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Ostsol

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Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« on: January 01, 2008, 04:36:00 pm »
My latest fortress happens to also be my most successful one.  I've lasted longer in the old 2d version, but I can't say I accomplished as much as I have in this fortress.  Unfortunately the game crashed and I lost the last couple seasons of my 3 year old fortress.

Anyway, I've been trying to dig deeper, but my dwarves refuse to.  I'm not really deep, yet.  I'm in the fourth level of the igneous intrusive layer and the next layer seems to have more olivine (which indicates more gabro, an igneous intrusive layer rock).  Of course, I have one level that has a combination of sedimentary and igneous intrusive rocks, so that next level might be a transition zone.

Is it a coincidence that my dwarves refuse to dig into the next geological layer or is there some other reason?  I know it's not that there's other work.  They've completed all other dig jobs and sit around idling until I designate something above that level.  If it helps, the deepest level in which my dwarves have actually inhabited (sorta. . . it's my tombs) is six levels above the problem level.

EDIT: Here's my region:

[ January 01, 2008: Message edited by: Ostsol ]

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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2008, 04:50:00 pm »
How much further can you go down using ">"?
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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2008, 04:54:00 pm »
The level they refuse to dig into is level 145.  I can '>' down to level 136, 19 levels below the surface (where the wagon was).
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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2008, 04:55:00 pm »
You have a save of the fort?

Also, maybe a stupid question, but did you designate any stairs in the below level?

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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2008, 05:03:00 pm »
*smacks forehead*  I had thought that I'd designated stairs, but. . . for some reason I hadn't.  I managed to do it right for every other level except that one. . .  IGNORE ME!  :(
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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2008, 10:20:00 pm »
hehe, don't be ashamed...  We all make mistakes sooner or later.  At least yours wasn't fatal to anyone   :)
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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2008, 12:06:00 am »
Hah, I have done that so many times. It always takes a while for me to figure out why my people won't go down a level to build the much needed food depot.

It's better than accidentally flooding your entire sleeping quarters while everyone is in bed though. (I swear it wasn't my fault, it was ninjas, big ones!)

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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2008, 04:20:00 am »
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Originally posted by Slappy Moose:
<STRONG>Hah, I have done that so many times. It always takes a while for me to figure out why my people won't go down a level to build the much needed food depot.

It's better than accidentally flooding your entire sleeping quarters while everyone is in bed though. (I swear it wasn't my fault, it was ninjas, big ones!)

[ January 02, 2008: Message edited by: Slappy Moose ]</STRONG>

Big and grey ninjas?

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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2008, 06:27:00 am »
Stealth. It's an evolutionary trait.
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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2008, 08:02:00 am »
I'm happy to say that I've never actually flooded my fortress.  Cave-ins are another matter, though. . .
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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2008, 07:46:00 pm »
You think flooding is a bad mistake? I shot a ballista arrow through 3 dwarves,   a cat, and a dog. At least a flood can be an unconscious decision, there is no way to unconsciously set a ballista to fire at will...
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Re: Dwarves won't dig any further down?
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2008, 07:54:00 am »
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Originally posted by Keilden:
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Big and grey ninjas?</STRONG>

With TRUNKS?!

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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2008, 04:10:00 pm »
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Originally posted by erendor:
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With TRUNKS?!</STRONG>

Teenage Mutant Ninja Elephants?

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