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== Empty Barrels not really empty? ==
 
== Empty Barrels not really empty? ==
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Sometimes my dwarfs put a barrel someplace pretty random. In this particular case it is on the dining room floor. Although the barrel seems empty (it doesn't show any content when i look at at it (k), it is not recognized as an empty barrel. It's it not stored with other empty furniture, it cannot be used for brewing, etc. It feels like there's something I'm missing here.
 
Sometimes my dwarfs put a barrel someplace pretty random. In this particular case it is on the dining room floor. Although the barrel seems empty (it doesn't show any content when i look at at it (k), it is not recognized as an empty barrel. It's it not stored with other empty furniture, it cannot be used for brewing, etc. It feels like there's something I'm missing here.
:Most likely a dwarf was in the middle of a haul job (put barrel in stockpile, brew drink, whatever as long as he was carrying the barrel) and decided he needed to (drink/sleep/break).  Since the item is in the middle of a job, and the job wasn't canceled, no one else can use the barrel until the job is completed.  For example, I once had a cage with 25 or so goblins in it.  Because it was so heavy, it took a dwarf 10 "work sessions" to move it to a new location. Each session he would move it a couple squares and then take off to drink/eat/etc.  I occasionally looked in on the progress, often I just saw the cage without a dwarf "en route".  But, if I tried to build the cage, it wasn't listed. I've seen stone designated for dump laying around. Eventually the dwarf will come back and finish the job. Also, keep in mind that most things need to be in a stockpile before they are "seen" as available.  In your case, if you forbid and then reclaimed the item, some other dwarf with item hauling would probably move it for you.--[[User:Kwieland|Kwieland]] 13:14, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 

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