlightment on this situation.
As I've said before, this issue is not gamebreaking nor blocking, as I've beaten the WoF and I'm well into Hardmode: this is more a matter of principle, as I want to solve the issue itself and I want to see my building useful, after all.
Thank you in advance for any help you could give me, and if you know someone who could have the knowledge to help me, don't hesitate to tag them here!
EDIT: typo
I need your help with an issue I'm having with lava pumping.
- I'll say in advance that I know the general behavior of liquids and pumping liquids in Terraria, also I've read each and every guide I have found about these topics and I've used the search feature in this forum, but with no help in understanding the cause of my problem.
- I'll also say that the resolution of my issue itself is not vital but it has become a matter of principle, other than my attempt to not to let become useless my first real mechanics-featuring building.
My problem so far:
While building an hellevator I encountered many lava pools so, as bucketing it away is a real pain, I decided to pump them in a dedicated Lava Containment Unit (LCU), featuring big containment pools, already considering the contingent liquid moltiplication that the Terraria engine makes possible (and somewhat unavoidable) and also looking forward for a possible obsidian farm.
After draining some pools with pumps I encountered this last one (not so big) which never drains out! I have my LCU almost full and I couldn't believe the amount of lava created with such a small pool...
Then I took in consideration some possible causes:
- The inlet pump is in the wrong position - I tried moving it in different positions but with no avail;
- The inlet pump has not to be completely submerged - I tried setting it up to be half submerged, but with no avail;
- Stairs naturally found in the pool could generate more lava than the quantity I pump out - I squared out the whole pool to avoid stairs but the issue stands still;
- I may need more than one inlet pumps - I tried to wire more inlet pumps to the outlet pump but it looks like only one is working (I can tell it by the occasional intermittence of only one of the pumps);
- I may have wired more than 2000 wires - this is not the case as I remember in using less than a full 999 stack of wires (but I may be WRONG);
Options that I still haven't tried:
- making separate pump set-ups , with differet inlet pumps separately wired to different outlet pumps;
- building intermediate pools, each connected with an outlet and an inlet pump (to do only if I surpassed the wire/block limit)
Other considerations/speculations:
- Is Underworld lava drainable? I haven't found any proof for it but also I haven't found anything against it so I really don't know;
- If the answer to the precedent question is "no", then: could it be possible that I can't drain that pool because it is on the border between the Cavern layer and the Underworld layer?
Screenshots of the current situation:
Sorry, I had to put dropbox links as those screeshots are too big
Current Situation
Current Situation - Wiring
Close up - for those who enjoy some wirings
My world so far:
(link to dropbox folder)
Thats all: look at the screenshots and, if you can, give me enlightment on this situation.
As I've said before, this issue is not gamebreaking nor blocking, as I've beaten the WoF and I'm well into Hardmode: this is more a matter of principle, as I want to solve the issue itself and I want to see my building useful, after all.
Thank you in advance for any help you could give me, and if you know someone who could have the knowledge to help me, don't hesitate to tag them here!
EDIT: typo
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