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[TigerPlushie]

On my most recent fort (recent as in playing as I type) I seem to have run into a problem.

Knowing, that I prefer to dig out huge amount of fortress area before starting to settle underground I brought three miners which all started to dig their way into their new home. A huge part of the fortress is already dug out... But now they refuse to dig any more... all designated areas remain untouched.

I tried to redesignate the areas... no success, I tried to reenable the mining labor... no success... HOWEVER... I tried to designate another area for digging, which they quickly dug out. What did I miss?


edit:
Well, apparently saving and loading did help. But still, an unusual thing to happen...

Edit edit:
They dug a layer or two and stopped again...

[snooptodd]

I think its a pathfinding bug. Have you dug any channels?
Try locking and unlocking a door that usually gets the dorfs moving again.

[TigerPlushie]

I think its a pathfinding bug. Have you dug any channels?
Try locking and unlocking a door that usually gets the dorfs moving again.

Hm, I don'T even have any doors... Well, I do have a rather wild underground with ups and downs... But as soon as I save and reload they do dig a little... they shear exactly one layer of what I have designated, then stop again.

[Retro]

Absolutely a pathing bug. Saving and reloading fixes it, but the faster way is snooptodd's door suggestion. Just build one somewhere random and useless, and lock/unlock it every now and then.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Better yet, hook it to a repeater.

[TigerPlushie]

I can't even build the door anywhere except right beside the workshop. it instantly says "no access to door"

maybe i should just start a new region / fortress

[Retro]

I can't even build the door anywhere except right beside the workshop. it instantly says "no access to door"

maybe i should just start a new region / fortress

You'll have to save/reload first, then. Fortunately, once an area's been accessible to dwarves for a long enough time, the pathfinding issues seem to go away (or at least lessen in frequency).

[Canalan]

"What do we want?"
"MORE ROCKS!"
"When do we want them?"
"NOT NOW!"

[Greiger]

I've had that mining issue before, pretty much means the area needs to be designated one layer at a time.  It doesn't always happen though.  I don't know weather it's related to the pathfinding bugs that are rampant in this version or something else entirely.

[Shadowlord]

What it means is you need to get rid of those ramps.