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ibanix

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Dump zone mechanics
« on: July 24, 2019, 04:58:09 pm »
If you have multiple zones with Garbage Dump enabled, which one is used? Nearest to the item to be dumped? Nearest to the dwarf when he is assigned the job? Magic?
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anewaname

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Re: Dump zone mechanics
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2019, 06:52:38 pm »
It works like this... when you mark the item for 'D'umping, the item is assigned to the nearest existing dump zone. So you should always create the dump zone, then mark the items for 'D'umping.
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Re: Dump zone mechanics
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2019, 01:37:06 am »
Also note that dumping is a very low priority task and that items set for dumping are not all tasked in the task manager (they can come and go there), so there's no in-game way to know when everything you've tasked for dumping has finally been hauled away.
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Re: Dump zone mechanics
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2019, 12:01:23 am »
Not quite true. You can use the mass dump/undump commands to check the area for anything highlighted in purple, or you can check the item stocks for dump flags.
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PatrikLundell

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Re: Dump zone mechanics
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2019, 01:05:22 am »
Good points.
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