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[Icefire2314]

I tried posting this under bug reports, but it wouldn't let me, so I posted it here:

For some reason my dwarves won't collect stone. It is set so that they will under preferences, yet i have stone lying around my fort. I have my stockpiles filled up, however I set new ones outside my fort. that hasn't stopped them from placing other stone there. For some reason, they are ignoring some stones, and stockpiling others. Any help?

[Loud Whispers]

(z) (stone) And there you'll find your solution

Economic stones are disabled from tasks by default, if you want them to be moved dump them or turn them off

[Icefire2314]

It was mainly shale, which is green in the list and not labeled as economic stones. However, even if it was, i had them listed as dump and they were not moved. Thanks anyway

[MonkeyHead]

Dump marked stuff needs a garbage zone to be dumped in. You will find it under "i" as (g)arbage zone.

[Icefire2314]

Oh, I thought it went under refuse, I'll try that ^^

[Icefire2314]

They still won't collect it. There are idlers, so they should, but they don't. Any other ideas?

[MonkeyHead]

Have you got a big masonry project going on somewhere, like walls or floors? Are you sure the stone isnt {forbidden} ? Is the garbage dump active and easily accesible (they can behave oddly/conterintuitive if on edges of drops...)

[Icefire2314]

It's not forbidden to my knowledge, I'll check. However, I do have a big masonry project outfront of my entrance, a floor just covering that area. It's not huge, but it's large. When that's finished I'll check back in if it still isn't working. Thanks

[nenjin]

Check the orders screen and make sure dwarves are allowed to collect refuse from outside. Otherwise, they'll ignore everything outside of the fort proper.

[MonkeyHead]

The flooring might be the issue - stone chosen for use in constructions wont be touched by anyone other than the dwarf using it in the designated construction.

[Icefire2314]

Most of the stone is inside; I don't care about stone outside It probably is designated for use in the flooring, but we'll see. Thanks again ^^

[Icefire2314]

I abandoned later, due to attack, and when I reclaimed, the stones in question were still labeled dump, and dwarves came over and dumped them almost immediately XD

[MonkeyHead]

Then I am 100% certain they were marked for use in the flooring. Moving stone to near where you are intending to build (either through stockpiles or dumping) gives a signifigant efficiency increase as well as avoiding lots of other issues, such as this one, and lots of job cancellation spam.

[Icefire2314]

Alright, I'll keep that in mind for later. Thanks