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ddd356

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Can't create a zone to get a clay
« on: February 18, 2015, 02:19:31 am »

Can't create a zone to get a clay. I try to start ceramic industry, but wherever I create a zone, it always show me a "0" (zero) near a clay. Of course I created zones above clay floor (silty clay floor).
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PatrikLundell

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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 02:47:00 am »

It should be sufficient to set the zone on a single clear (i.e. nothing growing on it) clay tile. I've had the situation where a sand tile got overgrown in between me designating the building of a floor grate to keep growth out and the actual construction, resulting in an unusable overgrown source tile with a grate.
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Larix

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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 05:03:14 am »

The easiest way to have a working collection zone is to specify it over a _wall_ of the material (as the "source") and an adjacent floor tile (as a place for the collector to stand on). Walls never grow over, so as long as you remember not to mine the wall away, you have an eternal maintenance-free material source.
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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2015, 05:19:26 am »

Try expanding the activity zone larger, eventually you should end up with a workable patch of clay.

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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2015, 07:08:48 am »

Thank you for answers, but nothing helps. If somebody wants to help me and my dwarfs, you can download my fortress from here
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utunnels

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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2015, 07:20:34 am »

Thank you for answers, but nothing helps. If somebody wants to help me and my dwarfs, you can download my fortress from here
Well I only saw silty clay loam.
They are not silty clay.
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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2015, 07:34:35 am »

Thank you for answers, but nothing helps. If somebody wants to help me and my dwarfs, you can download my fortress from here
Well I only saw silty clay loam.
They are not silty clay.
Thank you! There are really no silty clay  :(, but there are many cherry and persimmon trees :)
« Last Edit: February 18, 2015, 07:38:38 am by ddd356 »
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utunnels

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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2015, 08:20:57 am »

Next time you can check the embark screen, it will tell whether your site has clay or sand.
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Re: Can't create a zone to get a clay
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2015, 09:05:35 am »

Next time you can check the embark screen, it will tell whether your site has clay or sand.
Clay: yes, natively. Sand: only if you use dfhack and either (1) enable embark-tools sand or (2) prospect all on the map screen.
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