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Skullkid

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Needs mechanisms
« on: December 16, 2011, 07:46:40 am »
I don't see it reported as a bug, so maybe it's me doing wrong ; when I try to place a trap or lever, it won't allow me saying it "needs mechanisms" when I have plenty of mechanisms. I checked, they are not forbidden in the stocks (as I can't control orders on mechanisms, just see that there are "20 ?" of them). Help ?
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zzandy

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Re: Needs mechanisms
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2011, 08:09:28 am »
One possible explanation it that you those mechanisms you have are designated but not yet used in other traps or levers or linkage.
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Sphalerite

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Re: Needs mechanisms
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 08:26:17 am »
Are the mechanisms accessible from the spot where you are placing the lever?
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Skullkid

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Re: Needs mechanisms
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 08:31:22 am »
Okay, now I can use them. Seems like microcline mechanisms are causing the bug ; gabbro and marble ones are usable. Weird.
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kardwill

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Re: Needs mechanisms
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 09:05:32 am »
Were your microcline mechanisms in the stockpile, or already built in levers, traps, etc?
Check by looking at the detailed z-stock. Items used in a building are in another color (red or purple, I can't remember...)

If you don't have the detailed z-stock (since it says 20?), hire a bookkeeper.
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Re: Needs mechanisms
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2011, 05:58:17 pm »
if you have a stockpile that accepts mechanisms, you wont be able to actually use them untill they get dragged there. The stocks screen doesnt always make it easy to know where the mechanisms are at that moment. I never had a problem with microline mechanisms.
« Last Edit: December 16, 2011, 06:01:53 pm by Garath »
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