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[Urist McLaptop]

This is driving me batsh*t insane. I keep looking all over the internet but I must be having a serious mental block. http://imgur.com/9nKLKnA

How am I supposed to build a second level? I remember I did it before but I can't redo it. I can't build an up/down, up, down stairs in between the walls or outside of them.

[timotheos]

You want the build menu (b-C-) then an build an up stair (b-C-u) at ground level, then when that is built right above it build a down stair (b-C-d) or an up/dawn stair (b-C-x). Then from the built stair you can build a floor (b-C-f).
You can't build any of these on a tile that already has a built item there. Make sure you actually have access to build materials and someone with the construct building labour enabled.

[Urist McLaptop]

whenever I do that with the up stair, it makes the blinking green dot. Then I press enter to confirm on an open, clear space. and nothing. I can do stairs all the live long day in dirt, but not in the open

[Luriant]

In Dirt you DIG (d-x) a Up-down stair

In open space you need to BUILD (b-C-u) (b-C-d),
Its the same menu you use to build workshops, traps, and much more.

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Building

[Urist McLaptop]

Oh F8ck all thank you so much

[Fleeting Frames]

If you're planning for dwarves to travel to the roof, internal stairs make sense. However, for single level roofs you can save yourself some time by using ramps instead of a wall somewhere, then later removing the ramp to put door, bridge or wall in.