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Strawberries

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stuck miners
« on: March 30, 2008, 06:10:00 pm »
i have my miners digging out a channel and they just stopped. they wont do anything now and are starving, how do i fix this
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uberubert

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Re: stuck miners
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2008, 06:22:00 pm »
did you lock any doors behind them? Maybe remove a bridge? caused a cave-in?
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Strawberries

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Re: stuck miners
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2008, 06:27:00 pm »
well it looks like this
O=wall
.=ground
-=channel
d=dwarf
OOOOOOOOOOO
--d----d-.......
OOOOOOOOOOO
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puke

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Re: stuck miners
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2008, 06:30:00 pm »
digging out large channels can be problematic.  dwarfs will sometimes mine themselves onto a pedestal and have no way down.  you can either construct stairs or a ramp or a bridge/floor next to them, or you can have them dig out stairs underneath themselves (both on the tile they are on, and the tile beneath them).
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Strawberries

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Re: stuck miners
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2008, 06:31:00 pm »
excellent! my starving miners are now enjoying a wonderful meal of racoons they killed thanks
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