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[eerr]

while digging out the aquifer-moat for my barracks, with every ramp dug, the miner ran diagonally through the water, around to the other side, to do something?
then walks around the dry edge to another ramp spot and repeats the proccess.

[IMG]

He's only a dabbling swimmer.

[Footkerchief]

How deep is the water?  If it's less than 4 (I think), they can walk through it normally and it's probably just the usual goofiness with how they dig in inefficient ways.

[smjjames]

Yea, I get similar behavior when I have two rows of channel designations on both sides of a channel, the dwarves will do one, go around and do one on the other side, go back, dig the next one, rinse and repeat.

They can be horribly inefficient at times, not mention that they have a tendency to start on the left and go rightwards when possible. They do break that left-right tendency sometimes (unless it's a small area), but will do it given the chance.

[Untelligent]

When posting future screenshots, you might want to use the direct link, it's cleaner.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5205/swimmingminer.png


Back on topic, did you say that moat goes around your barracks? That might be a bad idea, sparring soldiers tend to shove each other around and dodge into wet places.

[eerr]

When posting future screenshots, you might want to use the direct link, it's cleaner.

Back on topic, did you say that moat goes around your barracks? That might be a bad idea, sparring soldiers tend to shove each other around and dodge into wet places.

Ahh but thats the whole point;
I want them to learn to swim.

Of course, considering all of the water on the map is a bunch of pools that dried out, it's probably more hazardous than useful.

Also, the moat is filled by an aquifer-but for like a half second the ramp is completely dry.