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Tallim

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Levers and You
« on: July 19, 2007, 11:52:00 pm »

Given for the most part when you set a lever to be pulled it is considered a priority task. And given that tasks are set by the object and not dwarves seeking jobs. Would it not be easy enough to make any lever designated to be pulled force any dwarf passing within a certain distance of it pull the lever?

Just check nearby squares and first dwarf that is in the area pulls the lever and goes on his/her merry way.
Then rather than the lever cycling through every dwarf you have looking for an available candidate it just checks a few squares for occupancy.

Obviously levers far from well travelled routes still need to broadcast the pull order. But i believe this would make a lot of sense.

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