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| − | Miners will ''' | + | Miners will '''channel underneath another miner''' if you let them. This bug is preventable, once you understand how digging works: miners always begin with the northwest most tile and work their way south until all designations in that column are complete. |
| − | + | =Solutions= | |
| + | The simplest way to prevent this from happening is to turn off the mining off all dwarves but one. Here are some other, less restrictive methods: | ||
| − | + | ==Overseer== | |
| + | Designate channels in single columns. Leave the miners room to escape. | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | ███.███ ███.███ ███████ ███.███ | ||
| + | █.....█ █12721█ █12345█ █12151█ | ||
| + | █.212.█ █12621█ █12346█ █21214█ | ||
| + | █.212.█ █12521█ █12347. █12131█ | ||
| + | █.212.█ █12421█ █12346█ █21212█ | ||
| + | █.....█ █12321█ █12345█ █12121█ | ||
| + | ███████ ███████ ███████ ███████ | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| − | This | + | ==Ramps== |
| + | This method takes more steps, but allows your dwarves to safely channel without you keeping tabs on them: create stairs leading to the lower level at the entrance, designate ramps on the lower level, use the z-designate to remove those ramps, and finally channel the stairway on the original level. | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| − | + | Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 | |
| − | + | z0 z-1 z-1 z0 | |
| − | + | ███.███ ███████ ███████ ███.███ | |
| − | + | █..>..█ █▲▲<▲▲█ █zz<zz█ █ _ █ | |
| − | + | █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ | |
| + | █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ | ||
| + | █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ | ||
| + | █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ | ||
| + | ███████ ███████ ███████ ███████ | ||
| + | |||
| + | Alternate Step 1 | ||
| + | z0 z-1 | ||
| + | ███.███ ███████ | ||
| + | ███>███ █▲▲<▲▲█ | ||
| + | ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ | ||
| + | ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ | ||
| + | ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ | ||
| + | ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ | ||
| + | ███████ ███████ | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | + | ||
| + | ==Stairs== | ||
| + | This method involves even more steps to complete than the above one, but allows dwarves to safely dig multiple levels without supervision. | ||
| + | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| − | + | Step 1 | |
| − | + | z0 z-1 z-X z-X-1 | |
| − | + | ███.███ ███████ ███████ ███████ | |
| − | + | █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ | |
| − | + | █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ | |
| − | < | + | █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ ... █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ |
| − | + | █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ | |
| − | + | █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ | |
| − | + | ███████ ███████ ███████ ███████ | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | Step 2 | |
| − | + | z0 z-1 | |
| − | + | ███.███ ███████ | |
| − | + | █__>__█ █XXXXX█ | |
| − | + | █_____█ █XXXXX█ | |
| + | █_____█ █XXXXX█ | ||
| + | █_____█ █XXXXX█ | ||
| + | █_____█ █XXXXX█ | ||
| + | ███████ ███████ | ||
| + | |||
| + | Step 3 | ||
| + | z0 z-1 | ||
| + | ███.███ ███████ | ||
| + | █ > █ █__X__█ | ||
| + | █ █ █_____█ | ||
| + | █ █ █_____█ | ||
| + | █ █ █_____█ | ||
| + | █ █ █_____█ | ||
| + | ███████ ███████ | ||
| + | |||
| + | etc. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | Last Step | ||
| + | z-X-1 | ||
| + | ███████ | ||
| + | █zz<zz█ | ||
| + | █zzzzz█ | ||
| + | █zzzzz█ | ||
| + | █zzzzz█ | ||
| + | █zzzzz█ | ||
| + | ███████ | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
[[Category:Guides]] | [[Category:Guides]] | ||
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{{Mining FAQ}} | {{Mining FAQ}} | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 6 December 2007
Miners will channel underneath another miner if you let them. This bug is preventable, once you understand how digging works: miners always begin with the northwest most tile and work their way south until all designations in that column are complete.
Solutions
The simplest way to prevent this from happening is to turn off the mining off all dwarves but one. Here are some other, less restrictive methods:
Overseer
Designate channels in single columns. Leave the miners room to escape.
███.███ ███.███ ███████ ███.███ █.....█ █12721█ █12345█ █12151█ █.212.█ █12621█ █12346█ █21214█ █.212.█ █12521█ █12347. █12131█ █.212.█ █12421█ █12346█ █21212█ █.....█ █12321█ █12345█ █12121█ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███████
Ramps
This method takes more steps, but allows your dwarves to safely channel without you keeping tabs on them: create stairs leading to the lower level at the entrance, designate ramps on the lower level, use the z-designate to remove those ramps, and finally channel the stairway on the original level.
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 z0 z-1 z-1 z0 ███.███ ███████ ███████ ███.███ █..>..█ █▲▲<▲▲█ █zz<zz█ █ _ █ █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ █.....█ █▲▲▲▲▲█ █zzzzz█ █ █ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███████ Alternate Step 1 z0 z-1 ███.███ ███████ ███>███ █▲▲<▲▲█ ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ ███████ █▲▲▲▲▲█ ███████ ███████
Stairs
This method involves even more steps to complete than the above one, but allows dwarves to safely dig multiple levels without supervision.
Step 1 z0 z-1 z-X z-X-1 ███.███ ███████ ███████ ███████ █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ ... █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ █>>>>>█ █XXXXX█ █XXXXX█ █<<<<<█ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███████ Step 2 z0 z-1 ███.███ ███████ █__>__█ █XXXXX█ █_____█ █XXXXX█ █_____█ █XXXXX█ █_____█ █XXXXX█ █_____█ █XXXXX█ ███████ ███████ Step 3 z0 z-1 ███.███ ███████ █ > █ █__X__█ █ █ █_____█ █ █ █_____█ █ █ █_____█ █ █ █_____█ ███████ ███████ etc. Last Step z-X-1 ███████ █zz<zz█ █zzzzz█ █zzzzz█ █zzzzz█ █zzzzz█ ███████