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Name Lips

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Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« on: May 12, 2008, 10:19:00 pm »

They didn't do it until after I smoothed the area. But all of a sudden, I noticed my planter wasn't planting anything anymore. But since the field was still built, it took me a while to realize the floor wasn't muddy anymore.

Turns out that after my engravers smoothed it out, the cleaners decided to go clear away all the mud.

I re-flooded the farms, but the cleaners descended as soon as the water cleared away.

I've never had a problem with overzealous cleaners before! Is there any way to salvage my farms other than by turning off the cleaning action on every dwarf?

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Dorten

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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2008, 10:49:00 pm »

Don't. Ever. Smooth. Farms.
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Name Lips

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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2008, 11:03:00 pm »

er... so I can't just 'roughen' it up again then?
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Dasleah

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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2008, 11:24:00 pm »

Perhaps Remove Designation (d -> x, I believe) would help?
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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 11:50:00 pm »

errrrr... no, you can't roughen them.  I guess you'll have to dig new ones.
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GreyMario

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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2008, 12:52:00 am »

You could stick a dining room there.
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Dorten

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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2008, 05:14:00 am »

You can roughen them, using a bug: build a paved road on top of them, then remove it.

It will be fixed in later versions, though

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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2008, 06:31:00 am »

Just use the foreman to fast remove all the cleaning jobs temporary. It will take no more than 10 seconds.
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Re: Dwarves keep cleaning my farms...
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2008, 09:47:00 am »

"Mmm...I love how shiney and smooth our new farm floors are!  Lets keep them that way, ok?  OH MY GODDESS!  MUD, MUD ON MY NICE NEW SHINEY FLOOR!"
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