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[InsaneRationalist]

I was trying to make a dwarven conveyor belt and testing it with a piece of cloth:

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Now the cloth seems to have dissapeared.
It is still visible on the z-stocks screen, but when I zoom to it (it hasn't moved), it does not appear in the k menu, and the tile appears empty (displays a '+').

What is going on? And how do I get water to push things around properly?

(version 31.25)

[i2amroy]

The water is pushing the item around properly, the problem is just that the part of the game that actually displays the item gets messed up. When the dwarves go to pick the item up, they will walk to where the item should be (at the end of the conveyor belt) and magically pull the item out of thin air. So don't freak out that your items are disappearing; they are still there, just invisible.

[InsaneRationalist]

and magically pull the item out of thin air. [...] they are still there, just invisible.

... I am not sure whether to be annoyed or amused by that; thanks!

[Sphalerite]

When items are pushed by water, they sometimes get pushed into a sort of limbo state.  The item is still accessible in the location where the stocks screen zooms to, and a dwarf who goes to that space can still grab the item and pull it back out of limbo, but the item will no longer show up on the screen and no longer interacts with fluid flow.  Thus, items pushed around by water will eventually go into limbo and not be pushed by water anymore.  Because of this bug it is impossible to use a water to make a conveyer belt.

[InsaneRationalist]

Ah, I guess I am back to drop shafts and haulers then.