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[deftkosmonavt]

Alright, I'm having a problem with my miner (who I recently had sparring his wrestling) refusing to go back to mining after he was deactivated. It seems quite similar to this problem already resolved; http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=39570.0.
I've already made sure he could path to the designated dig sites and tried to get him to drop everything in his hands, both by dumping them and forbidding them individually, to no avail. He will still perform tool-less tasks like smoothing stone and hauling though.

If it matters I'm using Dwarf Therapist and the Dig Deeper mod with the Mike Mayday tileset.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[GoldenH]

He has a pick right?

If you forbid something, the dwarf can't drop it or dump it in my experience.

[deftkosmonavt]

Yeah, the pick was the only thing he would drop when I assigned it to be dumped. I reclaimed it after he dumped it and had another dwarf to pick it up and try to mine with it, which he promptly did.

I could, if it came down to it, just start training a new miner, but the first is already legendary, a professional wrestler and a competent engraver. I don't want to lose that convenience unless it's absolutely necessary.

[Derakon]

Standard "dwarf won't do something I want him to do after he wrestled": check his hands. He might be carrying someone else's clothing. Get him to drop that and he'll be able to use the hands for more productive stuff instead.

[deftkosmonavt]

That's exactly the problem. I already checked his hands, he has the pick and a pig tail clock in his right one. He'll drop the pick but not the cloak.

[KenboCalrissian]

Did he sustain any injuries while sparring?

[Quietust]

Dumb question, but does he still have the "Mining" labor enabled?

[deftkosmonavt]

@KenboCalrissian
     No injuries whatsoever.
@Quietust
     He does indeed.

I solved the problem by just giving up.

To clarify for anyone interested I assume the reason why he wouldn't mine is due to the fact that he had both a copper pick and pig tail cloak in his right hand. I managed to get him to drop the pick and get another dwarf to start mining. eventually the first miner just got trained up as a military dwarf.

In short the problem is that he wouldn't drop the complicating object no matter what I did.

[Derakon]

Yeah, dwarves really should drop wrestled-off objects as soon as the creature they took them from is dead or the combat ends.