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[GreatWyrmGold]

In a recent fort, I embarked with no picks, but had brought the materials for a smelter. Using that, a volcano, and a modded "create SILVER" (typo) reaction, I made silver picks for my miners, who then proceeded to do...nothing.
I was using a modded race, but they had no problem with iron picks on later reclaim and on other embarks. When I reclaimed, miners (or rather, A miner) would use the iron pick but not un-forbidden silver picks that were randomly strewn around (I had taken them out of the forge to see if that would help. Nope.).

Help?

[agatharchides]

My dwarves use both just fine. Possibly the modding mixed something up?

[Qinetix]

That or perhaps , just forbid and dump that pick , claim the pick you want him and reasing his labor , he will pick it up , hopefully

[GreatWyrmGold]

My dwarves use both just fine. Possibly the modding mixed something up?

What could have done it?

Is it just that silver is too heavy for these guys?

That or perhaps , just forbid and dump that pick , claim the pick you want him and reasing his labor , he will pick it up , hopefully

This would work?

[Megaman]

Perhaps the silver is a problem.

[Urist McGyver]

Did you remember to turn on the Mining labors?

EDIT of memory: If you did, turn them off and on again. If you use Dwarf Therapist, turn the labors on and off on the game, not on Therapist.

On a side note, was I the only one who noticed that Dwarf Therapist can be misread from a distance for Dwarf, The Rapist?

[Aramco]

On a side note, was I the only one who noticed that Dwarf Therapist can be misread from a distance for Dwarf, The Rapist?

Nope, I actually call it that occasionally.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Did you remember to turn on the Mining labors?

EDIT of memory: If you did, turn them off and on again. If you use Dwarf Therapist, turn the labors on and off on the game, not on Therapist.

Tried, tried with an unpause in between, never use therapist.

On a side note, was I the only one who noticed that Dwarf Therapist can be misread from a distance for Dwarf, The Rapist?

...
Yes, I think so.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Perhaps the silver is a problem.

Indeed, you can't make silver picks or crossbows without modding.

[monk12]

On a side note, was I the only one who noticed that Dwarf Therapist can be misread from a distance for Dwarf, The Rapist?

Nope, I actually call it that occasionally.

><   That's THERAPIST, Mr. Connery Urist...

Perhaps the silver is a problem.

Indeed, you can't make silver picks or crossbows without modding.

He did mod it to be possible, dwarves simply refuse to use them for mining.

I suspect that the fault lies with whatever you did in the mod itself. I'd pop into the modding forum to see if they can figure it out.

[Twobeard]

It definitely looks like The Rapist. It does not help that on some of the american walkthrough videos they actually pronounces it like that as well.

Back on topic they will most definitely use picks made in your fortress. Maybe when you modded the picks maybe you left something out.

[Aramco]

If you post the RAWs you made, we can probably help.