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crekit

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Dwarf stuck in accessable area? Freezing + designating?
« on: August 30, 2011, 08:53:41 am »
So every now and then my game partially freezes, then comes back. This time I realized it had un-designated any area designated for mining that was accesable. Also my miner is stuck in a pit that has ramps out of it. wtf?

Edit : turns out a ramp needs a wall adjacent to be climbable. That makes sense.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2011, 08:58:48 am by crekit »
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Re: Dwarf stuck in accessable area? Freezing + designating?
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 08:59:44 am »
The ramps are probably arranged in a way that is unusable.  In order for a ramp to be usable, it has to be adjacent to at least one wall that has walkable open space one level up.

It's possible that the un-designation happened as a result of your miner canceling his jobs when he couldn't reach the designated digging area after you broke the ramps.
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Re: Dwarf stuck in accessable area? Freezing + designating?
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2011, 08:24:14 pm »
Maybe, but I have 3 miners. I guess it could still bug up tho.

Replaced the ramp with stairs.
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Re: Dwarf stuck in accessable area? Freezing + designating?
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2011, 08:38:36 pm »
Make sure you replace the ramp with up (or up/down) stairs on the lower level, and down (or up/down) stairs on the upper level.
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