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[Detoxicated]

I personally think it should be able to build a workshop if you have the raw materials (the blocks to build  the shop) but you shouldnt need anything besides... I cant build a dyery because i dont have enough barrels as my foodstores are humungous and still growing, but i want it now, what can i do... so i think that'd be great

[Lunafox]

Would this be akind to haveing a 'Job Pending' As in the building will be placed and start construction, but will wait around till there is the items needed to finish the job?

[Astramancer]

In the stockpile menu (where you select what kind of stockpile you want) there's an entry for "reserved barrels" setting it to, say, 5, will mean that no matter how much food you have lying around, the dwarves will ignore the last five empty barrels and just stick the food on the ground.  Only tasks that specifically use barrels will use those reserved barrels (namely: brew drink, process to barrel, make dye shop).

As for your suggestion, I don't see anything wrong with designating without the materials, but when a dwarf comes to build it, and there's nothing to build with, it should suspend the task.  The manager should auto-unsuspend tasks as materials become available.  (or whatever else caused the task to be suspended in the first place - like wild sheep or 2/7 water)

[Detoxicated]

Would this be akind to haveing a 'Job Pending' As in the building will be placed and start construction, but will wait around till there is the items needed to finish the job?

Well you could add a new personality trait: Common sense, the lower it is the more probable it is that they stay... dwarves should have a average of 30 in common sense...

[eerr]

I actually have a thread: construction stockpiles, that cover this and more.

But I can't be bothered to dig it up as nobody had any clue WTF I was talking about.

[MrWiggles]

I actually have a thread: construction stockpiles, that cover this and more.

But I can't be bothered to dig it up as nobody had any clue WTF I was talking about.

I'm sorry, what?

[Impaler[WrG]]

I personally think it should be able to build a workshop if you have the raw materials (the blocks to build  the shop) but you shouldnt need anything besides... I cant build a dyery because i dont have enough barrels as my foodstores are humungous and still growing, but i want it now, what can i do... so i think that'd be great

Do you want a FUNCTIONAL building or a simply to 'start construction', theirs a big difference.  The former really can't be allowed as it defeats the entire point of requiring those other components (which are currently very few and reasonable).  The latter is reasonable and what I hope/think your actually suggesting, the incomplete building would 'pull' more materials and labor as soon as the necessary materials are available just as current construction dose.

[Detoxicated]

Thanks for telling me the barrel trick... helped me build the dyers shop
@Impaler: I want the latter... You'd put the layout on the floor, and then they'd build the ground building, and then once it becomes available they add the last missing furniture and the building is completed and usable

[varkarrus]

On a similar note, you should be able to place workshops in areas that are designated to be mined, but aren't mined out yet.

[HatfieldCW]

In the stockpile menu (where you select what kind of stockpile you want) there's an entry for "reserved barrels" setting it to, say, 5, will mean that no matter how much food you have lying around, the dwarves will ignore the last five empty barrels and just stick the food on the ground.  Only tasks that specifically use barrels will use those reserved barrels (namely: brew drink, process to barrel, make dye shop).

Whoa.  This is freaking awesome.

The "earmarking" system bugs in place now bugs me for a couple reasons.  First off, my dwarves refuse to touch something that's been selected for a task.  I can't tell you how many times a door's been suspended for months because there's a rock in the way that's reserved for the 128th tile of a 400-tile wall I laid out two seasons ago.  The ability to ask for something and have it say, "Granite Floor; Requires Masonry; Construction suspended pending available granite blocks" would be an absolute godsend, especially for ambitious projects.  I hate having to pre-fabricate all the materials or designate it in small bites as they become available.

But it seems to me that it's pretty deep in the code.  Finding and earmarking materials is behind all the "Job Item Lost or Destroyed" spam, and it seems to be fundamental to the game.  If it's going to take Toady eight months to make it work differently, I'll just do it the hard way, and bring on the Badgermen!

[Hyndis]

I'd love to be able to designate huge constructions without having the materials already on hand. Including designating construction where nothing is (currently) supporting or providing a path to the designation.

For example, if you're building a gigantic, 8 level high and 6 layer thick fortress wall out of obsidian blocks. If you could designate the entire thing, including walls, floors, fortifications, and stairs in advance so when obsidian blocks become available the project will be built automatically.

That would be awesome for mega projects.