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MantisMan

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Urist McManager Cancels Work Orders: Needs Office
« on: May 16, 2011, 03:19:44 pm »

My expedition leader won't manage work orders anymore, the error message says that he needs an office. I've already given him an office, and it shows up on his noble's screen. Is this something that others have experienced?
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Re: Urist McManager Cancels Work Orders: Needs Office
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 03:33:16 pm »

Is the chair accessible to him? Did you put something like statues blocking it off?
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Re: Urist McManager Cancels Work Orders: Needs Office
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 03:45:31 pm »

No, it's perfectly accessible.

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Re: Urist McManager Cancels Work Orders: Needs Office
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2011, 04:16:05 pm »

Did you make the chair a room and assign it to him?

Did you accidentaly lock the door?
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Re: Urist McManager Cancels Work Orders: Needs Office
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2011, 04:21:11 pm »

Is he assigned to a burrow?

Is he on the same Z-level as the office?  If he's on a different Z-level, did you accidentally break or improperly dig the ramps or stairs connecting the levels?

Did he just build a jeweler's workshop and wall himself in in the process?

Are any of the furniture items in the room forbidden?

Did he fail a mandate and get chained up in jail?
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Re: Urist McManager Cancels Work Orders: Needs Office
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2011, 04:32:54 pm »

The chair is a room assigned to him, I checked to make sure that the door is unlocked, and that all furniture in the room isn't forbidden or marked for dumping. The room was still accessible for the stone smoothers. He was just hanging out on top by the trade depot.

I just checked, and he was indeed assigned to a burrow. He'll be conducting a meeting with a liason, so I'll have to wait to see if he can manage work orders. Thanks a lot for mentioning the burrows, I had completely forgotten about that.
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