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HollowClown

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Exclusive burrows
« on: August 29, 2011, 01:50:06 pm »
Please note that while there have been a bunch of suggestions for 'burrows that don't let dwarfs in/path through', I've checked the forums pretty carefully, and this is not the same thing.
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Right now, burrows are essentially 'inclusive'.  In other words, suppose you define a burrow around a mason's workshop and assign a dwarf to it.  That dwarf will only take jobs within the burrow;  however, any other idle dwarfs with masonry enabled will also work at that masonry workshop.  The dwarfs allowed to take jobs in the burrow are the union of (the set of dwarfs assigned to the burrow) and (the set of dwarfs not assigned to the burrow).

What I'd like to see would be a way to toggle burrows between being 'inclusive' and 'exclusive'.  An inclusive burrow would work just like burrows do now.  An exclusive burrow would only allow jobs to be taken by dwarfs assigned to the burrow;  dwarfs that were not assigned to the burrow would not take jobs from the burrow.  So, if you made an inclusive burrow around a dining hall, all dwarfs could eat in the hall;  dwarfs assigned to the burrow could only use that dining hall.  If you made an exclusive burrow around a dining hall, only the dwarfs assigned to the burrow could use the hall.
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Forumite

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Re: Exclusive burrows
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 02:01:05 pm »
Makes sense, and will be easier to use this to keep children from the danger room than the current method, a burrow of EVERYTHING.

I like it.
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Re: Exclusive burrows
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2011, 03:08:13 pm »
Brilliant!
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Re: Exclusive burrows
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2011, 01:15:34 pm »
BRAVO!BRAVO!
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Re: Exclusive burrows
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2011, 11:33:52 am »
This needs more attention. Anyone have an idea how to do that?
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Re: Exclusive burrows
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 07:56:41 am »
Quote from: peskyninja on August 30, 2011, 01:15:34 pm
BRAVO!BRAVO!
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*more clapping*
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Reelyanoob

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Re: Exclusive burrows
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 10:48:46 am »
While this would simplify things a little,  you can specify mason shop restrictions etc, from the shop itself, under 'P'. So the same effect can be gotten for workshops already as this suggestion.
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Re: Exclusive burrows
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 05:34:05 pm »
Workshops isnīt what this is for primarily, itīs for keeping dorfs from dangerous areas, like the danger room, outside, water works, magma, etc.
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