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Author Topic: Dwarves dying of thirst, oh the horrors!!  (Read 965 times)

sonerohi

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Dwarves dying of thirst, oh the horrors!!
« on: November 27, 2008, 10:58:40 pm »

You read it, my dwarves refuse to drink. They all just hang out on the meeting zone, which happens to also be a water source, because it's on a brook. Near a non-forbidden booze stockpile. I can't tell if these guys are just maximumly retarded, or what. The only thing I can possibly think of, is I built a well and then forbid it, since it was dry at the time. After some messages of "Urist mcdumbass cancels drink: job item lost or destroyed", they all go and drink from the brook happily, but now... well now I've got 30 survivors and 18 corpses. Pleeaaase help me, with a cookie on top!
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Re: Dwarves dying of thirst, oh the horrors!!
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2008, 12:41:56 am »

Did you set the drink zone one space out from the creek or well if you're using activity areas?  They need to have that space to stand on.  Check to see if the well is behind a forbidden door or something to that effect.
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Re: Dwarves dying of thirst, oh the horrors!!
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2008, 01:17:26 am »

Only soldiers go outdoors is probably on
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sonerohi

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Re: Dwarves dying of thirst, oh the horrors!!
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2008, 11:53:13 am »

Xime was right, I didn't have a ground and water tile selected. The well was forbidden though brudda.
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