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[BossChase]

I started off with copper picks and now I've built steel ones... None of my miners decided to use them so I marked all their copper picks to be dumped.

They didn't dump them. =(

Any idea how I can make them start using the new picks?

[Cespinarve]

Well, you ought to have put this in the Gameplay Questions thread instead. http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?board=7.0

Building steel picks was an utter waste of resources, all picks work exactly the same. If you must have use only steel, go (z) into your stocks screen, scroll around until you find picks (might be under weapons), and forbid all the non-steel picks. Again, though, just melt the damned things unless you plan to have an emergency miner-only army squad.

[Girlinhat]

Steel picks can save your miners.  The mining skill is a weapon skill, and a miner against a blind cave ogre (or three) will fare better with steel.  Not to mention, it's nice to upgrade.  If you've got steel to spare, why not!

The dump command issues someone to dump it, as long as there's a valid garbage zone.  Someone else in the fort (not the miner) will come along and haul it away, which will trigger the miner to re-equip.  Alternatively, forbid your copper picks, then turn mining off, then turn it back on.

This is a fine place to ask.  Sure it -may- be better in another forum, but we're a small enough community that it doesn't matter much.  We're still getting flooded with tons of "my animals are fighting" posts, so a valid equipment thread is perfectly fine.