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[vagel7]

but ive heard that if you have a trade depot underground and lead a paved road to the end of the map the mefchants will come there.is it true cause im currently doing a big mining operation that ha slasted 3 years for a grave yard for the legendary seven and the other dwarves.

[HammerDave]

Don't forget, if you use ramps to get the caravan down the cliff, you must have at least a 3x3 square of floor between every ramp, otherwise the caravan will not be able to get down.

My ramps are right next to each other, and it goes down about 10 levels that way.  They just need to be 3 tiles wide.  From the point of view of one level it looks like

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[Leonidas]

Don't forget, if you use ramps to get the caravan down the cliff, you must have at least a 3x3 square of floor between every ramp, otherwise the caravan will not be able to get down.

Are you sure about that?  In my fortress my main entrance is a ramp that goes down three or four levels with no landing in between, and the caravans manage them just fine.

[sdu]

oops.

[Thomascpp]

Thanks every one somehow the cart did get down. Turns out those ice-cream cone things counted as ramps. I still have no idea why they had red X's on them even though they were passable.

[Marlowe]

Accessible squares on the fringe of a inaccessible one will also register as inaccesible even though they're not. Build a 3-wide gate-way into your fort and see.

[makar]

Accessible means:
A 3 wide cart can be centered on this square.

So if you have a 3 wide road flanked by obstacles it will look like

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Since no 3 wide cart fits on the outer squares they are marked as inaccessible.
Since the 3 wide cart fits on the inner square it is marked as accessible

[Tigershark13]

if your having caravan problems just do what i do, dig a massive underground road near the edge of the map, with your trade Depot at the end... less tree's ect to clear