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[Karadan]

So, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I have no idea how to search for it.

Fairly simple question: Is there any way to fill in a hole without doing a natural stone cave in or coming at it from the side?

I'm doing a 'city' challenge and had to clear out some murky pools, and now I want to fill them back in so that I can build on top of them.  So far I've been filling them in with clay walls so far, but I get to the very last square and I'm not sure how to fill it in.  I can't access any side squares, so I can't build a wall.  I suppose I could just cover it over with a floor, but I was hoping for something a bit cleaner.

Seems like it shouldn't be so difficult to fill in a hole, am I missing something?

[Quietust]

The only way to fill in a hole from above is using a cave-in and/or mixing water and magma to form obsidian.

[Karadan]

Shame.  Guess I'll just have to cover it over until I can find magma and transport it into the middle of my mostly wooden city

[dorn284]

Another option is to fill the entire hole with walls. That should let you build on top of them and make use of the area

[Nameless Archon]

The only way to fill in a hole from above is using a cave-in and/or mixing water and magma to form obsidian.

If you're not averse to "cheating", you should be able to use the DFHack tools to create water and magma on site to apply Quietust's  "naturally".

[Karadan]

Another option is to fill the entire hole with walls. That should let you build on top of them and make use of the area

That's what I've done for the most part, but there is always that last square that was a ramp to access the bottom z level that you can never put a wall in.

The only way to fill in a hole from above is using a cave-in and/or mixing water and magma to form obsidian.

If you're not averse to "cheating", you should be able to use the DFHack tools to create water and magma on site to apply Quietust's  "naturally".

I might look into that.  For the most part it isn't a big issue, just looks a little weird when I go down a couple z levels from my main town, so not too big a deal.