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[indyofcomo]

I'm experiencing a problem in my current fort, has happened twice now. I designated an area for them to dig out stairs down(d-j), but up/down stairs below(d-i?), and planned out the rooms I wanted immediately in that vicinity(d-d). But they wouldn't go there. I queued other dig/channel jobs and they'd run off and do those. But they wouldn't dig *there*. No water/damp stone notifications, no job cancellations of any kind. They clearly have the tools and ability to dig.

So eventually I moved my 3x3 stairwell 3 north of there, butting right up against the original designation. They started digging right away no problem. I shifted my layout on the level below to adjust for the new location and everything went just fine. When they dug south there was no problem...

Oh, I think I just answered my own question. You can't d-i/u/j in soil, can you?

[greycat]

You can dig stairs in soil, no problem.  As long as the soil isn't already dug-out.  If the area is devoid of solid matter, then you have to Construct stairs instead of digging them.

[indyofcomo]

well then, that's not the problem. Soil or rock is there. (I can't remember, away from the game atm.)  I'll continue then...

...there was no problem to the south--no empty space, no water, no magma, no damp rock, no aquifer, etc. Just soil/rock.
Now I'm trying to go above my archery range to create a room for stockpiling ammo, and same thing is happening. I first built stairs up in the corner of the room I had already excavated (b-C-u), and then d-j stairs down to meet them and d-dug out the room. Nothing. No work, no announcements. (the stairs got made, but that's it.) I then tried to construct stairs out of the walls, and that's not being done.

[§k]

Sometimes they just don't dig downstairs on a particular tile. I've seen this situation twice and had to designate another tile nearby.

[Quietust]

By any chance do you have your dwarves restricted to one or more Burrows via civilian alert state? And if you do, are your selected tiles within one of those burrows?

[Dunamisdeos]

Quietest, this may be off topic, but I have come to believe that you are, in fact, literally Q.

Back onto topic. I had this issue yesterday for the first time in my Dwarf Fortress years. I had to re-designate the tile. It's like it was canceled with no cancellation report. That rings a bell, actually. I started trying out masterwork for the first time last week. Are you running masterwork by chance?

[ancistrus]

Does that mean that when Q first decided to judge humanity at farpoint, most of his experience had been with DF players?