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[upontheroof]

  my dwarves are stuck in the lowest level of my mine and are going hungry and thirsty. THey refuse to go up for no apparent reason when there is plenty of food and beer in the upper levels, please help

[upontheroof]

stupid dwarvves are stuck here http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img806/7449/18614849.png&via=mupload&newlp=1
and they refuse to go up, this is the next level up and im sure nothing is blocking the stairs http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img27/3843/60951843.png&via=mupload&newlp=1

[NecroRebel]

It's difficult to tell what's going on due to your tileset, but it looks like you've got down stairs on the lower level, but no up stairs. Maybe those staircase things at the south are up/down stairs, but it doesn't look like it. It looks like the staircases on both levels use identical tiles, which suggests down staircases to me. It's possible that you tried to remove up ramps someplace and inadvertently selected over your up/down staircases as well, which would tell your miners to turn the up/down stairs into down stairs.

[upontheroof]

so what would you reccomend i do? i cant seem to build anything on that level? also how long does it take for a dwarf to die of hunger/thirst?

[upontheroof]

also is there an editor i can use to change the positions of my dwarves so the stupid idiots dont die of hunger

[Selenite]

Are those stairs on both levels going down?
You can make one of the miner into a mason and build up/down stairs.

[upontheroof]

how do i turn one of them into a mason?

[Selenite]

how do i turn one of them into a mason?

You can use Dwarf Therapist, or you can "V" view the miners, and go to there preferences "P" then go to their labors and set them mark masonry in the stoneworking tab.

[blue sam3]

Or just dig a new staircase somewhere out of the way.

[gtmattz]

Or just dig a new staircase somewhere out of the way.

This

Then go learn about how stairs work...

[Selenite]

Or just dig a new staircase somewhere out of the way.

This

Then go learn about how stairs work...

What if he does this and he makes the same mistake as both downstairs.

[Fredd]

designate a space as a up stair. Then designate a up/down stair on the level above it. Continue till you reach a level of your tunnel complex, then dig to the tunnel.