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v0.31:Stonegears/Workshops
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Make sure the game is paused.
Digging out more workshop space
Continue the stairwell down the level below the farming level, then dig out space for some more workshops:
SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER
Building a workshop
From the main menu, enter the building menu, then the workshop sub-menu (b-w). This will give you a list of workshops to choose from. You can scroll through the list with - and + then use Enter to select the highlighted workshop, or just press the key associated with the workshop. In this case, use c to choose the Template:L workshop. This will show a 3x3 square of X's, which you can maneuver with the arrow keys to set where to place the workshop. It will probably be a mixture of X, X and X, with the screen showing Hidden and Blocked. Maneuver the square so it's inside of one of the 3x3 rooms off the hallway, and the X's are all green:
SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER
The X indicate tiles which will become impassible walls, while the X indicate tiles which will remain walkable floors. In this case your dwarves will be able to squeeze through the diagonal opening into the workshop, but sometimes the X's will entirely wall off the workshop from the hall. If you build a workshop in cases like that the dwarf constructing the workshop will be trapped inside once the workshop is complete, and you won't get any notification or announcement until the dwarf dies of thirst, so be careful.
Press Enter to select that location for the workshop. The game will now ask you what to make the workshop from:
SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER
The Item column names the item which can be used, the Dist item says how many tiles away it is from the workshop, and Num indicates the number of items you've chosen so far for this construction (0) and how many of that type of item you have left (1 or more). You could use - and + to scroll through the different types logs to use, but which type you use doesn't really matter, and the closest one will always be the one selected by default, so just press Enter.