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[Dolohov]

Just a quick suggestion: in the job list, when my miners are assigned to "Dig" it would be nice if the job description included the material: "Dig limestone", "Dig magnetite", etc.  Every now and then I'll have miners of varying skill working at the same time, and it might be helpful for me to know when a miner of lesser skill is assigned to dig out a valuable stone.

[JujuBubu]

Sounds reasonable, since every tile is a new job, there should be no problem in reading out what is dug and displaying it.

[Granite26]

Code-light improvement to provide a workaround for a 'problem' that might not otherwise get fixed?

A+

[gurra_geban]

maybe a "Dig precious materials"

[Dolohov]

Sure; going for "dig", "dig economic stone", "dig metal ore" etc would work for me.  I could see myself just checking the job list every now and then and saying "whoops, I don't need a peasant mining out metal ores" and going to fix it.

[Random832]

If it's just going to say economic stone, it needs to respect the list so I get a distinction between Chalk (which my entire mountain is made out of) and Coal.

Or maybe just have a basic "Flux stone" vs "Coal" (bituminous and lignite) vs Obsidian

If bauxite (or something new) actually existed in magma regions, "Magma-proof stone" would be another useful designator

Alternately - maybe there could be a way to forbid specific or general stone types from specific miners - i.e. your novices can dig all the gray stone they want, but no ore until they're more experienced.

[MetBoy]

I like this idea but... Let's kick it up a notch!

Carve ramp in bauxite
Cut Down Willow Tree
Remove Alunite Block Wall
Dump chalk
Dig Channel through Loamy Sand
Smooth Rough Obsidian Wall
Engrave Smooth Marble Wall

[Inquisitor Saturn]

I'm in favor of this. It would make training new miners easy.

[MMad]

If it's as easy as it sounds, then it seems a useful little bloat.

MetBoy's additional suggestions also sound good - although I guess there's a danger of making the menu much harder to read.

[Align]

Could have a lil' arrow to the right of each generic job title ("Hauling >", "Mining >"), and if you press <some key> it changes into a list of the material types the job interacts with.

[Shades]

If it's as easy as it sounds, then it seems a useful little bloat.

MetBoy's additional suggestions also sound good - although I guess there's a danger of making the menu much harder to read.

I read the OP as being the job description in the jobs list, not the menu item you designate. So it shouldn't effect the menu overly.

[MMad]

If it's as easy as it sounds, then it seems a useful little bloat.

MetBoy's additional suggestions also sound good - although I guess there's a danger of making the menu much harder to read.

I read the OP as being the job description in the jobs list, not the menu item you designate. So it shouldn't effect the menu overly.

Yeah, I was thinking about the 'U'nit list, not the designation menu. Sorry for clumsy wording.