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[LordBaal]

Priorities for constructions, that's it.

Want me to elaborate? Ok.

Imagine you want to build the following:

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W W W
W W W
W W W
It's almost sure your dwarves will build a ring rather than a solid column, since that's how they roll.

So, just like digging and deconstruction, you set a priority over the construction, that in this case would look like this:

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2 2 2
2 1 2
2 2 2The central pillar is done and then the rest of it.

[suburbanplankton]

Ask, and thou shalt receive...as that's a new feature in 40.24.

[Witty]

No, it isn't. Those priorities are only for designations, not buildings or constructions.

+1 for sure though. Considering the system is already there, it's only a matter of time before it gets applied to other stuff.

[Orange Wizard]

Posting to indicate support. Shouldn't be too hard to add, one would hope.

[lethosor]

Ask, and thou shalt receive...as that's a new feature in 40.24.

If you're referring to designation priorities, those were added in 0.40.20:

• Mining, engraving and other designation jobs can now be prioritized numerically

At any rate, I definitely support this, although I'm not sure if it would be easier to implement as a designation or as a property of the "building" (or construction-in-progress).

[Orange Wizard]

I'm guessing the prioritisation is done at the job level, rather than the designation/building/whatever else level. Assuming that's the way the code is structured, of course.

[utunnels]

When I saw the title I thought it was about adding a "do it NAO!" option for constructions.

I think it would be nice if we can manage the "j" menu like the "q" menu. That is, find a job and incease its priority or demand it must be done immediately.

[lethosor]

The problem with that strategy in this case is that it would be difficult to locate the job corresponding to a specific construction if you have a large number of constructions queued, but it is a good idea (in fact, setting the "do this now" flag should be pretty easy to do through DFHack).