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[jaxy15]

Dear hunters,

Please refrain from shooting doe rabbits.
I need one tamed in order for a breeding pair.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Dear Urists McMiner:

Next time I ask you to trim the overhanging rock surrounding the volcano, do it in such a way that you don't fall in.

-Urist Imiknorris

[dude_ftw@live.com]

Dear Urist McBlackSmith

Please don't go into a strange mood and take 2 of my golden bars to make a gold chest, further offence will result in death.

Thanks,
Signed Annoyedplayer

[Urist Imiknorris]

Why? A golden chest is awesome.

[Renzuko]

dear dwarves, if the SOLE garbage dump, is at the bottom of a 9z drop, please just throw the items over the edge, dont walk all the way down, and put them there manually

[Urist Imiknorris]

Designate the garbage dump at the top of the drop, not the bottom.

[TolyK]

Why? A golden chest is awesome.

Designate the garbage dump at the top of the drop, not the bottom.

he says it all correctly.

[Renzuko]

note to urist...imiknorris

nope, you is wrong, i have a whole layer of stone set to dump, and my dwarves arent taking it and throwing it off the edge

[Keldane]

note to urist...imiknorris

nope, you is wrong, i have a whole layer of stone set to dump, and my dwarves arent taking it and throwing it off the edge

What do you mean, Urist's wrong? Did you actually move your garbage dump zone to the top of the cliff and see what happened? Because I can say from experience that if you have a garbage dump zone right next to a cliff, or any z-level drop, your dwarves will throw the items into the hole rather than placing them in the zone.

[Renzuko]

yuppers, i made my garbage dump along the edge of the dodge me trap path, and along the outer edge, and my guys stood around doing nothing, when i set a garbage dump to the bottom, they ran and dumped it all down there, instead of dropping anything down the hole

[Keldane]

yuppers, i made my garbage dump along the edge of the dodge me trap path, and along the outer edge, and my guys stood around doing nothing, when i set a garbage dump to the bottom, they ran and dumped it all down there, instead of dropping anything down the hole

Just to double check, but did you set the zone over open space, or on the ground next to open space?

[Renzuko]

here's a vague idea of my place....

wall, open/dump, walkway, open/dump
wall, open.dump, walkway, open/dump

and that goes for about 7 spaces.

when i undesignated the bottom of the 9z lvl drop my dwarves stopped gathering the stones and putting them down there, just kinda went back to not working

[Razonatair]

In order to properly set up a dump zone, you have to cover the space to throw, and the space to throw from. You need a 3x3 dump zone centered over a 1x1 hole if you want them to be able to dump into the hole from any surrounding tile.

[Keldane]

In order to properly set up a dump zone, you have to cover the space to throw, and the space to throw from.

I'm afraid this is incorrect - you don't have to cover the space to throw into, only the space to throw from. A 1 by 1 dump zone set on a walkable location will cause your dwarves to stand on the garbage dump tile and throw objects into the adjacent pit. The reason your upper level garbage dump isn't working, Renzuko, is because it isn't designated on walkable tiles. Put the zone on the walkway instead, and your dwarves will throw everything in the pit like you want them to.

[Razonatair]

My method is more efficient because if you just designate a 1x1 next to the open space, they'll all run to that particular square to dump the item, instead of just dumping it into the open space from the closest tile to them.

I'm not sure though if having >1 open spaces, with one as part of the dump zone, makes any difference to dump preference though in terms of which space to throw into, but it might(though this doesn't apply to the OP I assume).