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[Deimos56]

Apparently if you take a stockpile and de-designate the area between two of more chunks of it (so that the stockpile doesn't exist between said chunks), the chunks all consider themselves to be a single stockpile.

 
I have no idea how the dwarves decide what part of the stockpile to put stuff in. Presumably they put items in the one closest to them.

[Untelligent]

I suppose they treat it the same as if it were one stockpile with something blocking a big strip down the middle.

[Derakon]

Yeah, you can use this to make oddly-shaped stockpiles, by designating a large rectangle and then cutting chunks out of it.

Dwarven logic for which square to stick things in is, like with most dwarven decision making, weird. They seem to favor the upper-left corner, but they don't always use it.

[Itnetlolor]

It helps with symmetrical storage. Too bad it can't work with more complex shapes.

Hopefully it can be a feature to extend/draw out stockpiles easier without having to completely replace them. With my more oblong symmetry storage (for further separations), it gets rather difficult, and I have to assign entire segments instead of individual small alcoves within.

It would also help with stylish storage patterns. You know, for further dwarviness in design. Especially for dining rooms or military. You know, like an armory in the shape of your choosing (like a logo, coat of arms, or something). Even fractal storage.

Pretty much, it would be fewer stockpiles while retaining a sense of styling/further customizing. Then again, there could be some bizarre methods of abusing it. I don't know how, but there would be.

[Sutremaine]

It helps with symmetrical storage. Too bad it can't work with more complex shapes.

You can undesignate one square at a time and make a complex shape that way. Unless you were talking about something else?

[SolarShado]

Hmm... you could use this to make a "fuse", a long stockpile full of booze/lignite/anything flamable leaning to... something... a giant booze pile under your entry corridor?

[Chalk]

Hmm... you could use this to make a "fuse", a long stockpile full of booze/lignite/anything flamable leaning to... something... a giant booze pile under your entry corridor?
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Now that is a cool trap.
Ignition could be an issue though. Magma?