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[timmeh]

Hey everyone!  I found Dwarf Fortress a few days ago, and with some help from the people that showed it to me, got my first fortress mostly built, and almost have all the basic requirements for life set up.  I have access to both a ground level river, and some small ponds/lakes that go deep enough for an underwater water source, should the need arise.  I am set up in a forest, with a sand floor, making base digging fast and easy.  However, two z-levels down I have access to plenty limestone, and have also found some bauxite.  Unfortunately, I'm having trouble getting the farms set up.

From what I understand, building farm plots on sand (underground) should work.  I built a small (5x5) room near the entrance to my fortress and designated a farm plot that covered it completely.  The plot shows up as needing construction, but my farmer crawled down my mine shaft and won't some back out to build the plots. 

Here's what I've tried/checked so far...

• The mineshaft exit is not obstructed, as my miners have come and gone multiple times.
• The plot is completely underground, with no holes in the roof.  No tile is considered above ground, or lit.
• The farmer was acting as a stone mover, and backup miner in the mean time, but now has all mining jobs disabled.
• The farmer isn't performing any other jobs, and is idle.

I've run out of ideas, and my friends haven't written back to me about this problem for a substantial period of time.  If you have any idea what may be happening, please let me know.  My thanks in advance to anyone who helps,

Timothy

[Calvin]

Does he have the farming labor on? (lulz)

Maybe another farmer is tasked to build it.

Or you just got some new bug. Good for you.

[Coke_Can64]

Yeah, is farming (fields) on?

Just wait a bit and it should fix itself, sometimes it takes a while for the orders to reset/refresh.

[timmeh]

Well, I waited for a while before giving up and canceling the plot and trying it again.  Unfortunately, it appeared to be working, but on the way back up my farmer got killed when a single tile collapsed from the floor above her in the mineshaft (I guess that's what I get for using a sand ceiling with no supports.....).  Unfortunately, this also blocked the only exit (I was actually preparing to dig an extra exit shaft too....), trapping two other dwarfs, as well as my only two picks, several layers underground.  Among the other two dwarfs that were trapped was my backup food source, a forager.  With two units of food left, and just entering summer, I did the merciful thing and buried the rest of my dwarfs and abandoned the fortress... losing is fun

On to my next attempt.  Maybe this time I'll be able to bring a better set of skills/items

Thanks for your help guys!

[Coke_Can64]

Eh, that's odd, because sand floors don't just detatch from the roofs...

Still, good luck this time then!

[timmeh]

Eh, that's odd, because sand floors don't just detatch from the roofs...

Still, good luck this time then!

Huh.... could something have happened on top of or next to that tile that may have caused it to fall?

[Coke_Can64]

Were you chanelling out anything next to the tile that fell or anything?

Doesn't matter anymore I guess, I'm just not sure about what might have made it fall...

[Foa]

Eh, that's odd, because sand floors don't just detatch from the roofs...

Still, good luck this time then!

Tha Dwarves, they have magical mining skills, if they dig in tha sand it doesin collapse, unless you completely detach them from the cave walls, or floors...

[timmeh]

Wait.... do they connect to ramps?  Cause it was the middle that fell, and it was surrounded by either stairs or ramps (I forget which I was using at the time).  Heck, I bet one of the other two dwarfs was building the last ramp/stair when it collapsed.

[Coke_Can64]

I don't think ramps support things, but stairs surely do.