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Octopod

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Dwarves always taking stone from anywhere except the stockpile?
« on: May 31, 2012, 12:14:41 am »
It's getting annoying and it would be nice if I were able to just force them to use the stockpile first, where there is only one type of stone. Is there a way to do that?
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Re: Dwarves always taking stone from anywhere except the stockpile?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 12:26:13 am »
There a few way to do that, but what exactly is the goal though?
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Re: Dwarves always taking stone from anywhere except the stockpile?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2012, 12:37:08 am »
0.34.10? Just make the workshop take from the stockpile.

Keep in mind, they choose by distance. And they ignore Z levels. Build workshop over your newly dug dining hall, they will take the stone from the dining hall.
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Re: Dwarves always taking stone from anywhere except the stockpile?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 12:38:44 am »
Quote from: MrWiggles on May 31, 2012, 12:26:13 am
There a few way to do that, but what exactly is the goal though?

To make tables, doors and stuff out of the same stone. Like this one time I was trying to get them to make doors (preferably from my overabundance of dacite), but they made some off my obsidian instead, which I was trying to save to make swords. Plus, the contrasting door colors really bug me.

Quote from: crekit on May 31, 2012, 12:37:08 am
0.34.10? Just make the workshop take from the stockpile.

Keep in mind, they choose by distance. And they ignore Z levels. Build workshop over your newly dug dining hall, they will take the stone from the dining hall.

How?  ???
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Re: Dwarves always taking stone from anywhere except the stockpile?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2012, 12:41:43 am »
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Re: Dwarves always taking stone from anywhere except the stockpile?
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2012, 12:47:47 am »
Quote from: MrWiggles on May 31, 2012, 12:41:43 am
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Stockpile#Give_to_a_stockpile.2Fworkshop

Well, I guess that answers the question then. Thanks! I'll try it out after I'm done mining out my rooms.
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