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There's gotta be a way to do this, and it's probably easy.
« on: June 25, 2011, 05:02:22 pm »
I've got a lot of wall and floor building to do, but i also need the manufacture of doors, hatch covers, and cabinets to continue.

I've got about 15 masons.

how do i make this happen?
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Re: There's gotta be a way to do this, and it's probably easy.
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2011, 05:04:53 pm »
Lock 'em in the workshops? Use dumps to transfer raw materials in, and finished goods out?
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Re: There's gotta be a way to do this, and it's probably easy.
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2011, 05:22:43 pm »
Use burrows to restrict half of your masons from the build sites and the other half from the workshops? As long as you've got haulers to bring the building materials where the builder-masons are allowed, it shouldn't be a problem.
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Re: There's gotta be a way to do this, and it's probably easy.
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 05:33:50 pm »
Workshop profiles - order only the best of your masons to use the workshops. Once they start working, have the rest do the construction work. If you really really want to be sure your elite masons continue producing stuff, lock them in with a door somewhere.
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Re: There's gotta be a way to do this, and it's probably easy.
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 06:43:46 pm »
Quote from: NecroRebel on June 25, 2011, 05:22:43 pm
Use burrows

OH YEEEEEAAAAH!
BURROWS!


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