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[Shawtay]

Hey guys,

I've been playing this fort, and I've gone down to the second cavern layer (I think, it doesn't really matter), found magma, yadda yadda, set up a magma reservoir for my workshops, channel down all nice, go to build the workshops and.. oh. Well then. Magma workshops are not listed in my b-e menu. There isn't even a magma forge in my b-w menu.

Would it have anything to do with dfhack at all? Or am I just not doing something right? Does anyone know?

[Seraphim342]

Did you get the "found magma" message? 

If not, you could try tossing a kitten down a magma pipe and seeing if it triggers if it makes it to the bottom.

[EvilBob22]

They do have to be built directly above (as in only 1 z level above) magma that is at least 4/7 deep, could that be it?

[Triaxx2]

He can't find the option for magma workshops in the menus.

There is a box that pops up to in form you that you found magma. This might not be the actual magma sea.

[Seraphim342]

Even surface magma (volcano embark, surface magma pipe, etc) should trigger the message as soon as you embark though, right? 

You mentioned Dfhack, did you reveal/unreveal?  This can cause some wonky behavior in regards to "discovery" triggers, or at least it did for me back in DF2010 when I last used it. 

[Shawtay]

I did use reveal, and figured that was the source of the problem, I just wish it wasn't because I seem to be stuck now.

[Delioth]

Using DFHack, you can use the 'features' function, which will list all the features on your current embark, and allows you to set them as 'discovered' or not. This will allow you to "find" the magma, even though you can see it (and should bring up the message and allow the relevant workshops.)

[Shawtay]

Delioth, you sir, are a wonderful, wonderful person. Thank you very much.

[Gigaz]

nevermind, wrong

[Shawtay]

It's correct; it's just he added an 's' onto what should be 'feature'.

[Quietust]

This is actually exactly why I wrote the the "feature" command - it just so happens that it can also be used to control growth of subterranean plants within your fortress. It's also how 40d's "magma workshop" tweak should have worked (and could have worked, complete with surviving save/load - when researching 40d's memory layouts, I discovered that it kept track of map features almost exactly the same as version 0.31 and 0.34 do).

(and should bring up the message)

It won't bring up the message, but it does the same thing the game does when the message comes up, and that thing is the same as what the game checks for when deciding whether or not to enable magma workshops.