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Author Topic: Aborting "make raw clear glass" wastes sand  (Read 1065 times)

j.brigante

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Aborting "make raw clear glass" wastes sand
« on: January 24, 2007, 10:10:00 pm »

And maybe other advanced-glass related crafts, too, though I haven't checked yet.

I had a dwarf haul a bag of sand all the way from the other side of the fortress, get the pearlash, start working and then suddenly stop for a drink. Since this was a must-have-clear-glass-NOW situation (glassmaker mood), I immediately assigned the nearest peasant to glassmaking - and he went off in the opposite direction. "What the hell", I thought, so I checked the magma furnace: pearlash and an empty bag.

Now, I know sand is an infinitely renewable material and all, but I believe that if materials don't go to waste if a dwarf decides to stop for a drink in the middle of something extremely important, then materials shouldn't go to waste no matter how abundant they are. Bug?

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Re: Aborting "make raw clear glass" wastes sand
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2007, 11:28:00 pm »

It shouldn't process the sand until the job has concluded.  I'm not sure what's going on at this point.
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