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Sappho

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Former miners don't drop their picks.
« on: November 04, 2007, 02:50:00 pm »
When I turn off the mining job for a dwarf, they no longer drop their pick.  I haven't checked to see if this happens for woodcutters and axes as well.  Is there a way to force them to drop it that I'm not aware of?  I wanted to switch the mining job to a different dwarf but I didn't have another pick available.
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Re: Former miners don't drop their picks.
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2007, 03:21:00 pm »
Was he in the process of doing any mining related jobs?  I've had no problems with my miners dropping their picks when I tell them to stop mining.  They just don't stop mining until they finish what they're doing.  It might just take a while if they're mining a big section.
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Re: Former miners don't drop their picks.
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2007, 07:33:00 pm »
The former miner was in the middle of bookkeeping when I disabled the mining profession.  I waited for nearly a month in-game but he never dropped the pick, even when he was standing around with No Job.
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Re: Former miners don't drop their picks.
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2007, 07:35:00 pm »
Go into the miners inventory and forbid the item.  He'll eventually drop it once his task is complete.  Then claim the item and a new miner can pick it up.
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Re: Former miners don't drop their picks.
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2007, 08:09:00 pm »
Would drafting him and setting his weapon to something else (like swords) make him drop it?
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Re: Former miners don't drop their picks.
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2007, 02:49:00 am »
did you actually make another dwarf have mining enabled.. whilst disabling the one that you didn't want?
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Re: Former miners don't drop their picks.
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2007, 08:35:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by Nesoo:
<STRONG>Would drafting him and setting his weapon to something else (like swords) make him drop it?</STRONG>

This should do it.  In fact, you don't even have to draft him to get him to drop his pick.  You can simply assign him a weapon in the military screen and he'll drop the mining skill (and his pick) automatically without any need for drafting.  The same goes for axes.

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