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[Organum]

I wonder how it'll work with dig designations? I do the same thing Yoink does, so I'm hoping it just designates it on all the levels rather than auto-connecting them.

It'll certainly make designation of identical floors easier, though. I might not even NEED to trace them once this gets released.

[Digmaster]

What is the source of this? I have looked around for a bit and I've been unable to locate it.

[Footkerchief]

What is the source of this? I have looked around for a bit and I've been unable to locate it.

The dev log.

[Sutremaine]

I wonder how it'll work with dig designations?

I predict it'll work like burrow designations, or a macro set to make something and then move to the next z-level. If you select a cube for digging, you get a bunch of square rooms stacked on top of each other. If you select up stairs, you get a bunch of up stairs stacked on top of each other. Have fun with that.

3D digging designations probably won't work with 3D veins any better than 2D designation currently works with 2D veins. In that case, DFXvdig is going to get a lot more useful.

[Ethicalfive]

I don't understand why everyone is getting so worked up about this. For some, maybe even most people it is an incredibly useful change, and for everyone else it isn't hurting anything. I believe that it was said in the livestream that implementing 3D designation would take "One line of code", so unless it causes any unforeseen bugs it shouldn't be delaying anything else. I agree that designation style construction would also be a very useful feature, but that shouldn't do anything to detract from the value of 3D designations.

I do agree, I just got a bit carried away with my pet peeve issue of construction designations. 3D designations are definately the right way to go and make more sense considering the 3D environment.

I'd love to see things like channeling be tweeked some time down the line, so channeling queues are forced to complete the top most designated Z level before moving on to the level below. That way large multi-Z level rooms or strip mines can be designated in one go without fear of cave-ins.. No rush on that one though.

[werechicken]

What is the source of this? I have looked around for a bit and I've been unable to locate it.

The dev log.

This is why I love forums. Three pages of posts from one sentence.

Should be a nice feature and will remove the annoyance of making multi level sleeping quarters.

Also for the guy who hates volcanoes: if you build a huge flooding chamber and break into the underground you've got good tree farm.

[Itnetlolor]

For a good amount of time, I had to resort to using AHK or making macros on a gamepad to get something like this done. Can't wait for the update. Gonna make some things simpler to get done.

[Aklyon]

So, does this mean we can designate stairs/walls/floors up into empty space instead of having to do every tower floor individually?
that would be Awesome.

[Sutremaine]

Constructions aren't designated, they're built. The two things use different code. I'd love to see constructions switched to designations, if only because players break enough dwarves trying to build off bridges.

[Untelligent]

I like being able to build off bridges! Great for killing off bad mayors.

[Cespinarve]

I consider this a great step forward, and hope that this will pave they way for a soon-to-arrive multi-level constructions, which is what has always been my biggest issue with building. I'd like to see the "can't build without all materials" cap remove, make the game more streamlined. You designate, highlight the material(s) you want and then ignore it. If the materials aren't there, it isn't suspended, it just delays. That might slow down FPS, though, I don't know. I find suspended floors to be really aggravating.

Oooh, new idea. Mass-designation suspend/unsuspend, just like mass-designating items to be forbidden or dumped and so on.

[Itnetlolor]

We can have the mass-designation of constructions, but also keep the detailed choosing, because we can choose the specific materials based on distance as well, I think. That way, we won't have to disturb a pile set for manufacturing plants/workshops. Then again, it also helps setting a stockpile right next to a project site anyway to streamline the material designations.