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[Teldin]

I had a tunnel that looked like this:

code:

Top view:
X......XX
X.XXX..XX
X.XXX-=XX
X.XXX.-XX
X.XXX@.XX
X......XX
XXXXX..XX
XXXXX..XX

Where X is walls, - are walls marked to be mined, = is the wall that is flashing, and @ is the miner.

Rather than go up and mine diagonally, the miner will always take the long route around and go mine it from above rather than below. Just thought it was a little weird.

[Dame de la Licorne]

This is due to the pathfinding algorithm and mining preferences.  They prefer W over E, then N, then S, and diagonals the same so, NW, NE, SW, SE, in that order.

[Draco18s]

quote:Originally posted by Dame de la Licorne:
<STRONG>and diagonals the same so, NW, NE, SW, SE, in that order.</STRONG>

*Cough* NW, SW, NE, SE.  West over east, so SW over NE.

[God of Toast]

It's not that they prefer anything, it's just a old dwarven tradition.

[Seryntas]

Yeah, it annoys the crap out of me, too.  I sometimes have to wait for a whole project to finish before I can use the first part of it.