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[Chandrak]

I'm wondering if theres a way to select wide swathes of stone lying around and mark it all for dumping at once. A way that DOESNT involve using the z-stocks to dump all of a kind of stone. I just want to clear out a few large rooms, not the entire fort. Is there a quick way to do that without manually flagging each stone for dumping?

[Girlinhat]

d-b-d

[Chandrak]

Thank you! Thats such a life-saver.

[Replica]

You could also just hide all the rock using the similar d-b-h, its not like it actually does anything.

[Girlinhat]

It does prevent use of stockpiles, if you ever build a stockpile over hidden stone...

[Akura]

You sure? I've seen my haulers stashing stuff under the boulders.

[NecroRebel]

You sure? I've seen my haulers stashing stuff under the boulders.

Some stuff can get stashed under boulders, others can't. Rocks take up a full stockpile square each, so only things that don't take up a full stockpile square, like crafts and the like, can be stored in the same square as them. Bins and barrels can't, however, nor can most larger items.

[Sandrew]

Bins and barrels are stored under rocks, everything else isn't.

edit; Forgot to mention, bins and barrels that are in the furniture stockpile cannot stack with boulders on the same stockpile. Only barrels and bins used to store items can share a space with rocks.

[George Dorn]

What I usually do is carve a tiny 1x1 tile out in the corner of the room, kinda like a closet, designate it as a dump, then just d-b-d all the stones I want. Afterwards, just d-b to reclaim the pile and you have an infinite storage area in just 1 square. I assume a lot of people do this too but I'm not sure.

[bucket]

I usually put my stone dump by the mason's workshop. He's sitting there churning out blocks, so he'll be good forever. I used to have stone stockpiles, but that only works for so long.

[kotekzot]

What I usually do is carve a tiny 1x1 tile out in the corner of the room, kinda like a closet, designate it as a dump, then just d-b-d all the stones I want. Afterwards, just d-b to reclaim the pile and you have an infinite storage area in just 1 square. I assume a lot of people do this too but I'm not sure.

That's called quantum stockpiling.

[George Dorn]

What I usually do is carve a tiny 1x1 tile out in the corner of the room, kinda like a closet, designate it as a dump, then just d-b-d all the stones I want. Afterwards, just d-b to reclaim the pile and you have an infinite storage area in just 1 square. I assume a lot of people do this too but I'm not sure.

That's called quantum stockpiling.

Is it a bug?

[kotekzot]

Not really, some might call it an exploit, though. Ultimately it doesn't matter in an SP game.

[Girlinhat]

Quantum stockpiling is widely considered the only option for dealing with stone.  Without using a quantum stockpile, then underground forts become impossible to manage due to the enormous waste stone.

[Darkmere]

Quantum stockpiling is widely considered the only option for dealing with stone.  Without using a quantum stockpile, then underground forts become impossible to manage due to the enormous waste stone.

To be fair there's atom smashing and magma vents. Those take up a bit more effort and forethought but can be much cleaner if you really don't want that big pile of orthoclase in the corner.