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Snall

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Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« on: March 27, 2009, 10:06:37 pm »
When there's tons right next to you that work equally well?  WHY?!  (For masonry construction of cabinets, etc)
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2009, 10:11:50 pm »
Dwarves don't really take distance into account when there are rocks above or below them, z-level wise.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2009, 10:18:28 pm »
This rock was far away on the XY axis too.  Arg.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2009, 10:23:11 pm »
Because they would haul rock five thousand miles, and then they would haul rock five thousand more.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2009, 10:38:59 pm »
Quote from: Jim Groovester on March 27, 2009, 10:23:11 pm
Because they would haul rock five thousand miles, and then they would haul rock five thousand more.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2009, 10:50:27 pm »
Quote from: Snall on March 27, 2009, 10:18:28 pm
This rock was far away on the XY axis too.  Arg.

as far as a dwarf is concerned, a rock 9 z levels below them is closer than a rock 10 tiles away in the same room. stupid I know but whaddayagonnado

you could always make a 1-tile wide rock-stockpile directly around the workshop
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2009, 10:54:06 pm »
I actually just use a dump zone right in the middle of my stone related craft area, and assign all my stones for dumping. It makes it so I can't dump other things, but its ok.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2009, 11:43:31 pm »
Yes, Skelodwarf has the right idea.
In the event that that issue gets fixed, I recommend making a stone stockpile with the stone type you want (bauxite? obsidian? marble? whatever) in a room with a door. Also make the mason's shop in there.
Make a task in the workshop and when the mason arrives, lock him in with all the stone until he's done. Just don't forget about him. He'll be needing food and drink eventually.

I used to do this with a chef in a room full of cheese, quarry bush leaves, dwarven syrup and alcohol.

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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2009, 12:20:16 am »
Another way is to simply construct your workshop as two levels, one for the workshop itself and the other right below it for the input resources.  I always build my workshops that way and beside the first queues task (where they pick the resource nearest their location), the dwarf only need to walk down/up stair to get the next resource.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2009, 07:34:38 am »
Quote from: Jim Groovester on March 27, 2009, 10:23:11 pm
Because they would haul rock five thousand miles, and then they would haul rock five thousand more.

Nuts. Beaten to the joke.  :-\
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2009, 10:22:41 am »
While it's been previously eluded to, I believe the answer to your question is

Just to be the dwarf who hauls a rock 5,000 miles to fall drunk at your door.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2009, 11:02:15 am »
Quote from: Snall on March 27, 2009, 10:06:37 pm
When there's tons right next to you that work equally well?  WHY?!  (For masonry construction of cabinets, etc)

Frankly, because they're idiots.

Seriously, that's the answer.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2009, 11:15:52 am »
Quote from: Snall on March 27, 2009, 10:06:37 pm
When there's tons right next to you that work equally well?  WHY?!  (For masonry construction of cabinets, etc)

Maybe it was on the way from where they were before the job to the masonry workshop.
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2009, 12:38:11 pm »
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Re: Why haul a rock 5,000 miles?
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2009, 12:40:20 pm »
Quote from: Jim Groovester on March 27, 2009, 10:23:11 pm
Because they would haul rock five thousand miles, and then they would haul rock five thousand more.

Just to be the dwarf who hauled rock 9,500 miles then went for a drink.
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