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[WJLIII3]

So, I built myself a big reservoir to drown the orc caravans in, because I want my orcs to fight me. However, I seem to be unable to build the top level. A diagram:

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..OOOOOOO
..O+++++O
▲OO+A+++O
▲XX+I>++O <- Bottom Floor (containing entrance from below and a support)
▲OO+++++O
..O+++++O
..OOOOOOO


..OOOOOOO
..O.....O
▼▲O.A...O
▼▲O.I...O <- Second Floor (% is where the pump goes)
▼▲O.....O
..O.....O
..OOO%OOO

.+++++++
.+.....+
▼▲.A...+
▼▲.I...+ <- Third Floor
▼▲.....+
.+.....+
.+++++++

.......
.+++++.
▼+A+++.
▼+++++.   Top Floor
▼+++++.
.+++++.
........

The capital A's are where my initial staircase for building the supports was. When I deconstructed it and tried to build a floor over it, I got a "no access to building materials" message. Why can't they use the ramp?

[Quatch]

Theres some weirdness with ramps where you need something beside on the top to get off on, for it to count. Try building a wall beside the ramp (on the level below)?

[Slogo]

The third -> top floor ramps don't have a supporting wall so they won't work. A ramp needs to be against a wall in the direction that the dwarves will travel the ramp.

[denito]

Theres some weirdness with ramps where you need something beside on the top to get off on, for it to count. Try building a wall beside the ramp (on the level below)?

What happens if you have a trade depot at the end of your ramps and hit D to see if it's accessible?

When I built a similar construction of ramps, I got this weird situation where if I hit D the depot said that it was wagon-accessible, but the dwarves wouldn't cross the ramps.  My miners almost died of dehydration because they wouldn't go past the ramps to get out of there.  I finally had to build a set of stairs elsewhere for them to get out, because they just wouldn't use the ramps.  When a wagon finally arrived it *did* use the ramps with no problem.