Sinkholes/caverns

halberdsturgeon · 2013-05-27T12:11:14.000Z

So, I dove down a sinkhole recently and found myself in a ‘cavern’ - a big, wide open area filled with corpses of what appeared to be ov1erweight construction workers: lots and lots of jackhammers and food. There was no way out, as it lacked a stairs up and was cut off from any subterranean system that might’ve led me to the surface. I have to assume that you’re meant to burrow your way out of these areas when you find yourself in them, hence the abundance of jackhammers - is that correct? The problem is they all come empty (naturally), so unless you happen to be carrying gasoline on you they’re invariably useless in getting yourself untrapped.

iceball3 · 2013-05-27T14:01:43.000Z

Looks like you fell into a mine. Make your you’ve checked every square inch of all of the walls to make sure you havr an exit up or down.

halberdsturgeon · 2013-05-27T14:35:13.000Z

It’s not a mine. Mines are brown Ms on the map, caverns are light-grey 0s. Also corpses in mines never generate food or dozens of jackhammers.

iceball3 · 2013-05-27T14:37:44.000Z

[quote=“halberdsturgeon, post:3, topic:1476”]It’s not a mine. Mines are brown Ms on the map, caverns are light-grey 0s. Also corpses in mines never generate food or dozens of jackhammers.[/quote]Food, no, jackhammers yes. I dunno how you’ll get out then…

halberdsturgeon · 2013-05-27T14:45:14.000Z

I already restarted. I’m just posting because I figure this is a half implemented thing which may have been forgotten. You’re probably supposed to be able to tunnel your way out of these areas, hence all the jackhammers.

KA101 · 2013-05-27T17:06:13.000Z

Huh. I recall encountering massive random cavern complexes back in 02Feb when I was going around mapping the underground. (Artifact with the “map” ability is your friend. Kinda.)

I wonder if there was a connection to the sewer or subway lines? Most such caverns I’d found were at least around such lines. Not a whole lot of help, but might be worth thinking about. (Perhaps a player-audible-only dripping sound from sewer lines/drafty sound from subway lines, conveniently ignored in the lines themselves?)