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[Shook]

So like, i'm having a rather annoying problem. One of my dorfs is all secretive, but he won't go anywhere from where he is. I have pretty much all workshops built, so i just figure he's bugged or something. However, as i try to wall him in, one of my masons suspends the construction of a wall. Why? Could not find path. What gives? They could navigate my fort easily before, but all of a sudden i get that message. Anyone know what to do? I'd rather not have a berserk dorf rampaging around in the bedhall.

Edit: Ah shit, wrong section. Oh well.

[Cotes]

Something has blocked the access to the construction. The fact that they could navigate before only means it's something more recent. Check ramps, doors and such carefully and/or try re-designating the wall.

Also, you did not try build something along the lines of 3x3 block of wall all at once? Sometimes when you build a lot at once stuff gets constructed out of order so that the dwarves cut off parts of the designated constructions as they work on them.

[Shook]

No, the only relevant change was that i slapped up a boatload of workshops, but none of them obstructed any path completely. The wall i tried to build was only the right half of a 3x3 wall (2x3 mirrored C), and the cancellation happened before any of the pieces were built. However, i believe it might have had something to do with me running a pump stack along with the silly minds of 88 dorfs. Maybe the strain on the CPU was great enough to short out their brains. In any case, i managed to wall him up. He didn't go for any workshop, so the most humane dorfane action was to let him starve in a confined room.

[krenshala]

It sounds like you didn't have the workshop type he wanted, and was waiting for you to build it.  I've had this happen, and when you finally get the correct workshop constructed he would have taken off immediately to start his work.

To find out what workshop type he wanted, you need to check what skills he has.  Not what jobs he is assigned, but existing skills.  If he's a woodcutter, but also a novice metalcrafter (or stone crafter, or ...) he might have wanted to make a metal (or stone, or ...) artifact.