Digging designation canceled - Revision history

Myk002: Add information about DFHack warm/damp dig mode

2024-12-27T15:28:53Z

Add information about DFHack warm/damp dig mode

Zippy: Added image.

2024-12-13T15:39:15Z

Added image.

Zippy at 15:14, 13 December 2024

2024-12-13T15:14:36Z

Quietust: clarify exactly what's going on

2024-02-21T03:37:38Z

clarify exactly what's going on

Ziusudra: updated to mention in game announcements settings and DFHack tiletypes solution

2024-02-21T02:38:43Z

updated to mention in game announcements settings and DFHack tiletypes solution

Ludicer at 21:29, 21 December 2022

2022-12-21T21:29:38Z

LethosorBot: Tagging v50 page (1150/4888)

2022-12-21T00:26:16Z

Tagging v50 page (1150/4888)

LethosorBot: LethosorBot moved page DF2014:Digging designation canceled to Digging designation canceled: Migrating v50 page (942/4618) (content)

2022-12-20T03:19:14Z

LethosorBot moved page DF2014:Digging designation canceled to Digging designation canceled: Migrating v50 page (942/4618) (content)

Putnam3145: Water doesn't actually leak through damp stone??

2022-10-30T16:36:45Z

Water doesn't actually leak through damp stone??

Silverwing235 at 18:01, 4 December 2021

2021-12-04T18:01:52Z

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 The announcements can be changed to add recentering and pausing, either in the [[settings]], or by editing [[announcements.txt]].
-Both the announcement and the designation cancellations occur when the designated tiles are revealed, so they can be prevented by revealing the tiles in advance using the [https://docs.dfhack.org/en/latest/docs/tools/tiletypes.html?highlight=hidden tiletypes DFHack tool]. This may reduce [[fun]] if it reveals water or magma that you did not know was there, so use responsibly.
+If you have [[DFHack]] installed, you will have the option to enable "Damp dig" or "Warm dig" mode. If you do not want to have your digging designations canceled, for example when digging minerals out of a light aquifer, you can enable the appropriate mode when you designate the tiles for digging. Click on the toolbar icon to set your desired mode.
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 This error message pauses the game and zooms to the location where the warm or damp stone was located.
-[[File:Damp Stone Butcher.png|thumb|right|In this case, digging the room around the butcher was cancelled due to the last, bottom right tile being below the pool floor. The pool is known since it is on the surface. Note that it was possible to dig below the upper level's damp tiles of clay.]]
+[[File:warm_stone_preview.png|right]]Warm or damp stone can be very dangerous, as it indicates the presence of nearby [[magma]] or [[water]], respectively. However, the stone could be warm/damp because the magma/water is beside the tile, directly above the tile, or directly below the tile - and, most of the time, ''you don't know which''. You will only know if you are near the surface and find the damp stone below a known [[murky pool]] or [[river]].
-Warm or damp stone can be very dangerous, as it indicates the presence of nearby [[magma]] or [[water]], respectively. However, the stone could be warm/damp because the magma/water is beside the tile, directly above the tile, or directly below the tile - and, most of the time, ''you don't know which''. You will only know if you are near the surface and find the damp stone below a known [[murky pool]] or [[river]].
+[[File:Damp Stone Butcher.png|thumb|right|In this case, digging the room around the butcher was cancelled due to the last, bottom right tile being below the pool floor. The pool is known since it is on the surface. Note that it was possible to dig below the upper level's damp tiles of clay.]]The safest thing to do is back off several tiles, mine up a [[z-level]] then approach the location again. Rinse and repeat until you emerge above the surface of the magma/water. Note that you will not receive warnings when digging staircases upward. If you plan on digging a staircase to a higher z-level, make sure there are no heavy [[aquifer]]s or [[magma]] in your way!
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 This error message pauses the game and zooms to the location where the warm or damp stone was located.

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 The announcements can be changed to add recentering and pausing, either in the [[settings]], or by editing [[announcements.txt]].
-Both the announcement and the designation cancellations can be prevented by revealing the designated tiles with the [https://docs.dfhack.org/en/latest/docs/tools/tiletypes.html?highlight=hidden tiletypes DFHack tool]. This may reduce [[fun]] if it reveals water or magma that you did not know was there, so use responsibly.
+Both the announcement and the designation cancellations occur when the designated tiles are revealed, so they can be prevented by revealing the tiles in advance using the [https://docs.dfhack.org/en/latest/docs/tools/tiletypes.html?highlight=hidden tiletypes DFHack tool]. This may reduce [[fun]] if it reveals water or magma that you did not know was there, so use responsibly.
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 [[File:Damp Stone Butcher.png|thumb|right|In this case, digging the room around the butcher was cancelled due to the last, bottom right tile being below the pool floor. The pool is known since it is on the surface. Note that it was possible to dig below the upper level's damp tiles of clay.]]
-Warm or damp stone is very dangerous, as it indicates the presence of nearby [[magma]] or [[water]], respectively. However, the stone could be warm/damp because the magma/water is beside the tile, directly above the tile, or directly below the tile - and, most of the time, ''you don't know which''. You will only know if you are near the surface and find the damp stone below a known [[murky pool]] or [[river]].
+Warm or damp stone can be very dangerous, as it indicates the presence of nearby [[magma]] or [[water]], respectively. However, the stone could be warm/damp because the magma/water is beside the tile, directly above the tile, or directly below the tile - and, most of the time, ''you don't know which''. You will only know if you are near the surface and find the damp stone below a known [[murky pool]] or [[river]].
 The safest thing to do is back off several tiles, mine up a [[z-level]] then approach the location again. Rinse and repeat until you emerge above the surface of the magma/water. Note that you will not receive warnings when digging staircases upward. If you plan on digging a staircase to a higher z-level, make sure there are no heavy [[aquifer]]s or [[magma]] in your way!
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 Only in the middle case would it be unsafe to mine out the square that had just been canceled: In the first and last cases, there would be a floor between your miner and the fluid.
-If the damp stone is due to a light aquifer, the tiles around the damp stone will eventually (but slowly) get filled with water.
+If the damp stone is due to an aquifer, empty tiles next to damp stone will fill with water, either slowly with a light aquifer, or quickly.
-The obnoxious recentering and pausing can be stopped by editing [[announcements.txt]] and removing <code>:P:R</code> from the lines concerning the announcement, so they read:
+The announcements can be changed to add recentering and pausing, either in the [[settings]], or by editing [[announcements.txt]].
-The job cancellations can be disabled with the utility on http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=21892.0 . Note that this can be [[fun]]. (This utility no longer works in recent versions, as the addresses it relies on have changed.)
+Both the announcement and the designation cancellations can be prevented by revealing the designated tiles with the [https://docs.dfhack.org/en/latest/docs/tools/tiletypes.html?highlight=hidden tiletypes DFHack tool]. This may reduce [[fun]] if it reveals water or magma that you did not know was there, so use responsibly.
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-Only in the middle case would it be unsafe to mine out the square that had just been canceled: In the first and last cases, there would be a floor between you and the fluid.
+Only in the middle case would it be unsafe to mine out the square that had just been canceled: In the first and last cases, there would be a floor between your miner and the fluid.
-The tiles around the damp stone can be eventually slowly get filled with water.
+The tiles around the damp stone can eventually (but slowly) get filled with water.
 The obnoxious recentering and pausing can be stopped by editing [[announcements.txt]] and removing <code>:P:R</code> from the lines concerning the announcement, so they read: