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Dwarf Miners wont pick up my picks :(
« on: November 02, 2010, 05:17:47 am »

Ive dumped the miner dwarves copper picks and made a few steel ones. But they arnt picking them up, someone please help me *sad face*
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Re: Dwarf Miners wont pick up my picks :(
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2010, 05:19:47 am »

I'm having a similiar problem... How do I get people to use a specific item, or move something somewhere?
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Re: Dwarf Miners wont pick up my picks :(
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2010, 05:20:49 am »

I know theres a way to specify what items to be picked up if they where in a squad, but when there in a squad there never do there job for some reason.

Also having same problem with hunters.
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Re: Dwarf Miners wont pick up my picks :(
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2010, 05:29:32 am »

Well disabling the labour, leaving the menu and then enabling it seemed to work.
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Re: Dwarf Miners wont pick up my picks :(
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2010, 05:34:25 am »

Ive dumped the miner dwarves copper picks and made a few steel ones. But they arnt picking them up, someone please help me *sad face*

Unless you're using your miners as an impromptu militia, I don't see the point.  Copper picks dig out everything that's diggable, and since they're cheap they're pretty much the standard.  Steel doesn't improve anything but their attack against creatures.
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Re: Dwarf Miners wont pick up my picks :(
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2010, 05:36:44 am »

Im using steel for asthetics/improv militia. I like the idea of all my dwarves running around only using steel quality objects.
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