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[Hobbie]

Would anyone else like support for this?  IE, I need a well... 'dig stairs down', enter, scroll to the bottom z-level, hit enter again... bam, staircase in two easy keystrokes.  Support for channeling and stairs and everything else that can go up and down.  I think it'd be nice, at least.

[profit]

Probably is hard to program... and up stairs become down stairs on the next floor up...

[Hobbie]

Well, for most situations I end up using the up/down stairs anyways... so even support for just that would be awesome.  I've got bad hands, and (i), enter, enter, shift+> enter, enter, shift+> x20 can be a little painful. 

[Silverionmox]

Currently at spot @68 in the Eternal Suggestions list as:

3D Designations
     Allow dig or other designations to span multiple Z-Levels, allowing easier creation of 3D rooms, shafts, etc.

[profit]

Well, for most situations I end up using the up/down stairs anyways... so even support for just that would be awesome.  I've got bad hands, and (i), enter, enter, shift+> enter, enter, shift+> x20 can be a little painful. 

I would really recommend Auto Hot key. you could do automatic shafts that way clear to the bottom of your land...
its what I use... and I admit I am kinda lazy so... almost everything I do often is down to a single keystroke.

But yes it will be nice when it finally makes it into the game.

(Here is the AHK script to do it. just press windows key M to get it to make a stair and drop a level, drop it at the end of the default ahk script. PS. for some reason it is a little unreliable in 40d16 but works fine in 40d)

#m::
Send {enter}{enter}+>
return

[Derakon]

The use of external utilities is really an indication of missing functionality in the main program. After all, not all of use can use AutoHotKey.

[smirk]

40d16 also has a working macro builder in (ESC)(Key Bindings) that's pretty awesome. A simple stair designator would look something like this:

Code: [Select]

[BIND:MACRO4:Stairwell]
[SYM:Ctrl+5]
[MACRO:DESIGNATE_STAIR_UPDOWN:1]
[MACRO:SELECT:2]
[MACRO:CURSOR_DOWN_Z:1]

Add that to the bottom of yer interface.txt if you want to use it. Basically, it selects up/down stairs, hits Enter twice, and moves ye down one z-level. So all ye need to do is open the 'd' menu, get your cursor situated, and then CTRL+5 to your heart's delight! Or, select a new key designation. I tend to just use CTRL+(number).