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expwnent

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Digging Down
« on: November 28, 2009, 11:30:06 pm »

Is it possible to dig down into a layer that has been completely mined out? What if it's completely channeled out? Suppose you only have access to the layers above it.
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Jim Groovester

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Re: Digging Down
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2009, 11:31:21 pm »

It should be possible to drop a dwarf down using a retracting bridge. And then just enable masonry on him and have him build a stair up.
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Re: Digging Down
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2009, 11:33:30 pm »

Just find somewhere connected to a floor to put a down stair. As long as the up stair on the bottom is supported by a floor, things should work out.
Edit, kinda: Throwing dwarves in would work.
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Re: Digging Down
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2009, 11:44:54 pm »

if your asking to dig below a hollowed layer while being 1 layer about the hollowed one,

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0 hollow
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you can dig a downstair and build upstair

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silhouette

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Re: Digging Down
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 12:56:56 am »

You can build staircases (not dig) in the build menu...


Yould probably ahve to drop a dwarf to the lower level and build a normal up staircase.
Then build a up/down staircase on top of that, then a down staircase on top of that.
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Re: Digging Down
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2009, 09:18:56 am »

You can only build up stairs and ramp if the builder dwarf is on the same level of construction, htey cannot build a up stair from the down stair above it.
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Re: Digging Down
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2009, 03:22:50 pm »

intentional cave-in maybe?  like when mining through an aquifer.
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