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[frumiousj]

I built a forge and a wood furnace, and have plenty of metalsmiths loitering around with "no job." I have plenty of wood available. Why won't they burn the wood into ash when I "q" it up at the wood furnace?

[Toady One]

Do they have Furnace Operator in [vpl]?

[frumiousj]

Yes, they have Furnace Operator, Ashery Operator and Forge Operator toggled on

[Toady One]

Those are the pre-reqs.  If the building didn't time out look for them before (in which case it would try later), and they aren't on break etc., there's an issue here.  You can send me a save if you want (in data/save region#.sav + region# folder to toadyone@bay12games.com) if this doesn't clear itself up.

[gimlet]

Have the Wood burner/forge *ever* worked?  If not, they may be blocked.  I noticed this after placing a kitchen - if the room entrance is in the wrong place, a dwarf can't get in to operate the workshop.  You can sort of tell this from the light green squares as you are placing the room from the build menu.

To counter the need to look closely at this, I've started building dual workshops, in a 3x7 room with the door in the middle and a small storage strip in between.

code:

XXXXDXXXX
XWWW=WWWX
XWWW=WWWX
XWWW=WWWX
XXXXXXXXX

And so far that seems to be working pretty well.

[gimlet]

Ha, I just noticed too, in [q] mode, moving the cursor over the workshop will cause the blocking parts to flash green too, so you can check it out that way also.