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v0.31:Water wheel

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Water wheel

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Construction
Materials Jobs
  1. Template:L
  2. Template:L
Power

Needs 10 power.
Generates 100 power.
Net gain of 90 power.

A water wheel is a Template:L that provides Template:L via Template:L. To build a water wheel, select build menu and choose Machine components. It requires 3 Template:L and generates 90 net power, which can be used for operating a Template:L or Template:L. You can use Template:L and Template:L to access the power produced by a water wheel, or connect machinery like a Template:L or Template:L directly.

Waterwheels do not work with waterfalls, nor in magma - it takes water that is flowing according to the DF use of the term.

For a basic overview of how the different machine parts work and work together, see Template:L.

Construction

The Template:L and Template:L labors are needed for the construction.

A water wheel occupies 3 adjacent tiles (N-S or E-W axis, no diagonals).

Although you can build a stable water wheel on solid ground, this isn't going to do you any good. For this reason, water wheels are almost exclusively built in a hanging state with gaps in the floor below. To do this the water wheel must be attached to a nearby machine component on either side of its center tile. Do not hang it from a gear assembly you wish to control with a switch, a disconnected gear assembly can't support anything and will cause the waterwheel to deconstruct.

Template:L is generated from a water wheel as long as it has Template:L water at a depth of 4/7 or greater under at least one of its tiles. The easiest way to achieve this is by placing the water wheel over a Template:L or Template:L. With a Template:L you must first channel through the surface since brooks have a floor of sorts over them.

You can transport the power wherever it is needed via horizontal and vertical axles and gear assemblies. It is possible to support a waterwheel by building its center next to a preexisting water wheel's center.

Designs

Basic watermill design
# + + + + ~ +
# + + + + ~ +
# O + + + W +
# * W +
# + + + + W +
# + + + + ~ +
# + + + + ~ +
Dual watermill design
# + + + + ~ ~
# + + + + ~ ~
# O + + + W W
# * W W
# + + + + W W
# + + + + ~ ~
# + + + + ~ ~

This is by no means the limit of water power from one location, depending on the width of your river/brook/channel you can stack many waterwheels side-by-side (really big assembles will need to be artificial as there's a limit to how wide the game created water flows get). Just remember to make sure there's a support structure in place before you place the next wheel.


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