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krige

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Channel building issues
« on: October 26, 2006, 06:36:00 am »
Sometimes when digging a channel dwarves suspend the job. I understand that it's because of a rock blocking them at the exact spot they stand while digging. The trouble is, there is no way to un-suspend the job or remove the channel and order to build it again...
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Re: Channel building issues
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2006, 08:36:00 am »
That's because a Channel (Like floodgates, bridges, etc... ) is a "Building" so to say, that doesn't have a menu. q can only be used to view buildings that have a menu, such as workshops, for instance. You'll need to use t in order to view the channel, and unsuspend it  :)
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Re: Channel building issues
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2006, 01:16:00 pm »
You can also get to it from the jobs menu ("j").  

Suspended jobs are marked with a big red "Suspended", so they're easy to pick out of the list; scroll to one, and hit (I think) "b" for "ViewBld" (or something like that), and it will take you to the building itself, giving you the menu from which you can unsuspend (by "s", I think).

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Re: Channel building issues
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2006, 03:20:00 am »
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Originally posted by w:
<STRONG>You can also get to it from the jobs menu ("j").  

Suspended jobs are marked with a big red "Suspended", so they're easy to pick out of the list; scroll to one, and hit (I think) "b" for "ViewBld" (or something like that), and it will take you to the building itself, giving you the menu from which you can unsuspend (by "s", I think).</STRONG>

That's the problem - there is no way to do so. No building menu = no way to unsuspend. Tried from job list and from building list.

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Re: Channel building issues
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2006, 09:05:00 am »
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Originally posted by krige:
<STRONG>

That's the problem - there is no way to do so. No building menu = no way to unsuspend. Tried from job list and from building list.</STRONG>

I just went back and tried this (yes, with a channel digging job).  It works exactly as I described.  

Do exactly these things:

  • Open up the jobs menu ("j").
  • Scroll down to the suspended channel digging job in question.
  • Zoom to the building ("b").
  • Unsuspend ("s").
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Re: Channel building issues
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2006, 02:36:00 am »
Actually, yesterday I found (un)suspend/remove option elsewhere - under "items in building" key (t). Channels, roads and traps have their menu there.
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