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[Lagslayer]

... but I need to know something first. Can you build a building over a stockpile? If so, are there any limitations? Can you build a building with some items already on the site, and they not be moved away?

[ext0l]

No and no. 

[Lagslayer]

Ok then, I have another idea. how can I get a dwarf to drop an item on demand. I mean just plain drop it, right where they are standing.

[iceball3]

You could dump it  from a z-level up.

[Scarpa]

Micromanage dump zones.

You can make stockpiles, let them fill up and then delete them. As long as there's not another stockpile to move the items to they'll remain in place.

[iceball3]

Micromanage dump zones.

You can make stockpiles, let them fill up and then delete them. As long as there's not another stockpile to move the items to they'll remain in place.

Unless you try building on it...

[Lagslayer]

So If I were to drop a container down a hole in the floor, it wouldn't break open?

[iceball3]

So If I were to drop a container down a hole in the floor, it wouldn't break open?

Nope

[ext0l]

While said dwarf is carrying the item, [v]iew his (i)nventory, scroll to the item he's hauling and (f)orbid it.

[twilightdusk]

You're trying to stockpile items on top of a workshop to make them easier to access?

[Scarpa]

Micromanage dump zones.

You can make stockpiles, let them fill up and then delete them. As long as there's not another stockpile to move the items to they'll remain in place.

Unless you try building on it...

Well, yeah.. but anything is going to be moved when you build on it, no matter how it got there. Not sure what the OP has in mind, if he was less mysterious about it we'd probably come up with better advice.

[Lagslayer]

I'm trying to figure out a way to get a cage with a goblin or something to a trade depot to see if I can sell it. If I can get the cage to the trade depot without my dwarves taking it to the trade depot, it may still be tradable. Maybe If I caved in the tile the cage is on over the trade depot...

If only i could get them to cancel a hauling job immediately. I'm going to work on this and post the results.

[brucemo]

You are assuming physics and common sense, which is dangerous in DF.

This is a game where forts die because a floodgate won't close because a butterfly gets in the way, don't forget.

[Zrk2]

Is that a boatmurdered reference?

[Tallefred]

Is that a boatmurdered reference?

Sock.