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Zosit

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Smelter problems
« on: September 10, 2009, 05:32:36 pm »
I have just recently started playing Dwarf Fortress And I am having some problems with my smelter.

I have some bituminous coal and A piece of charcoal so I can make coke but the problem is the smelter is not giving me the option.

The only options it is giving me are melt A metal object, smelt cassiterite, and smelt magnetite.

Is the problem the fact I built the smelter out of mudstone? Or is it something else.
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Malicus

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2009, 05:56:12 pm »
How did you obtain the bituminous coal?  Did you mine it out, or did you buy it?  If you bought it, make sure it's not in the form of a block.  Blocks can only be used to construct things.

If you mined it, can your dwarves still find a path between it and the smelter?
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Jim Groovester

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2009, 05:57:10 pm »
Is the bituminous coal or charcoal tasked to be stored in a stockpile? Items can only have one job associated with them at a time, so if the bituminous coal is waiting to go into a stockpile, it won't be available for smelting.
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Zosit

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2009, 06:05:40 pm »
I mined the ore and it is right next to the smelter

Is it possible for 200+ pieces of ore to all be waiting for a 40 sized stockpile? but im not so sure about the charcoal
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Malicus

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2009, 06:16:40 pm »
Anyway, the mudstone has nothing to do with it.

If it was the charcoal, the smelter would complain about needing fuel before allowing you to choose anything.

If they're right next to each other, could you show us a screenshot?  Maybe that would help solve the mystery.  Also, make sure the coal didn't all somehow mysteriously get forbidden (there will be curly braces around an object if it is forbidden).
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Zosit

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2009, 06:46:38 pm »
Ok how do I take a picture
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Hamster Man

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2009, 07:06:20 pm »
Ctrl + Print Scr is typically how I do it. Then do a paste function into any graphics program (Microsoft Paint works just fine for this).
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Zosit

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2009, 07:37:54 pm »
Here it is
Did it work?
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Malicus

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2009, 07:58:18 pm »
We can't see an image that's still on your computer.  You have to upload it somewhere on the internet (there are a few free image hosting services available) and link to it there.
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Zosit

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2009, 07:59:36 pm »
I don't know of any but I will look.

Okay here it is
« Last Edit: September 10, 2009, 08:01:48 pm by Zosit »
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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 08:01:56 pm »
Photobucket, ImageShack, etc.  These are free image hosting sites that, thankfully for you, come with instructions on how to post the images.
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Malicus

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 08:15:07 pm »
Hrm.  Are the dark gray *s in the stockpile in that screenshot bituminous coal?  I'll assume so.  In which case...  check to make sure they didn't get forbidden somehow.

Also, where did you download the game (as in, was it from somewhere other than this site), and did you change anything in the raw folder?
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Zosit

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2009, 08:32:37 pm »
I am sad to tell you that it is the brown rock not the gray.

The site i got it was http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=832

Oh and before you ask it is mudstone and not forbidden
« Last Edit: September 10, 2009, 08:37:24 pm by Zosit »
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Malicus

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2009, 09:22:59 pm »
We don't care about the mudstone.  The smelter WORKS, it's just not giving you the choice to work with bituminous coal.  So, where is the coal?
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Zosit

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Re: Smelter problems
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2009, 09:28:18 pm »
I'm not sure but I think it is in the second to the right bin.

Does a bar/block stockpile hold coal?
« Last Edit: September 10, 2009, 09:30:10 pm by Zosit »
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